Bandits Abduct Electoral Commissioner, Ex-SUBEB Chair, Passengers In Niger

Suspected bandits on Monday abducted the Commissioner Seven of the Niger State Independent Electoral Commission, Ahmed Mohammed, popularly known as Barrister Ahmed Lawyer, along with his driver and a former Chairman of the State Universal Basic...

Woman shot as illegal miners clash with local community in Niger

From John Adams Minna An attempt by illegal mining operators in Mutun Daya community in Shiroro local government area of Niger state to covert the community primary school into a mining site has resulted in a bloody clashed between the local...

Blackpink’s Humanitarian Work: Education, Health & Global Impact

FLORIANÓPOLIS, Brazil — South Korean culture has risen globally with milestones like the record-breaking TV series Squid Game, the Oscar-winning film Parasite, and Psy’s viral hit Gangnam Style. Alongside these cultural exports, the Korean Wave...

Gunmen abducted scores of travelers including NISIEC staff, former SUBEB chairman in Niger

Scores of passengers, including the Niger State Independent Electoral Commission, NISIEC, Commissioner Ahmed Mohammed and former State Universal Education Board Chairman Alhaji Bawa Niworo, have allegedly been abducted by suspected bandits on the...

Ex-SUBEB Chair, Many others kidnapped as bandits lay siege to Niger communities

The former Chairman of the Niger State Universal Basic Education Board, Alhaji Alhassan Bawa Niworo, has been kidnapped. Niworo was reportedly kidnapped along several other travellers around 4pm on Monday, September 29, 2025. Their attackers...

JUST-IN: Bandits Abduct Niger Electoral Commission Member, Ex-SUBEB Boss, Others

Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits fleeing from Kwara State have abducted scores of passengers along Ibbi-Bussa on Mokwa-New Bussa road in Niger State. LEADERSHIP gathered that among those abducted were the Commissioner 7 of the Niger State...

Just In: Niger Electoral Commission Member, Ex-SUBEB Boss, Others Abducted

According to Leadership, among those abducted were the Commissioner 7 of the Niger State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC), Ahmed Mohammed, and Alhaji Bawa Niworo, a former chairman of the State Universal Education Board (NSUBEB). Other...

Niger PM accuses France of "training, financing and equipping terrorists" to incite inter-ethnic conflict

Mahaman made the remarks against the backdrop of Niger’s recent withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move seen as a rejection of Western influence. “Since French troops were cast out from Niger in 2023, the government of...

Niger traditional rulers to mobilise communities for Measles, Polio, Rubella vaccination drive

The Emir of Kontagora, Alhaji Muhammadu Bara Muazu II, and the Emir of Kagara, Mallam Ahmed Garba Gunna Attahiru II, have pledged to mobilise their communities for a measles and rubella vaccination campaign. The traditional leaders made the...

Constitutionality of Niger State Policy Requiring Approval of Sermons and Licensing of Preachers

The Advocate By Onikepo Braithwaite Onikepo.braithwaite@thisdaylive.com Introduction and Background In September 2025, the Governor of Niger State, His Excellency, Mohammed Umar Bago announced a directive requiring clerics and religious Preachers...

Niger State Governor Bago Loses Aide

The Galadima Raban Nupe and Coordinator of Chieftaincy Affairs to Governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger State, Alh. Gimba Abubakar, is dead. Abubakar died in the early hours of Saturday after a brief illness. A family source disclosed that the late...

Ex-Governor Ganduje Diverts Kano State’s 20% Stake In Multi-Billion-Naira Dry Port To His Children, Awards N4Billion Contract To Family-Linked Firm – Report

Former Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje quietly stripped the state government of its 20 percent equity in the multibillion-naira Dala Inland Dry Port Nigeria Limited and handed the shares to his children, who were subsequently appointed...

Department of Culture organises 4th Arab Poetry Forum in Niger

Enhancing the presence of Arab poetry The African Arab Poetry Fora are in implementation of the directives of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, which seek to spread the Arabic language, expand its horizons, and enhance the presence of Arabic...

Us Senators Want Re-designation Of Nigeria As “country Of Particular Co

Some Republican Senators have jointly written to the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asking him to re-designate Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) over alleged...

ADC Will Upstage APC In 2027 – Niger State Chairman

0 Chinwendu Nnadozie The African Democratic Congress (ADC), Niger State chapter has said that it is more concerned with building on already existing structures at Ward and Local Government Council levels as part of strategic plans to send the All...

Nouveau rapport sur les communautés chrétiennes au Nigéria

Les chiffres publiés par l’ONG Intersociety sont accablants : ils révèlent une réalité complexe où se mêlent persécution religieuse, conflits ethniques, réseaux criminels et abdication de l’Etat. Pourtant, ce drame reste largement ignoré par les...

Measles-Rubella: Niger govt launches immunisation campaign

The Niger State Ministry of Primary Healthcare has launched a robust advocacy and sensitisation drive across the Kontagora and Kagara Emirates of the state for the upcoming Integrated Measles-Rubella Vaccine Introduction and Polio Campaign...

U.S. Senators Call For Nigeria To Be Re-Designated As “Country Of Particular Concern” Over Terrorist Killings

A coalition of Republican senators in the United States has formally requested that Secretary of State Marco Rubio reconsider labeling Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA), citing...

Special Report: Lavrov of Russia; Barbados, China, Niger, Germany, Burkina Faso

Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, warned Western leaders in his remarks to the General Assembly that his country would carry out a “decisive response” to any attack. Here, he briefs reporters after his speech, Sept. 27, 2025. JOHN...

Witch hunts in Niger State: Report from Lapai

After a series of meetings and interventions, the Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) finally held its first program in Niger State. Lapai, a local government area in the state, was chosen because of its long history of witchcraft allegations. The...