Mishap in Niger Delta - Part‎ 2

The COR State Memorandum to the Willink’s Commission in its memorandum to the Commission, defined the Calabar-Ogoja-Rivers (COR) area to embrace 15 administrative divisions, seven of which were located in the administrative province of Calabar, three in …

AGRA, NANTs Give Grinding Machines To 20 Women Farmer Groups In Niger

New Investigators/ No fewer than 20 Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) have received grain processing machines for their outstanding performance in the promotion of agriculture in Niger state The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the …

Fire destroys 126 shops in Niger markets — NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency has reported that no fewer than 126 shops were destroyed in two fire incidents that occurred at the Panteka Gwari Market and the Tunga Business Area in the Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State on Sunday …

Two Fire Incidents In Niger Destroy 126 Shops, NEMA Reports

The National Emergency Management Agency has stated that two fire incidents at the Panteka Gwari Market and Tunga Business Area in Chanchaga Local Government Area, Niger State, on Sunday and Monday destroyed at least 126 shops. In a post-disaster …

News Update: Nigeria-Niger tensions; Federal government renews suspension of flights + more

Niger Republic repatriates 310 Nigerians

The National Emergency Management Agency, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration and the National Refugee Commission, received 310 Nigerian returnees from the Niger Republic on Monday. This was made known in a statement shared …

Police arrest seven suspected miscreants in Niger

The Niger State Police Command, as part of its efforts to curb crime in the state, raided a notorious black spot in the Fadikpe area of Minna, leading to the arrest of seven suspected miscreants. According to SP Wasiu Abiodun, the command’s Public …

Niger Assembly worries over SDGs’ inability to access funds

The Niger State House of Assembly’s Standing Committee on Public Petitions and Privileges has expressed concern over the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative’s inability to access counterpart funds necessary for executing projects in the past …

250 elderly women receive N50m from Remi Tinubu in Niger

No fewer than 250 elderly individuals from Niger State have benefited from a N200,000 cash donation to each person by the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Bola Ahmed Tinubu. While distributing the cash to the elderly on Tuesday, 17th December 2024, …

Niger: Military Junta suspends BBC for three months

Niger’s military junta has suspended the BBC on 10 December for three months with immediate effect. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns this high-handed assault on media freedom and the deliberate attempt by the military junta to …