Tag: Niger state

Does Shiroro fallen soldiers’ blood matter? By Festus Adedayo

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When death became ubiquitous and cheap as air, afflicting the young and the old in their scores, Yoruba of old said it had become three-for-a-penny. There was what they called iyo olo’kan (one-penny salt). Ookan was a penny and the least of the denominations of the money of the time. A mound of salt was sold for a penny. Death that harvested people in their prime, unannounced, they also likened to creepy, parasitic mistletoe – afomo. It is a leathery-leaved parasitic plant which grows on apple, oak, and other broadleaf…

BREAKING: DHQ gives update on Evacuation Helicopter crash in Niger state

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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) at the biweekly briefing of the Defence Media Operations on Thursday, August 17, 2023. confirmed that some men and Officers of Nigerian Army paid the supreme price in the ongoing fight against Terrorism and banditry in Niger state. Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, disclosed this while giving a breakdown of casualties in the ambush of troops in Niger State and an evacuation helicopter that crashed on August 14, 2023.He revealed that seven soldiers were also wounded during the unfortunate ambush. Breaking down the…

FACTS ABOUT ALHAJI MOHAMMED IDRIS ( MALAGI) KAKAAKI NUPE MINISTERIAL NOMINEE FROM NIGER STATE

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1. Alhaji Mohammed Idris is a well-known media entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political leader in Nigeria.   2. He was born on May 2nd, 1966 and hails from Malagi in Gbako Local Government Area of Niger State.   3. He holds a Master’s Degree in English (M.A English) from Bayero University, Kano, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English (B.A English) from the University of Sokoto (Now Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto).   4. He is the Publisher of Blueprint Newspapers and Secretary of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN).…

It’s Time to work extra mile for a better Niger state – Gov Umar Bago …. says Open Door Policy has come to stay

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Niger State Governor,Mohammed Umar Bago said it is time to work the extra mile to collectively build a better future for the citizens of the State. The Governor stated this when he received a delegation of Former National Assembly Members Forum, under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the State, on a congratulatory visit at the Niger State Lodge, Abuja. Governor Umar Bago who stated that campaigns were over said it is time to evolve strategies to better the state. According to him “It is time for…

MARCH 18 POLLS: IGP deploys AIG Aishatu Abubakar, Others to Niger state

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In view of the forthcoming March 18th Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections in Niger State, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has deployed AIG Election Zone 7, AIG Aishatu Abubakar supervising Niger State/FCT from AIG Vetrinary FHQ Abuja to oversee and coordinate security arrangements for the elections in Niger State.   Similarly, other Senior Police officers were equally deployed to supervise security arrangements in the three senatorial districts of the State, which are; CP Susan Horsefall and DCP Aina Emmanuel to Niger South, CP Kayode Adetumbi…

Tinubu meets farmers, agro commodity groups in Niger

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The APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will continue his engagement with another strategic sector of the Nigerian economy, with a Town Hall meeting in Minna, Niger State on Monday.   Along with his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, Tinubu will meet farmers and the agro commodity groups in the state, which is notable for being a breadbasket of Nigeria.   According to a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity of the APC campaign council, Governor Abubakar Bello will host the meeting and the candidates.  …

Military airstrike kills Boko Haram Commander, Aminu Duniya in Niger State

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Multiple airstrikes by two Nigerian Air Force, NAF, fighter jets on Saturday killed scores of Boko Haram terrorists in Niger State.   A notorious Boko Haram Commander, Aminu Duniya, is among those feared dead in the raid by the military fighter aircraft.   The terrorists were neutralized after intelligence revealed that they had assembled at Kurebe in Shiroro Local Government Area, for an important meeting hosted by Duniya.   The wanted terrorist Commander was said to have invited his fellow criminals to his enclave at Kurebe, to the meeting which…

PEN IS IN PAINS – Manarakis Journey, By Adamu Idris Manarakis

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(This is my personal seclusion in life. A book about Manarakis) “This is bad of us. Many people you may feel you can access or get their bio-data on google are not there, WHY? please document about yourself especially academicians and public servants.” Manarakis is one of the gods of Nupe literature who gives birth to immortality. He create animates and in animates, north, south, west, east, and instruct all to be on their knees for him. It is the happiest thing in life to craft out my life hurdles,…

Senate alerts military on terrorists’ enclaves in Kwara, Niger States

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The Senate has identified terrorists’ enclaves in communities within three local government areas of Kwara and Niger States, respectively.   Accordingly, the chamber, on Tuesday, urged the Military to carry out a comprehensive onslaught of bandits and criminal elements within Kainji Lake National Park and the identified communities.   The names of communities given by the chamber include Kaiama, Karonzi-Yashikira in Baruten local government, and Wawa and Babanna areas in Niger State.   These formed part of resolutions reached by the Senate after it considered a motion on the “worsening…

Gov Sani Bello charges newly promoted Police Officers to be more committed,says there is relative Peace in the state

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Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has said that the state was enjoying relative peace owing to the combined efforts of conventional and nonconventional security operatives aimed at combating terrorists in parts of the state.   Governor Sani Bello stated this in an interview shortly after the decoration ceremony of the newly promoted senior police officers held at the International Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja. The Governor who said he was at the occasion to honour and boost the morale of some Nigerlites; Ahmed Magaji Kontagora and Kolo Yusuf who…