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Police launch manhunt for four-man robbery gang
Prompt News Online
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September 9, 2025
The Niger State Police Command has begun a manhunt for four armed robbers who trailed a bank customer in Minna and dispossessed him of cash shortly after he left a bank on Monday morning. The incident occurred around Tunga Market when the victim,...
African Presidents May Be Kidnapped, France Wants To Destroy Africa – Primate Ayodele Warns
Daily Independent
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September 9, 2025
0 The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has prophetically revealed the possibility of an African president getting kidnapped by some special forces. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin,...
African presidents may be kidnapped, France wants to destroy Africa – Primate Ayodele
Eagle Online
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September 9, 2025
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has prophetically revealed the possibility of some African presidents getting kidnapped by some special forces, adding that France is out to destroy Africa. The man of God...
Tinubu meets Katsina, Jigawa, Niger elders over insecurity
Business Day
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September 2, 2025
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, met with stakeholders from Katsina, Jigawa and Niger States over the rampaging insecurity ravaging the region among others. The meeting cane on the backdrop of recent increase in wanton killing of innocent...
Kaduna-Abuja Railway: An Urgent Call for Improved Maintenance And Security Compliance, By Samuel Aruwan
Sahara Reporters
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The management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) recently made a commendable move by accepting responsibility following the recent derailment of a Kaduna-bound train, an incident many frequent passengers attributed to poor maintenance....
ISIS extremists hack 50 people to death with machetes at a funeral
Daily Mail
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September 9, 2025
Islamic State extremists have hacked at least 50 civilians to death at a funeral in eastern Congo. The gruesome attack happened on Monday night in the town of Ntoyo, in Lubero territory, North Kivu province, local administrator Macaire Sivikunula...
NSCDC deploys tactical squad to rescue abducted Chinese expatriate in Edo
Punch
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September 9, 2025
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has ordered an immediate tactical response following the brutal killing of eight of its operatives and the abduction of a Chinese expatriate in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State....
NBS: Yobe, Niger, Nasarawa lead cooking gas price decline
New National Star
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September 3, 2025
BY SAM OTUONYE The average retail price of refilling a 5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) declined by 0.96% month-on-month, dropping from N8,323.95 in June 2025 to N8,243.79 in July 2025. Also, the average retail price for...
Niger State School Battles Deplorable Conditions As Group Demands Urgent Govt Action
Sahara Reporters
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A civic technology platform, MonITNG, has sounded the alarm on the deplorable state of Tudun Fulani Primary and Secondary School in Bosso, Minna, Niger State, describing the conditions as "not education, but survival." "The building is collapsing,...
Our Man in France, By Reuben Abati
News Diary Online
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September 9, 2025
“So, where is President Tinubu, my brother?” “What do you mean where is President Tinubu? He told you and everyone else that he is travelling to France and the UK on a working leave.” “What else is he doing? What work is he doing? “ “Don’t be rude...
Niger: Troops’ firepower intensifies, terrorists flee to Zungeru
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 29, 2025
A combined team of the Department of State Services (DSS) and troops of the Nigerian Army have dealt a devastating blow on bandits in Niger state. In the ensuing duel, the team neutralised over 50 of the criminal elements and rescued kidnapped...
Blasphemy: Police Yet to Arrest Suspected Killers of Woman in Niger
This Day
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September 2, 2025
Laleye Dipo in Minna The police have said that it is yet to make any arrest in connection with the burning to death of a woman in Kasuwan Garba Market in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State last Saturday for alleged blasphemy. The police,...
A Practical Nomogram Based on RDW-CV for Predicting Clinical Outcome in Elderly Septic Patients
Dove Medical Press
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September 9, 2025
Introduction Sepsis is a serious condition characterized by multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) due to a dysfunctional response of the body to infection.1 According to a statistical analysis conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics and...
Bago dissolves Niger cabinet as Alia reconstitutes in Benue
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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September 2, 2025
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has dissolved his cabinet. He announced the dissolution during the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting at Government House, Minna, yesterday. Bago had appreciated the officials for their services...
Concrete Roads: A Game Changer For Emergency Response And Security In Niger
The Nigerian Voice
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Across Nigeria, numerous ungoverned areas have become safe havens for bandits, kidnappers, and terrorists. Despite substantial resources invested in combating insecurity, these criminals exploit inaccessible terrains, forests, and poor...
Niger Government Shuts Down Mokwa IDPs Camp Over Security Concerns
Information Nigeria
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August 29, 2025
The Niger State Government has ordered the closure of an Internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp in Mokwa Town, citing security threats and allegations that the facility was being used for illicit activities endangering the host community....
Niger: Troops neutralise scores of bandits in Babanna community
The Sun Nigeria
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August 29, 2025
By John Adams, Minna It was a sigh of relief for the people of the Babanna community in the Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State as troops of the 22 Armoured Brigade killed an unspecified number of bandits in a major operation in the area....
Former FIRS Boss Nami Eyes Niger South Senatorial Seat
This Day
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September 2, 2025
Nami Abdullahi, former Federal Inland Revenue Service FIRS boss has buried his governorship ambition and now wants to contest the Senatorial election in the Niger South Senatorial District. Though Nami did not say on which platform he would be...
An urgent call for improved maintenance and security compliance on Kaduna-Abuja railway
The Cable
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September 9, 2025
The management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) recently made a commendable move by accepting responsibility following the recent derailment of a Kaduna-bound train, an incident many frequent passengers attributed to poor maintenance....
ONCF Adds Special Al Boraq Trains for Morocco-Niger World Cup Qualifier
Morocco World News
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September 1, 2025
Marrakech – The National Railways Office (ONCF) has announced a special transportation plan for fans attending the Morocco-Niger World Cup qualifier match. Two additional Al Boraq high-speed trains will depart from Rabat to Tangier at 11:25 p.m....