The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger Command, has seized 18kg of hemp and arrested two suspected drug traffickers in remote areas of the state. Mrs Silvia Egwunwoke, the state NDLEA Commander, disclosed in Minna on Monday. Egwunwoke said that one of the suspects was arrested at Mokwa Local Government Area with 8kg of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has joined operators in the power sector to call on international customers who receive electricity from Nigeria to either pay their bills or be disconnected. Nigeria sells power to the Republics of Togo, Niger and Benin, and classifies the West African countries as international customers. Officials at the Federal Ministry of Power, […]
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The Federal Government says it will commence disbursement of the recovered 322 million dollars Abacha loot through Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) to 302,000 poor households in 19 states in July. Mr Tukur Rumar, of the National Cash Transfer Office (NTCO), said this at a roundtable on assets recovery organised by the Swiss Embassy on Thursday, […]
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The Federal Government has concluded plans to construct a new refinery along the Niger and Katsina State border. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, who stated this when he met with the President of the Republic of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou and the Energy Minister, Mr. Foumakoye Gado, said the deal will also […]
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Tukur Buratai said on Tuesday that the Federal Government (FG) is currently into acquisition, installation and application of modern technologies in the fight against the Boko Haram terrorist group in the country. He said the development was made possible through the federal government collaboration with the United […]
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Niger State government on Tuesday confirmed that a pension fund totaling ₦5.77 billion is missing. The money is 7.5 per cent employer/employee Contributory Pension Scheme deduction made on behalf of the Niger State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and local government councils in the state from 2007 to 2015. However, the state government has put […]
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The Nigeria Custom Service (NCS), Niger Area Command, said it had collected about ₦1.2 billion as revenue from January to May 2017. The area command comprised of Niger, Kogi and Kwara. The Public Relations Officer of the command, ASC Lomba Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna […]
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France will step up the fight against resurgent Islamist militants in north and west Africa and will work more closely with Germany to help the tinderbox region, President Emmanuel Macron said on his first trip outside Europe on Friday. Visiting Mali days after taking office, Macron vowed to keep French troops in the Sahel region […]
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Due to the intra-regional trade and remittance ties between Nigeria and neighbouring countries, the economies of the Chad and Niger had been significantly affected by the economic downturn in Nigeria, the International Monetary Fund has said. The IMF, in its latest staff report for the 2017 Article IV consultation on Nigeria, stated that in Chad, […]
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Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou said Saturday that he would not amend the constitution to allow him to seek a third term after his second and final mandate ends in 2021. “One of my greatest ambitions is to organise free and transparent elections in 2021 and pass the baton to another Nigerien whom the Nigeriens will […]
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Niger has begun the trials behind closed doors of about 1,000 suspected fighters from the Boko Haram jihadist movement, officials said Friday. Chief prosecutor Chaibou Samna told AFP that the trials, on charges of terrorist links, had begun on March 2. Those facing trial are from several countries including Niger and Mali, Samna said, as […]
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Niger State government is to explore the production of shea butter to shore up its Internally Generated Revenue, (IGR), the Commissioner for Investment, Commerce and Industry, Hajiya Rahmatu Mohammed Yar’Adua, has said. She spoke during the shea-butter development training organised by the American Shea-Butter Institute, an internationally recognised group in innovation and dedicated to the […]
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