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Senate to eliminate illegal mining activities in Nigeria

NewsDeskNgNov 4, 2024November 4, 20240

The Nigerian Senate has expressed its determination to eliminate illegal mining activities that have been depriving the federal government of significant revenue and contributing to food and physical insecurity across the country. The Senate also aims to establish a safer and more profitable mining sector. Speaking over the weekend when...

Police nab three over alleged thuggery, robbery, car theft

NewsDeskNgSep 19, 2024September 19, 20240

The Niger State Police Command has arrested two suspects for alleged armed robbery and acts of thuggery in Minna, the state capital. According to Police Public Relations Officer SP Wasiu Abiodun, on September 14, 2024, at about 10:45 pm, the Chanchaga Police Division received information that some hoodlums, numbering six,...

Niger petrol tanker explosion: 48 victims given mass burial

NewsDeskNgSep 9, 2024September 9, 20240

Forty-eight persons confirmed dead in the petrol tanker explosion in Niger State were on Sunday in the Agaie Local Government Area of Niger State, given a mass burial. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday when the petrol tanker had a head-on collision with a truck loaded with...

Tragedy as two brothers die in Niger mine collapse

NewsDeskNgAug 19, 2024August 19, 20240

Two brothers, identified as Zubairu Ibrahim and Sadiq Ibrahim, have died over the weekend after a mine collapsed in Kakaki village, located in the Paikoro local government area of Niger State. The tragic incident followed three previous mine collapses in the Shiroro and Paikoro areas of the state in recent...

Families of trapped Niger miners threaten lawsuit over compensation

NewsDeskNgAug 5, 2024August 5, 20240

Over two months after a tragic mining pit collapse in Shiroro, Niger State, left an estimated 50 miners buried alive, the families and relatives of the victims are threatening legal action against the pit’s owners and the state government over lack of compensation. The number of victims has been disputed,...

Niger CP calls for aggressive action against illegal miners to forestall loss of lives

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2024July 11, 20240

The Niger State Commissioner of Police CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman has called for aggressive action against illegal miners to reduce loss of lives across the state. The CP, who made the call during a visit by state Commissioner for Mineral Resources Garba Sabo Yahaya to his office in Minna said...

LG chairman beaten to pulp over N1m campaign loan in Niger

NewsDeskNgJun 18, 2024June 18, 20240

Following his alleged failure to settle a debt of over N1m owed his creditor, the Chairman of the Katcha local government area of Niger State, Danlamin Abdullahi Saku has been attacked and given a beating by hoodlums in the council. Newsmen gathered that the LG chairman borrowed the money from...

Bandits attack Niger State communities, kill one, abduct two others

NewsDeskNgJun 10, 2024June 10, 20240

On Sunday, bandits launched an attack on Kuchini in the Ihuru community of Shiroro Local Government Area in Niger State, resulting in the death of a man named Isiyaku. According to local sources, Isiyaku was killed while working on his farm in Kuchini. In a related incident, two other individuals...

Man lands in Police net for stealing two female horses in Niger

NewsDeskNgOct 12, 2023October 12, 20230

The Niger State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly stealing two cows at Chekungi village in Bida Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in Minna, said the suspect was arrested based on a report received by...