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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on Monday has called on Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello to launch an investigation into reports that his Chief Press Secretary, Ms Mary Noel-Barje, ordered the arrest of The PUNCH correspondent in the State, Mr. Adebayo Ayinde, and directed security men to bar him from Government House in the State […]
About 17 people have been abducted by gunmen suspected to be armed bandits in some three communities in Bassa/Kukoki Ward, in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State at the weekend .
Niger State Government has said that it has adjusted it’s 2020/ 2021 academic session first term, earlier slated to commence on Monday, 4th January, 2021, to Monday, 25th January 2021 as resumption date for all basic and secondary schools in the state to resume classes for academic activities.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State, has urged the people of the State to support his administration and work towards ensuring the progress as well as development of the State.
The meeting between some high ranking Officials of the Niger State government and organised labour over the planned reduction in the ‘State Civil’ salaries effective from November, which was held in Minna on Thursday, has ended in a deadlock.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has called for emergency measure by the Federal Government in form of Special Intervention Fund that will assist states ravaged by flood and the consequential effect of the spillage of Kainji, Shiroro, and Jebba Hydro Power Dams.
Patently worried by the epileptic power supply in the state, the Niger State House of Assembly rose from its plenary on Wednesday, issuing a three weeks ultimatum to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) to provide customers with prepaid meters and uninterrupted 24 hours power supply in the state.
As the fight against banditry and kidnappings received a boost, the Nigerian Army is to establish a special camp around the troubled areas bedeviled with insecurity in Niger state .
A crisis of monumental dimension may have engulfed the Niger state chapter of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with less than 10 days to it’s local and state congresses scheduled to hold on 8th and 12th of this month respectively with a group accusing the national Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus and the immediate past Governor of the state, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu of an orchestrated plan to hijack the congresses.
Rising from an emergency meeting held at the labour house in Minna on Thursday, Niger state workers have again rejected the planned slash in their salaries by the state government .