Niger State

I’m not from Niger State, although many people mistake me for a Nupe person because of the “gi” in my last name. Well, while the “gi” in my native Baatonu language is a morpheme that denotes nativeness or ownership (Kperogi literally…

Mr Emmanuel Umaru, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Niger says the state government has demolished a house belonging to a suspected kidnapper in Bosso Local Government Area of the state. Umaru said this while…

Not less than 20 suspected bandits were killed last Tuesday in an attack carried out by a joint team of hunters and local vigilantes in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger state. They also recovered several herds of cattle rustled…

The Senate on Tuesday sought the establishment of permanent military and police command base in the area adjoining Shiroro and Rafi Local Government areas of Niger state, to tackle escalating insecurity in the state. The resolution was…

The Niger State Police Command has arrested 10 suspects from different parts of the state over alleged armed robbery, kidnapping and possession of Indian Hemp. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed…

The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old woman, Fatima Sani, for stabbing her mother-in-law to death. The suspect, a resident of Gobirawa village in Mashegu Local Government Area of the state, allegedly stabbed the…

A member of the House of Representatives from Niger State, Lado Suleja has alleged that lawmakers did not willingly donate their salaries to the government to fight COVID-19. He said the lawmakers were forced by the principal officers to…

For allegedly pushing his elder brother's wife to death, a man, Abdullahi Musa, has been arrested by police in Niger State. The Niger State Police Command nabbed Musa, 37, of Tungan Bata village of Magama Local Government Area of the…