Banditry: Authors Ask Niger Govt, FG to protect Communities

The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has asked the Niger State and the Federal Governments to rise up to their responsibilities and protect communities from daily bandit attacks. The National President of the Association, Dr. Usman Akanbi...

Police foil attempts to ‘smuggle 115 jerrycans of petrol’ into Niger Republic

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says its border patrol unit intercepted over 100 jerrycans of petrol allegedly being smuggled out of the country into Niger Republic. Benjamin Hundeyin, force public relations officer, detailed the incident in a...

Police intercept over 100 jerrycans of petrol being illegally smuggled into Niger Republic

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Border Patrol Unit have intercepted and recovered over one hundred jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS commonly known as petrol. The PMS, according to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer,...

NSCDC Parades Six Illegal Miners In Niger

The Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has paraded six suspected illegal miners arrested during a midnight operation. Speaking at the Command headquarters in Minna, the State Commandant, Comdt. Suberu...

Nigerian Bar Association Decries Rising Kidnappings, Demands Release Of Member Isyaku Abducted In Niger State

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has lamented that insecurity has become a daily reality for citizens, following the abduction of its member, Isyaku M. Danjuma, Esq., in Niger State. “The abduction of our colleague, Isyaku M. Danjuma, Esq., a...

Bandits abduct children in Kogi, impose levies on Niger communities

Bandits have abducted a woman and her two children in Kogi State and have imposed multi-million-naira levies on farming communities in Niger State as conditions for peace. In Kogi State, bandits invaded the house of one Tokpe Gody at Bareke-Egbe...

Niger State signs multi-billion dollar agricultural MoU with Republic of Benin 

The Niger State Government has entered into a multi-billion-dollar Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Benin to boost cotton, maize, and soybean production. The agreement was signed in Cotonou by Governor Umaru Bago, alongside...

Niger FIDA pledges support for NAPTIP against human trafficking, child labour

The International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, in Niger State has pledged to support the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, in combating human trafficking and child labour in the state. The state...

CURBING ECONOMIC SABOTAGE: NSCDC Intercepts Truck With Telecom Mast, Seven Illegal Miners In Niger State

Nigerian and Civil Defence Corps, Niger State command has intercepted a truck loaded with telecommunication mast worth millions of naira and a vehicle conveying mining products. The State Commandant, Suberu Siyaka Aniviye disclosed this while...

Niger Infrastructure Devt: Work Resumes At Project Sites

Laleye Dipo in Minna Following the reduction in the intensity and volume of rainfall and resumption of experts from their annual vacations work has resumed at the sites of most of the ongoing development projects across the state . The Permanent...

Niger State Signs MOU with Benin Republic to Boost Cotton, Maize, Soybean Production

Niger State, Nigeria, has signed a landmark multi-billion-dollar Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Benin to revolutionize agricultural production, focusing on cotton, maize, and soybeans. The agreement, formalized in Cotonou...

Police Launch Tinted Glass Permit Enforcement in Niger State Amid Controversy

The Niger State Police Command has commenced enforcement of the controversial tinted glass permit policy, requiring motorists to obtain permits for vehicles with tinted windows, as part of a broader security measure. The initiative, which began on...

Police will remain neutral – Niger CP assures political parties

The Niger State Commissioner of Police, CP Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, has assured that the police will perform their responsibilities in accordance with prescribed ethics and professional standards without favoring any particular political party or...

Niger breastfeeding drops from 42% to 35.5%, says UNICEF

Niger State Government has decried the decline of early breast feeding Initiated (EIB) in the last five years to 35.5 percent, adding that exclusive breastfeeding has remained on the same spot. The state Nutrition Officer, Hajiya Asmau Abubakar,...

Unity at any cost? Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger jointly leave the International Criminal Court

On 22 September, the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), comprising Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, declared it was leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC). This comes seven months after their official withdrawal from the Economic Community of...

Gunmen Ambush, Kidnap Radiographer, Travellers In Niger

1 By Alebiowu kehinde In a brazen attack on Ibbi-Bussa Road, Niger State, armed assailants abducted Basherah Ojedeyi, a recent radiography graduate, along with multiple passengers on Monday, September 29, 2025, according to the Niger State Police...

Police Begin Tinted Glass Permit Enforcement In Niger

The Niger State Police Command has begun the implementation of the enforcement of tinted glass permits in the state. The Commissioner of Police, CP Adamu Elleman, personally monitored and supervised the enforcement of permits within Minna...

Police confirms abduction of radiographer, others in Niger

The Niger state Police command has confirmed the abduction of a newly-inducted radiographer, Basherah Ojedeyi, along with several passengers at Ibbi-Bussa, Niger State. Ojedeyi, a graduate of Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, was on her way to...

Niger's uranium nationalisation shakes indebted France

For half a century, Niger's plains fed France's atomic dreams. The uranium pulled from the ground there lit Paris' streets, powered its factories, and gave France the illusion of energy independence. Now, with one decree, Niger's junta has severed...

Flood Warning Issued as Niger Dams Set to Discharge Excess Water

Residents in riverine areas of Niger State have been urged to evacuate immediately, following warnings that four major hydroelectric dams — Shiroro, Jebba, Kainji, and Zungeru — may begin releasing excess water without notice. The alert was issued...