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Corruption Politics, Headlines, Niger, State News
Saturday, April 22nd, 2017
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, on Friday claimed that the N6bn that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission traced to a former commissioner in the state was stolen from Niger State Government account. Bello made the claim in an interview with journalists shortly after joining President Muhammadu Buhari for the two-raka’at Juma’at […]
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Headlines, Niger, State News
Friday, July 29th, 2016
Eleven people have died in flooding in Niger and 30,000 left homeless after vast swathes of the country — including arid desert locations — were deluged with heavy rain, the UN said Friday. The worst affected regions are both desert areas: Tahoua in the west, where seven people died and 5,321 people were left homeless, […]
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Governors, Headlines, Kaduna, Kebbi, Niger, State News, Zamfara
Sunday, June 28th, 2015
FROM NOAH EBIJE, KADUNA Governors of the states bordering the dreaded Ka¬muku Forest of Kaduna, where series of criminal activities have been on¬going for years met yes¬terday with Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai to find solution to rising fears of being a future nest for Boko Ha¬ram insurgents. According to El-Rufai, “the forest which […]
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Headlines, Niger, State News
Wednesday, June 10th, 2015
Ex-governor to refund N2.9b The Niger State Government yesterday asked former Governor Babangida Aliyu to refund N2.9 billion. A statement by Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor Dr. Ibrahim Dooba said the money was taken as loan on the eve of Aliyu’s departure. It stated that although Governor Abubakar Bello would not witch-hunt […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Niger, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Saturday, April 11th, 2015
The Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, on Saturday said a one party system in the country will not do Nigerians any good as far as the future of the country is concerned. Aliyu made this known in Minna during the accreditation exercise for the Governorship and House of Assembly election in Niger state. The governor said, […]
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2015
State-by-state projection of their chances With the presidential election just around the corner, our correspondents write that the battle, which is a straight one between President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, may spring some surprises As Nigerians, nay the world, wait for the March 28 presidential election and the 10 competing political parties putting […]
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Headlines, Niger, State News
Saturday, September 27th, 2014
By Michael Joseph Kidnapping Saga: Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu, Release Fejiro Oliver Now. For the past three days, friends and family members of an online journalist and human right activist, Mr Fejiro Oliver have become concerned about his whereabouts after he was invited for a civic meeting by the Niger State SSG, Mr Saidu Kpaki. Mr. […]
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Headlines, Niger, State News
Thursday, September 4th, 2014
The Niger State Government on Thursday made it clear that there was no case of Ebola Virus Disease in the state, and so will take proactive measures to ensure that it does not gain entry into the state. The Commissioner for Health, Hajia Hadiza Abdullahi, at a news conference in Minna disclosed that government was already creating […]
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Governors, Headlines, Niger, Osun, State News
Monday, August 11th, 2014
Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, on Monday ascribed the victory of Rauf Aregbesola, in the Osun State governorship election on Saturday governorship to hard work and commitment to grassroots politics. Aliyu who made his position known in a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Israel Ebije, in Minna, […]
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Headlines, Niger, State News
Monday, July 28th, 2014
Says State was grossly under counted By Wole Masadomi Minna—Niger State government has said that it is still angry over the outcome of the last national population census in the country, saying that the state was grossly under counted. It, therefore, said it had taken the necessary steps to ensure that the people were adequately […]