Niger State

A NSCDC officer has been killed after suspected illegal miners attacked a patrol team during an operation in Korokpa Village, near Minna, Niger State. The officer, attached to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Mining…

Niger State has strengthened its push into global carbon markets through a high-level engagement on the UNFCCC platform aimed at expanding climate finance opportunities and sustainable investment. The meeting brought together government…

Repeated attacks on electricity infrastructure in Niger State are threatening power supply, safety and economic activities. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has raised concerns over increasing vandalism of electricity…

National Youth Service Corps has suspended the 2026 Batch B Stream I orientation exercise in Niger State due to renovation works at the camp. The scheme posted a notice on its official X account confirming NYSC Niger suspension, citing…

Security forces have detained five suspected criminal informants during separate operations aimed at disrupting support networks in Niger State. Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Savannah Shield have arrested five…

Security operatives have arrested five suspected arms couriers allegedly connected to the attack on a Catholic school in Niger State. The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested five suspected arms traffickers, including two…

Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has received the remaining students and staff of St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, who were abducted during a deadly attack on the school last month.…

A fresh wave of violent attacks has hit Niger State, as armed bandits on Wednesday abducted 24 farmers from Palaita community in Erena Ward, Shiroro Local Government Area, and mutilated a blind man in a separate incident within the same…

Security forces have launched intensified operations in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, following the abduction of an unconfirmed number of students from St. Mary’s Catholic Secondary School in the early hours of…

Armed men in large numbers attacked St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State on Friday, abducting an unconfirmed number of students and teachers in what has become yet another major…