Tag: Niger State
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Forced marriage booms in Niger State
… foul cries follow Investigative Reports … Govt urged to save young girls Niger state government has been urged to rise in defence of young girls being forced into marriages by their families, as well as ensuring perpetrators of the illegal act are sanctioned. The call for Governor Mohammed Bago-led Niger State to frontally…
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Police inspector jailed 22 years for impregnating his teenage daughter
In Niger state, an Inspector of police, Gbenga Fajuyi has been sentenced to 22 years in the Minna Correctional Centre by the Senior Magistrate Court for allegedly putting his 13-year-old biological daughter in the family way. In a cruel manner, Fajuyi was also accused of strangulating and killing the baby his daughter delivered.
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Pandemonium as terrorists abduct village head, 49 others in Niger State
There was pandemonium in Fugge community of Rijau local government area, Niger State, on Friday after terrorists stormed the community and abducted the village head, Mallam Abdullahi Zaure.
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Niger judiciary fires judge, demotes two
Niger State Judicial Service Commission (NJSC) has dismissed from service the Magistrate Court Judge of Salka in Magama local government council of the state, Mohammed Bako Iya over gross misconduct and abuse of Judicial power. Announcing the development at a press briefing in the state capital, Minna, the Secretary of the commission, Abdulrahman Ahmed Garafini,…
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ANALYSIS: The Katsina Massacre and Nigeria’s war on terrorism
Terrorism remains a serious threat in Nigeria and the killing of scores of local vigilantes in Bakori and Kankara local government areas of Katsina State is yet another setback in the war against insurgency. The local vigilantes known as Yansakai, drawn from 11 villages were on a mission to recover 50 cows and 20 sheep…
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Scores of bandits killed after aerial bombardment in Niger
The Nigerian Air Force has explained that they neutralized a certain number of armed bandits during multiple airstrikes in Tshohon Kabula community in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State on Monday morning. Reports say that many of the bandits were killed after an ealier exchange of gunfire with the state joint security taskforce in…
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CAN Youth wing condemn killing of Priest in Minna
Amb. Belusochukwu Enwere, Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (Youth Wing) has condemned the killing of a priest in Minna, Niger, by bandits.
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Police begin manhunt for killers of Catholic Priest in Niger
The Police in Niger said they deployed reinforcements to track down suspected killers of Catholic Priest, Very Rev. Fr. Issac Achi of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Paikoro Local Government Area of the state on Sunday.
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CAN flays killing of Catholic Priest in Niger State
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Niger has condemned the killing of a Catholic Priest, Very Rev. Fr. Isaac Achi, in Paikoro Local Government Area of the state.
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BREAKING: Catholic priest burnt to death in Niger State
A Catholic priest, Very Reverend Father Isaac Achi has been burnt to death in his residence at Kafin Koro, Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State.