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Jan 17, 2025 | 
allafrica.com | Abubakar Akote
Niger State government has banned the collection of PTA charges in all public primary and secondary schools across the state. Governor Muhammed Umaru Bago who announced the ban during a tour to Sarkin Pawa, Munya LGA of the state, said the move was to encourage enrolment and reduce the rate of out of school children in the state.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Yusha'u A. Ibrahim |Dalhatu Liman |Abubakar Akote
Bandits on Wednesday abducted over 50 persons at Wanke and Gurusu villages of Gusau and Gummi Local Government Areas of Zamfara State. Locals said the victims were abducted in Wanke and environs while working on their farms; and three others, along the Anka-Gurusu road in Anka Local Government Area of the state. A resident of Kwalfada, a village neighbouring Wanke, said the kidnapped victims were abducted from their respective farms.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Abubakar Akote
Divers, on Thursday, recovered eight more bodies from the river where a passenger boat conveying Mawlid Celebrants capsized at Gbajibo, Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State. The recovery brings the total number of deaths to 24, according to the Niger State Emergency Management Agency. Daily Trust had reported how a boat which took off from Mundi community capsized a short distance to the victims' destination.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Saawua Terzungwe |Peter L Moses |Hassan Ibrahim |Tijjani Ibrahim |Abubakar Akote
Afenifere vows to resist 'absolute unitarianism' Barau, govs advocate patience, patriotism By Baba Martins, Saawua Terzungwe (Abuja), Peter Moses (Lagos), Hassan Ibrahim (Bauchi), Tijjani Ibrahim (Katsina), Abubakar Akote (Minna)As Nigeria marks its 64th Independence Anniversary, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised concerns about the state of democracy, warning that the country is on the verge of a one-party dictatorship.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Abubakar Akote
Residents blame speed, bad road Forty-eight people have lost their lives as a result of a petrol tanker explosion that occurred along Bida-Agaie-Lapai- Road in Niger State. Alhaji Abdullah- Baba-Arah, Director-General, Niger Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), disclosed this in a statement in Minna on Sunday. He said the agency received a report of a deadly tanker explosion that occurred on Sunday at about 12:30 am along Bida-Agaie-Lapai highway.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Abubakar Akote
A man has slumped and died in the popular Mobil Roundabout Park in Minna, Niger State. Witnesses told City & Crime that the victim had just arrived from Kuta, headquarters of Shiroro LGA, when he collapsed and died on the spot. A woman and some union officials who witnessed the scene said he had just separated a fight, asking the fighters to allow peace to reign. The woman said, "He just alighted from a cab. He walked over here and bought sachet water that he drank.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Abubakar Akote
We will compensate them - Govt Niger State government has commenced its agricultural revolution but in a reversed gear, farmers lamented. It commenced land clearing, which has led to the destruction of farms that have already been cultivated and some crops, especially maize, already reaching maturity stage. Our correspondent reports that the revolution is being implemented through Niger Foods Logistics Limited and other partners.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Abubakar Akote
4 mutilated bodies recovered in 2 days Operation done manually - Victims' families More than three weeks after a mining pit collapsed in Galkogo, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, over 30 miners have remained trapped, victims' families and residents said. Daily Trust recalls that labourers were working inside the 400-metre-deep pit owned by African Minerals and Logistics Limited when it caved in on June 3 after a heavy rain the previous day.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Abubakar Akote
Internally displaced persons in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State are lamenting that terrorists have turned their communities to their permanent base, slaughtering their chickens and pounding the yams they kept in their stores. Speaking with City & Crime in Kuta, Ahmed Almustapha, a displaced person from Rumace-Madalla, lamented that while they were hungry in their camp, terrorists were having field days with their domestic animals and food.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Abubakar Akote
Two students of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, identified simply as Mr Bam and Aisha have been found dead in a room at the FMC Quarters in Bida town in Bida LGA. Sources told City & Crime that the corpses were discovered on Sunday morning when the victims were not seen after daybreak. They said the victims were suspected to have eaten a poisonous food, adding that their remains were laid to rest around 4pm on Sunday in Bida.
