The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger says two people died in an accident on Wednesday along Lapai – Bida road in Lapai Local Government Area of the state. The FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Joel Dagwa, told the...
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Armed bandits in Niger state have warned people in some communities in Rafi local government to stop moving between the hours of 4:00 pm and 7:00 am, the period which the people said the bandits operate.
As a result, no member of the communities is seen outside during this period...
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A Police Inspector, Ibrahim Chibok, has been killed during a shootout with bandits who attacked Muchiya Kaji village in Niger State. The Police Public Relations Officer in Niger, Muhammad Abubakar, confirmed this in a statement on Monday...
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Twenty people, many of them women and children, were killed on Monday in a stampede at a distribution of food and money for displaced people in Diffa, southeast Niger, sources said.
“We have a provisional toll of 20 dead,” a medical source said. Aid workers confirmed the account and …
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Scores of gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) have attacked Gurmana, old Gurmana, and Ashirika communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, in central Nigeria.
The armed men stormed the communities at about 10:00 am …
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Properties worth millions of naira were burnt after a mysterious fire razed the staff quarters of the Maryam Babangida Girls Science Secondary School on Thursday. The fire raged for about three hours but was curtailed by men of the federal and state fire service, who were said to have …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the repeated attacks by bandits on communities in Niger state and its environs and has ordered the Nigerian Air Force to deploy its fighter aircraft to check the menace.
The president gave the …
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Mayhem reigned temporarily on Wednesday 8, as suspected bandits attacked a town in Munya local government area of Niger state kidnapping the chief imam of Beni central mosque, Mallam Umar Mohammed.
Apart from the Islamic clergyman, at least 20 other residents were kidnapped and taken away by...
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