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NPFL: Enyimba pip Niger Tornadoes 1-0 in Aba
Peoples Gazette
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August 31, 2025
Enyimba International FC of Aba defeated visiting Niger Tornadoes FC of Minna 1-0 on Sunday during the ongoing Nigeria Premier Football League match day two at Enyimba FC stadium, Aba. Joseph Abiodun scored the only goal in the 4th minute,...
Niger: A strategic workshop to assess NDC 2.0 and chart the course towards NDC 3.0
Climate Analytics
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August 27, 2025
Le Niger franchit une nouvelle étape dans la consolidation de ses engagements climatiques. Du mardi 26 au mercredi 27 août, le Noom Hotel de Niamey accueille un atelier de consultation et de formation consacré à l’évaluation de la Contribution...
NPFL 26: Enyimba pips Niger Tornadoes 1-0 in Aba
Realnews Magazine
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August 31, 2025
Sports ENYIMBA International FC of Aba defeated visiting Niger Tornadoes FC of Minna 1-0 on Sunday during the ongoing Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) match day two at Enyimba FC stadium, Aba. Joseph Abiodun scored the only goal in the 4th...
Niger restricts European visa delivery in ‘reciprocal’ move
African Insider
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August 27, 2025
Niamey – Junta-run Niger will restrict where Europeans can obtain a visa for the Sahel country in response to the “difficulties” it says Nigerien citizens face in obtaining visas from European embassies. Since taking power in a coup in 2023,...
Police arrest nine suspects for thuggery in Niger
Daily Post
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August 31, 2025
The Niger State Police Command’s Anti-Thuggery Squad has arrested nine suspects in connection with thuggery activities and the recovery of dangerous weapons in parts of Minna. According to the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun,...
Woman Set Ablaze Over Alleged Blasphemy In Niger
Information Nigeria
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August 31, 2025
Residents of Kasuwan-Garba town in Mariga Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State lynched and set a woman ablaze on Saturday evening, over alleged blasphemous remarks against Prophet Muhammad. The victim, identified as Amaye, a food vendor,...
Mob Burns Nigerian Woman Alive In Niger State Over Alleged Blasphemy
Sahara Reporters
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SaharaReporters learned that the incident occurred at the Kasuwar-Garba community in the Mariga Local Government Area of the state. Niger State was thrown into chaos on Saturday evening after a woman identified as Amaye, a local food vendor, was...
Mob lynches woman over alleged blasphemous utterance in Niger
Punch
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August 31, 2025
The Niger State command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed a lady, simply known as Ammaye, was burnt to death by a mob over an alleged blasphemous utterance against the Islamic faith before security reinforcement could arrive. Spokesman of...
Mob Justice: Female Food Seller Lynched over Alleged Blasphemy in Niger State
Point Blank News
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August 31, 2025
54 By Oscar Okhifo Another brutal case of mob justice has rocked northern Nigeria, as a female food vendor identified as Ammaye was stoned to death by angry youths in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State over alleged blasphemy against...
Niger: PDP kicks as APC sets up Tinubu’s re-election group
Daily Trust
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August 27, 2025
The Niger State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has formed a sensitisation group to mobilise support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027 through a statewide sensitisation tour. The state APC Chairman, Aminu...
Mob burns woman alive over alleged blasphemy in Niger
Daily Post
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August 31, 2025
A woman identified simply as Amaye has been lynched and set ablaze by Muslim youths in Niger State for allegedly making blasphemous remarks against Prophet Muhammad. It was gathered that the incident occurred Saturday evening in Kasuwan-Garba town...
Mob burns woman to death in Niger state over alleged blasphemy
The Cable
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August 31, 2025
A food vendor has been lynched in Kasuwan-Garba town, Mariga LGA of Niger state, over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. The incident reportedly happened on Saturday after the woman, identified as Amaye, made comments considered offensive...
Alleged Blasphemy: Woman burnt alive in Niger
Daily Trust
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August 31, 2025
Residents of Kasuwan-Garba town in Mariga Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State on Saturday evening lynched and set a woman ablaze over an alleged blasphemous remark against Prophet Muhammad. The woman, identified as Amaye, a food vendor, was...
Mob Justice: Female Food Seller Lynched over Alleged Blasphemy In Niger
Daily Independent
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August 31, 2025
0 Another brutal case of mob justice has rocked northern Nigeria, as a female food vendor identified as Ammaye was stoned to death by angry youths in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. The...
Niger State Students Make U-Turn On Planned Protest After Meeting With Deputy Governor, Others
Sahara Reporters
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The National Association of Niger State Students (NANISS) has called off its planned protest, just hours after confirming it would go ahead following a meeting with the Niger State Commissioner of Police. Earlier today, SaharaReporters had...
Police Arrest Two Suspected Assassins With Pistol In Niger
Information Nigeria
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August 31, 2025
The Niger State Police Command has arrested two suspected hired assassins with a locally made pistol and live cartridge in the Beji community of Bosso Local Government Area. In a statement released on Saturday in Minna, the Command’s Public...
NPFL: Enyimba supporters optimistic of win against visiting Niger Tornadoes
News Diary Online
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August 31, 2025
Enyimba International FC supporters are optimistic the Aba based club of amasing the maximum points against visiting Niger Tornadoes of Minna in the ongoing Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). By Nicholas Obisike Enyimba International FC...
Niger State Students’ Body Petitions Governor Bago, Demands Sacking Of DG Students’ Affairs Bello Shariff Over Alleged Corruption, Betrayal
Sahara Reporters
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Concerned Nigerlite Students have petitioned Governor Umaru Mohammed Bago, calling for the removal of Bello Shariff, the Director General of Students’ Affairs, and the withdrawal of his ambassadorship to the National Association of Niger State...
Parents seek end to primary school graduation ceremonies in Niger, Nasarawa, Kogi
Peoples Gazette
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August 31, 2025
Some parents and stakeholders in Niger, Nasarawa and Kogi States have commended the decision of the Imo government to ban graduation ceremonies in primary schools, and called for a nationwide abolition of the practice. They expressed their views...
Gist25 minutes ago Woman Lynched, Set Ablaze In Niger Over Alleged Blasphemy Tragedy struck in Kasuwan-Garba town, Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State, on Saturday evening when a woman identified as Amaye, a food vendor, was lynched...
Naija News
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August 31, 2025
Naija News learnt that the incident occurred after a customer jokingly expressed interest in marrying the woman, citing the tradition of the Prophet. In her response, she allegedly made comments deemed offensive by some residents. A community...