The independent federal committee investigating the deaths of 37 persons in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna has begun work, with its chairman,…
The Federal Government has constituted a 10-member independent committee to investigate the reported deaths of 37 people held by the Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence…
Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, has imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state following protests and destruction of property linked to the deaths of suspected illegal miners in the custody…
Survivors of a Nigerian disaster that saw 37 suspected illegal gold miners die while in the custody of a paramilitary civil defence group recounted their panic on Friday as they…
Security forces, including the military, police and Department of State Services, have moved into Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State to rescue hundreds of residents reportedly abducted by terrorists…
…directs military, police, DSS to launch coordinated operation …‘Perpetrators are enemies of humanity, will not go scot-free’ President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered an immediate, coordinated security operation to rescue…
Bandits have reportedly set ablaze a primary school in Dekara town, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, despite allegedly collecting a N10 million levy from communities in the area.…
A grandfather in Niger State is in police custody after a DNA test established that he fathered a baby boy with his own 16-year-old granddaughter. The suspect, identified as Musa…
The Niger State Police Command has recovered three AK-47 rifles, six magazines, and 104 rounds of ammunition from a sack belonging to two motorcycle accident victims in Suleja. The accident…
A wave of relief and jubilation swept through Niger State on Monday as 100 out of the school children abducted from St Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School in…