FRSC, police to dismantle checkpoints on Delta section of Old Niger Bridge

1 hour ago Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo, has dissolved all commissions in the state with immediate effect. Secretary to the Government, Umar Ikhilor, in a statement, said the dissolved commissions included the Edo State Independent Electoral …

Properties Worth Millions Destroyed In Niger Market Fire

  Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has extended deep sympathy to residents and shop owners opposite NSTA garage, Tunga, Minna over an inferno that destroyed property worth millions of Naira. The governor, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary …

Al-Sahel Holding Group’s Al-Sayah Industrial Complex exports shipment of pasta to Niger

Fire razes Niger market

Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed by fire at the popular Minna Gwari Market, the Niger State capital. The fire reportedly started at the scrap dealers’ segment of the market on Monday afternoon before escalating to other parts. Witnesses …

ECOWAS Extends Deadline for Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to Reconsider Exit

ECOWAS has given Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger a six-months to reconsider their decision to withdraw

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has given Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger a six-month window, from January 29 to July 29, 2025, to reconsider their decision to withdraw from the regional bloc. Presidential aide Bayo Onanuga stated that …

Niger dangles 400 hectares of land to Dangote, BUA for industrialisation

The Niger State government has promised to allocate 200 hectares of land each to Dangote and BUA Groups to establish factories at its proposed free trade zone to fast-track development and provide employment opportunities to the people. Governor Muhammad …

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announce visa-free travel for ECOWAS citizens

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have introduced visa-free travel and residency rights for citizens of the 15-member ECOWAS bloc to strengthen the centuries-old ties among African people. Despite being low-income and landlocked, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger’ …

Otuaro: Entrenching enduring peace in the Niger Delta, by Fidelis Soriwei

In March 2024, President Bola Tinubu left nobody in doubt about his plans to entrench enduring peace in the oil rich Niger Delta. He made the deliberate bold step to break away from the tradition of getting retired military personnel to preside over the …

Pension administrators to start refund of 7.5% in Niger

Pension fund administrators in Niger State have gotten the green light from the National Pension Commission to start refunding 7.5 per cent of the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, to exempted pensioners. This was announced by the director general of the …