A 16-year-old girl has been reportedly crushed to death by a tanker in Minna, Niger State capital, on Wednesday, August 31, 2023. According to the State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, the victim, Priscilla Galadima, was a resident of the Barkin-Sale area, Minna. Abiodun explained that the deceased was trying to cross the road…
Twelve suspected criminals connected to various robbery incidents of motorcycles and handsets during the night within the Minna Metropolis have been arrested by the Niger State Police Command. Parading the suspects in Minna, the state command through the Police Public Relations Officer, PRO DSP Wasiu Abiodun said the arrests were part of continued efforts to…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja has encouraged the Nigerian Army not to dim their morale in the fight to recover land occupied by terrorists and bandits in parts of the country. The COAS stated this when he visited troops in Niger State following troops’ ambush by insurgents in the Zungeru…
A 58-year-old man, Ya’u Ibrahim, was arraigned before the Angwan Senior Magistrate Court in Minna, Niger State for defiling a six-year-old girl. Ya’u Ibrahim of Kundu village in Rafi Local Government Area of the state, was arraigned in court on two counts charges of unlawful sexual intercourse with a child and exploitation. The Police Prosecutor,…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says 36 officers were killed in Niger State in the last few days. Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, made this known when he gave a breakdown of casualties in the ambush of troops in Niger State and an evacuation helicopter that crashed on August 14, 2023. Buba…
The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed one of its aircraft crashed in Niger State on Monday, August 14. The Air Force said the aircraft was on a casualty evacuation mission when the crash occurred. A statement on Monday by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet said the aircraft departed…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has initiated a probe into the crash of one of its helicopters travelling to Kaduna from Zungeru in Niger State. The NAF said the probe will unravel the probable cause of the incident. NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said; “A Nigerian Air Force MI-171 Helicopter on a casualty evacuation…
A Young Man Identified as Saifullahi has committed suicide over his inability to pay the N250,000 debts he owed to several people. The Incident that occurred in Shata village in Bosso local government has left the community in a state of shock and disbelief. Saifullahi’s body was found hanging from a rope in his bedroom…
Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago has given an order retiring all political officeholders appointed before May 29, 2023. Governor Bago gave the order in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Abubakar Usman, on Monday that the dissolution and termination of the appointments are effective immediately. According to the statement,…
In a miraculous turn of events, a seven-month-old baby boy named Habibu was found sleeping on his mother’s back 24 hours after she was killed by bandits on the Pandogari-Allawa road in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. It was gathered that bandits blocked the Pandogari-Allawa road a day to Sallah and shot six…