Niger

Military kills scores of fleeing bandits in Niger, one soldier missing

Scores of armed bandits fleeing the ongoing military operation in Zamfara and Katsina states on Friday afternoon met their Waterloo…

3 years ago

Updated: Traditional ruler, lawmaker’s wife, two children kidnapped

Bandits have abducted a traditional ruler in the Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, Wawa of Wawa, Dr Mahmud…

3 years ago

Suspected bandits abduct traditional ruler in Niger

The Dodo of Wawa, Dr. Mahmud Ahmed Aliyu of Borgu in New Bussa Local Government Area of Niger State has…

3 years ago

Niger driver kills three students, injures eight in Suleja

Three SS1 students of the Government Secondary School Field Base Suleja, Niger State, have been killed by a vehicle that…

3 years ago

49 Killed In Niger Republic Armed Attack

Five civilians, four soldiers and 40 armed attackers were killed Sunday in a clash in Niger’s restive southwest region near…

3 years ago

15 Tegina Islamic school abductees escape from captivity

About 15 people abducted by bandits from an Islamic school in Tegina, Niger State, last month have reportedly escaped from…

4 years ago

Niger bans commercial motorcycles in Minna after students abduction

The Niger State Government has banned commercial motorcycles from operating in Minna to protect the city and the seat of…

4 years ago

Some kidnappers of Islamiyyan students arrested – Niger deputy gov

Bandits demand N110m ransom Niger State Government says it has arrested some of the bandits who abducted students of the…

4 years ago

Gunmen kill one, kidnap 200 pupils of Niger Islamic school

Gunmen on Sunday attacked an Islamic school, Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School located at Tegina in Niger State and kidnapped about…

4 years ago

Many feared dead as boat with 160 passengers capsizes in Kebbi

Scores of people were declared missing on Wednesday after an overloaded boat ferrying around 160 passengers sank in the Niger…

4 years ago