It is a dream come true for coach Emmanuel Biodun Tanko, head coach of Father O’Connell Science College, Minna, Niger State, as his team defeated their counterparts from Government Secondary School, Karu, FCT in the final of the boys’ category in the just concluded Central Conference of the MILO Basketball Championship. According…
The secretary to Niger state government, Ahmed Matane, says Boko Haram and a faction of the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) are setting up camps in the state. Matane disclosed this at a press conference in Minna, the Niger state capital today November 24. The SSG said these groups have been telling communities that they…
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has stated categorically that the airstrike executed by its fighter jets in Genu, Niger State didn’t affect any civilian population in the area. NAF in a reaction through its spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet to reports that some wedding guests were killed during an airstrike targeted at bandits in the area said no…
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger is at present not in Nigeria as bandits increasingly turned his state into a playground. The bandits latest acts were the attacks on several communities in Tegina, Wushishi and Batati. The bandits capped their reign of impunity with the kidnapping of over 200 students of Tegina Islamiyya school on…
Gunmen have killed a former Chairman of of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State, Hon. Suleiman Ishaya and abducted his wife. Truetells Nigeria gathered that the gunmen invaded Ishaya’s residence in the early hours of Monday, March 29, in New Bwari Community and stabbed him in the stomach…
Some students of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State who regained freedom after being abducted by unknown gunmen, have shared their experience in captivity. Recall that the gunmen had invaded the school on February 17, whisking staff and students into the forest after operating unchallenged for over two hours. Some of the students narrated their experience…
Kidnapped students and staff of the Government Science College in Kagara, Niger State have been released by their abductors. Truetells Nigeria gathered that the students and staff who have been in captivity for days were released on Saturday morning. The development was disclosed by a credible source to ThisDay, which noted that the abductees are…
Abductors of the 27 students and three staff of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have threatened to starve them to death if the ransom they are demanding is not paid on time. Recall that on February 17, armed bandits dressed in military uniforms, stormed the school, shot a student dead, and went on…
FG Has Spoken On Allegedly Paying #800M Ransom To Bandits For Safe Release Of Kagara School Boys And Staff. Truetells Nigeria reports that Lai Mohammed who is President Muhammadu Buhari’s minister of information and culture, says the federal government will not pay ransom to secure the release of the abducted students and members of staff…
Bandits operating between Tegina in Niger State and Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State, during their meeting with Sheikh Ahmad Gumi on Thursday at Tegina forest, threatened to deal with Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. A top source that spoke with SaharaReporters noted that the bandits disclosed this during a peace meeting with the Islamic…
