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One killed as car slams into commercial bus in Lagos
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 18, 2025
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) intervened on Monday in a serious road traffic accident involving a Toyota Highlander Jeep (APP 150 EY) and a painted T4 commercial bus (KJA 328 XH), which occurred in the early hours at...
Gist1 minute ago Over 40 Missing As Boat Capsizes In Sokoto Tragedy struck in Sokoto State on Sunday morning as a boat carrying more than 50 passengers capsized on its way to Goronyo Market, leaving over 40...
Naija News
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August 18, 2025
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the incident in a statement, noting that rescue efforts were ongoing. The Director General of NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, said the agency immediately activated its emergency response after...
Niger open to investments in transportation sector – Deputy Governor
The Sun Nigeria
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August 15, 2025
From Steve Agbota, Minna The Niger State government has reiterated its readiness to welcome investments across all modes of transportation to drive economic growth and enhance public safety. Speaking on Thursday, the Deputy Governor, Yakubu Garba,...
Farmers, Environmentalists Differ On Risks, Rewards Of Tree Crops For Carbon Finance
Daily Independent
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August 18, 2025
1 LAGOS – With carbon finance gaining global attention, there are mixed reactions on whether to promote tree crop farming especially by smallholders and homesteads as a way to earn carbon credits or not. While some stakeholders see an...
GPRTU wants Maripoma Enterprise back on Pokuase-Nsawam road
The Herald Ghana
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August 18, 2025
…To rescind Thursday’s strike decision The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) states that it will only call off its planned sit-down strike, if the government resumes repair work on the severely deteriorated Pokuase–Nsawam road, an...
Niger opens to investments in transportation sector — Deputy Governor
The Sun Nigeria
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August 14, 2025
By Steve Agbota The Niger State Government has reiterated its readiness to welcome investments across all modes of transportation to drive economic growth and enhance public safety. Speaking on Thursday, August 14, the Deputy Governor, Comrade...
Niger State Govt. Woos Investors In Transportation Sector
Daily Independent
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August 14, 2025
0 LAGOS – The Niger State Government has restated its commitment to encourage investors into the state in all modes of transportation. Comrade Yakubu Garba, the Deputy Governor of Niger State, reiterated this commitment on Thursday in the state...
Niger opens investigation after Sotheby’s auction of Martian meteorite
KVIA - Texas
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August 14, 2025
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A rare Martian meteorite, billed as the largest piece of Mars on Earth, captured attention when it fetched millions from an anonymous bidder at a recent Sotheby’s auction. But the move has caused Niger, the...
Niger Govt Confirms Arrest Of Notorious Terror Leader
Naija News
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August 14, 2025
Naija News reports that Abba, whose group had terrorised communities across Niger and Kwara states, was reportedly captured alive in an intelligence-led raid and moved to Abuja for further investigation. Governor Mohammed Bago’s Chief Press...
Governor Mohammed Umaru-bago Of Niger State Celebrates Ibb At 84
The Nigerian Voice
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Governor Mohammed Umaru-Bago of Niger State has extended warm felicitations to former Military President, retired Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, as he celebrates his 84th birthday. In a congratulatory message, the Governor, through his Chief...
Appointment Of Alhassan, NMCN Registrar, Excites Niger Govt.
News Investigators Nigeria
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August 17, 2025
News Investigators/ Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru-Bago, has hailed the appointment of Dr Ndagi Alhassan as the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN). Mr Umaru-Bago, who expressed...
Niger State Ready To Drive Tinubu’s 2027 Re-Election Bid – Gov Bago
Information Nigeria
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August 13, 2025
Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, on Tuesday, declared that the state would serve as the headquarters for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s campaign in the 2027 general elections. He added that he would personally lead the mobilisation efforts for the...
Niger Gov Attributes Peace In Munya LGA To Tinubu’s Support
This Day
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August 13, 2025
* Inaugurates 5km road Laleye Dipo in Minna Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has attributed the relative peace presently enjoyed by the people in Munya Local Government Area of the state to the support given to security agencies in the...
Niger State Government Confirms DSS Arrest Of Mahmuda Terrorists Leader, Abubakar
Sahara Reporters
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Abubakar Abba, leader of Mahmuda, one of the recent terror groups in West Africa, has been reportedly captured in Wawa, Borgu local government area of Niger State. The Niger State government announced the arrest in a statement signed by the Chief...
Niger Governor Bago Admits Rotten Hospitals, Bad Roads, Claims They Were Inherited, Warns Opponents Against Attacks
Sahara Reporters
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The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has warned political opponents against using insecurity, bad roads, and decaying hospitals as political weapons agaist him, stressing that all such challenges were inherited from the previous...
Tinubu okays N16bn for Niger bridge reconstruction
Punch
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August 16, 2025
Months after the Mokwa Bridge in Niger State was washed away by flooding, President Bola Tinubu has approved N16.7bn for its reconstruction. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the disclosure on Saturday in...
Niger challenges arbitrator in uranium dispute
Global Arbitration Review
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Niger has applied to disqualify Colombian arbitrator Fernando Mantilla-Serrano from hearing a contractual ICSID claim lodged by a French state-owned company over uranium mining rights. Register for limited access Register for free to receive GAR’s...
NCC sensitises NYSC members in Nasarawa, Niger camps on data depletion, donates food items
Realnews Magazine
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August 16, 2025
Business OFFICIALS of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has taken its consumer education campaign to the Magaji Dan-Yamusa Permanent Orientation Camp in Keffi, Nasarawa State, and the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Paiko, Niger...
'Armed bandits' said to have killed 20 civilians in west Niger
Eye Witness News
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NIAMEY - Armed men killed 20 civilians travelling on a truck in a western region of Niger where jihadist groups are active, locals said Saturday. The attack occurred Thursday near the town of Komabangou, according to residents and media reports....
Niger is Tinubu 2027 campaign headquarters -Bago
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 12, 2025
Niger State Governor Umar Bago has declared that the state will serve as the headquarters for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s campaign team in the 2027 elections, with himself at the forefront of the effort. Bago made the announcement while...