•Fuel tanker explosion The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that the death toll from the petrol tanker explosion that occurred at Essa community along the Bida–Badeggi–Agaie road in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State has risen to 45. It also said that 63 other victims sustained varying degrees of burns, report...
•Fuel tanker explosion The death toll from the tragic petrol tanker explosion in Essa community, Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State, has risen to 42, with over 60 others injured. The incident occurred yesterday, Tuesday, October 21, 2025, when the tanker overturned and exploded as residents were reportedly scooping fuel from the falle...
•Diphtheria disease Ten children have died following an outbreak of diphtheria disease in Agaie and Bida Local Government Areas of Niger State. Our correspondent gathered that the affected children were taken to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Bida, where they later passed away, reports Vanguard. Additional fatalities have also been reported...
A cholera outbreak in six local government areas in Niger State, has reportedly claimed 13 lives and led to the hospitalisation of over 236 other residents. The outbreak, first reported on Sunday in the Shiroro Local Government Area, has since spread to Bosso, Minna, Magama, Bida, and Munya LGAs, with health officials confirming escalating cas...
•Bandits Fears have gripped communities across three Local Government Areas in zone C (Niger-North); Rijau, Mariga and Kontagora as armed bandits takes over the entire area bringing vehicular and pedestrian movements to a standstill. Already, Rijau town is under siege as the state devil gun men operate in broad daylight unchallenged in two or ...
•Obi and Tinubu Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has appreciated President Bola Tinubu for “finally deciding to visit the scene of the brutal killings in Benue State”. The former Anambra State governor, however, said the president’s intending visit to Benue State tomorrow was not enough, adding that he should ...
•Peter Obi Former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has decried the level of poverty and hunger in Nigeria, asserting that the country, endowed with vast human and natural resources, should be among the wealthiest nations in the world, not among the hungriest. Obi made the remarks during a visit to Mokwa, Niger State, to commiserate with [&he...
•Governor Umaru Bago and some flooded areas Wednesday night’s rain in Mokwa, Niger State was not much different from others before it, except for its duration: about four hours. The residents, many of them farmers, were happy for the gift of nature, reports NAN. Their farms and crops would be better for it, they thought. […]
•Bandits No fewer than 100 heavily armed bandits yesterday stormed three communities in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, killing an unspecified number of villagers, burning homes, and looting properties, including rustling over 200 cattle. The affected communities — Zagzaga, Chibani, and Kuchi — were attacked in a coordinated operat...
•Boat mishap A devastating boat accident occurred in the early hours of Friday along the Dambo-Ebuchi sections of River Niger, resulting in the loss of multiple lives. According to eyewitnesses, the boat, which belonged to one Musa Dangana, was carrying over 200 passengers, including market women and farm labourers, en route to the Katcha week...
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