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    Metro Police Inspector Killed, Two Officers Injured In Shootout With Bandits – Channels Television

    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... Read more via Channels Television –...
  2. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro 20 killed in Niger food distribution stampede – TODAY

    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 … Read...
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    Metro 100 Gunmen on motorbikes attack 3 Niger communities – Ladun Liadi’s Blog

    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 … Read more...
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    Metro Fire guts Maryam Babangida Girls College staff quarters – Newtelegraph

    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 … Read...
  5. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Buhari orders Air Force bombard bandits in Niger – P.M. News

    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 … Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2vnawL3 Get...
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    Metro Bloody day in Niger as bandits kill 4, kidnap chief imam, 20 others – Legit.ng

    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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    Metro Gunmen kidnap two expatriates, six Nigerians – Newtelegraph

    The Niger State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed abduction of two expatriates, a Nigerian staff of Triacta Construction Company and five others in Galadima Kogo Village of Erena in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state. The construction workers were handling construction work on the...
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    Metro JUST SAD!! 12 Lives Gone In Tragic Road Accident In Niger – Naijaloaded

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State has confirmed the death of 12 persons in an accident on Sunday at Sawmill village along Mokwa -Makera road in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state..... Read more via Naijaloaded – https://ift.tt/2salxxI Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Metro Opponents of âhate speech billâ are pretenders – Senator Abdullahi – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    Deputy chief whip of the senate, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi has lashed out at those opposing the controversial hate speech bill he is sponsoring. The lawmaker who described opponents of the bill as pretenders who.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2OFGRUC Get More Nigeria...
  10. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Senator who sponsored hate speech bill says he has been receiving threats – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, the lawmaker representing Niger North Senatorial District and the Deputy Chief Whip has disclosed that he’s been receiving threatening messages since the hate speech bill he sponsored passed its first reading. Recall LIB reported that Senator Abdullahi proposed a...
  11. Nigeria Political News

    Politics 2023 presidency: Vatsa blasts northerners – Newtelegraph

    An All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart in Niger State, Mr. Jonathan Vatsa, has called on Ndigbo and people of the South Eastern part of Nigeria not to trade the 2023 presidency for anything, saying “it is your right.” He expressed dissatisfaction with the.... Read more via Newtelegraph –...
  12. Nigeria Business News

    Business Controversy trails Max Air emergency landing at Minna airport – TODAY

    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
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    Metro Inability to pay my children's school fees forced me into kidnapping- Suspect- DailyTrust

    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
  14. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Man throws four months old son into Niger River – Ladun Liadi’s Blog

    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
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    Metro Plane carrying pilgrims makes hard landing in Nigeria – Xinhua

    (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...
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    Metro Plane conveying pilgrims crash lands in Niger – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    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
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    Metro Herder Remanded In Prison Custody For Allegedly Killing Farmer In Niger – Sahara Reporters

    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...
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    Metro Sallah tragedy: Gas tanker kills 15 in Niger – Newtelegraph

    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...
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    Metro Niger State Govt Seeks Stiff Penalties For Rapists, Kidnappers, Others – Nairaland

    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...
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    Metro 15 Dead, 35 Missing in Niger Boat Mishap – Thisdaylive

    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...
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