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Pilots flying a Boeing 747 operated by Max Air from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on September 7, 2019 experienced difficulties while attempting to land at the Minna International Airport, Niger State..... Read more via TODAY – https://ift.tt/2O4FwXw Get more: Nigeria Business News

30-year-old Abdullahi Samaila has been arrested by men of the Niger state police command for being a kidnapper. In his confessional statement, Abdullahi who is a herdsman, said his inability to pay his children's school fees forced him to turn to kidnapping. READ MORE

A 20-year-old man, Mustapha Aliyu has been arrested for throwing his four months old son into river Uti in Borgu local government area of Niger state. The Corpse of the baby is yet to be found.... Read more via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2ZYyoDv Get More Nigeria Metro News

(Xinhua) — A Boeing 747 plane with over 550 passengers on board made a hard landing on Saturday in Minna, capital of Nigeria’s west-central state of Niger after experiencing a fault in landing, an airport source said.... Read more via “nigeria” – Google News – https://ift.tt/2PWrFVY Get More...

A near-tragic incident occurred last night at the Minna International Airport as a plane conveying over 600 pilgrims returning from the 2019 annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia crash landed.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2HPuCRp Get More Nigeria Metro News

A Minna Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that a herder, Mohammed Bello, be remanded in prison custody for allegedly killing a farmer pending legal advice. Magistrate Mariam Kings declined to take his plea on grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter. Kings directed the...

At least 15 people lost their lives yesterday at the popular Dakwa junction in Madalla Niger State, on the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja in an accident involving a gas tanker, a Sharon car and several tricycles popularly called Keke Marwa. Witnesses, among them an...

Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State, yesterday, said existing penalties in Nigeria statues book for crimes such as rape, kidnapping, drug addiction among others were too soft and sought immediate review to allow stringent penalties. The governor, who made the call at the swearing in of...

Fifteen out of 50 passengers traveling on a boat across River Malale in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State have been confirmed dead in yesterday boat mishap, as the remaining 35 passengers have also not been accounted for. The Director General of the state … Read more via...

The Niger State Chapter of National Youth Council, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to consider zoning of North Central Ministerial slot to Niger state, having given the highest votes to... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2Xw0xQ5 Get More Nigeria Political News

A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Friday, June 21, 2019, ordered that a 20-year old student, Babangida Husseini, who allegedly impregnated a 16-year old, be remanded in prison. The police charged Husseini with two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a child and impregnating a … Read...

A 23-year-old man, John Joshua, of Zazzaga village in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, has been arrested for allegedly killing his neighbour. Joshua stabbed Yohanna Ali of the same address to death, following a misunderstanding between the deceased and his father, Umar Parage, of...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday re-arraigned Babangida Aliyu, a former Niger State Governor in a Federal High Court in Minna for alleged laundering of ecological funds of over N1.9 billion..... Read more via Newtelegraph – http://bit.ly/2Ich0Au Get More...

The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man, Umar Audu, for allegedly killing one Abubakar Mohammadu of the Fulani Camp, Wawa village in New-Bussa, Borgu Local Government Area of the state. The command confirmed the suspect’s arrest on Tuesday, stating that a team … Read...

A 30-year-old man, Abubakar Muhammadu has been killed by a 21-year-old man, Audu Umar for making advances to his wife, TheNation has reported. Audu who is currently in the custody of the Niger State Police Command said that he did not … Read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s Most Visited...

Former military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), has assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari would resolve the issues of insecurity in the country..... Read more via Nairaland – http://bit.ly/2Z4TMlj Get More Nigeria Political News

A Christian man has extended a hand of fellowship to Muslims in his community by doing something very commendable.... Read more via Tori News – http://bit.ly/2XoYw54 Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Senate yesterday made startling revelations on the activities of kidnappers and bandits across Nigeria, asserting that the country is now under their firm grip.… Read more via Leadership Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2GJYxuu Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday raised the alarm about an alleged plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to compromise the Niger State governorship election tribunal.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2UTQDqT Get More Nigeria Political News

One Uwani Danjuma has killed his wife with a cutlass in Uddu, Niger state, because she planned to re-marry after his death, according to a report by TheNation. According to the 30-year-old man, his wife had told him, when he was sick, weeks earlier, that if he dies, she … Read more via...