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Niger: Aliyu appoints Hassan Nuhu as SURE-P Director-General
Gov Babangida Aliyu of Niger has appointed Malam Hassan Nuhu as Director-General of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) Agency in the state.
A statement signed by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Danladi Ndayebo,...
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Chief Servant’s vision for 2013
In the last five years, Niger state under my leadership has witnessed significant changes in key sectors of the state’s burgeoning economy. I have always reiterated my avowed readiness to demystify governance through wide and extensive consultation...
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Niger Releases 161 Anti-Fuel Subsidy Rioters From Prison After 3 Months
After over three months incarceration, the Niger State Government has announced the release of 161 persons arrested and charged in connection with the January 2012 fuel subsidy induced riots in the state.
The Attorney General and Commissioner...
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‘How N6bn Bond Transformed Niger State’
When the government of Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu in Niger state took the decision to go to the capital market to seek for bond to boost its developmental drive in 2009, some people felt he was putting a credit burden on the state.
Many of those...
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Politicians, others arraigned, detained in Zamfara, Niger, Osun over subsidy protests
ZAMFARA State Police Command yesterday arrested and arraigned 21 persons, including two immediate past council Chairmen of Gusau and Shinkafi councils, and a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) youth leader before a chief magistrate’s court...
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44 yr old man receives 18 lashes for stealing handset in Niger
An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court, presided over by Mr Aminu Abdullahi, on Monday ordered one Nasiru Issa, 44, of Suleja in Niger, to be given 18 lashes of cane for stealing a handset.
Police Prosecutor, Abu Okpanachi told the court that...
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One feared dead in Niger State council polls
BREAKING NEWS — Local government elections were held in Niger State, Saturday with poor turn out recorded just as one person was reportedly shot dead while two other people were seriously wounded in Kontagora, headquarters of ...
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World Bank earmarks N4.7bn for construction of rural roads
MINNA — The World Bank has approved N4.7 billion grant for the construction of rural roads in four states to fast track development and encourage agricultural activities in the country.
Mr Nicolas Pertiera, the Bank’s team leader for...
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Niger state: Five Igbo men shot dead for failing to recite Quaran
MINNA — The five people believed to be Igbo traders were said to have been shot dead at Madala Market on Thursday Night between 7 – 8pm.
Our correspondent reliably gathered that the yet to be identified gunmen were said to have stormed...
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Niger State: Four feared dead as Fulani herdsmen, Hausa traders clash
MINNA – Four people have been confirmed dead at Golbin Boka, in Rijau Local government area of Niger State following a violent clash between some Fulani herdsmen and Hausa traders in the area.
There had been series of armed robbery in...
