•General Abdourahamane Tiani Niger’s junta chief appointed a new chief of staff, state TV reported yesterday, after a thwarted army mutiny last month shook his grip on power. Supporters of the military government put down the attempted uprising with the help of Russian mercenaries, but not before intense fighting in the capital. Disgruntled so...
•Security operatives and Commissioner Obed Nuhu The Niger State government has not received any communication from the terrorists who abducted worshippers at a mosque in Borgu Local Government Area last Friday, the state Commissioner for Information, Obed Nuhu, has said. Nuhu disclosed this today during an interview on Channels Television, sa...
•Tinubu and terrorists At least 8,521 Nigerians sought refuge in Niger, Cameroon and Chad between December 2025 and May 2026 as a result of insecurity in the North-West and the North-East. This is according to an analysis of data from the UNHCR Nigeria Forcibly Displaced Populations dashboard, obtained by our correspondent for the six-month pe...
The Deputy Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly and the only female legislator in the House, Mrs Affiniki Dauda, has failed in her bid to return to the Assembly under the All Progressives Congress (APC). Also affected are 15 other lawmakers who lost in the party’s primaries, reports Vanguard. However, the Speaker of […]
•Residents flee Residents of Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State have fled to neighbouring Niger State following a deadly terrorist attack that reportedly left over 176 people dead during the week. The attack, which occurred on Tuesday evening and lasted until Wednesday morning, forced families to abandon their homes,...
•Terrorists Terrorists have attacked Wawa District of Borgu Local Council of Niger State. It was reliably learnt that the attack occurred on Thursday, January 22, 2026, reports Sunday Guardian. A traditional title holder, Baba Mohammed, the Zana of Wawa, hinted that the terrorists had earlier launched an attack on one of the National Park staf...
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have rescued two pastors and a church member abducted by suspected bandits in Kaduna State, and arrested three suspects linked to the crime in Niger State. The victims Rev. Idi Buhari, Emmanuel Jacob and Suleiman Adamu were kidnapped on January 9, 2026, at Gwagwada in Chikun Local […]
Togo, Niger, and Benin owe Nigeria $17.8m, an equivalent of over N25 billion at the current exchange rate, for electricity supplied under bilateral arrangements, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said. In its Third Quarter 2025 report, NERC disclosed that the three international customers were invoiced a total of $18.69m by th...
At least 227 students and teachers were abducted by suspected terrorists from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State chapter, Most Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, confirmed the abduction, emphasising that the ass...
•Bandits Terrorists have reportedly abducted students at St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in Papiri community, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The incident was said to have occurred around 2am today. Secretary to the Niger State Government, Alhaji Abubakar Usman who confirmed the incident said the number of pupils abducte...
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