Tag: Niger State
Post-harvest losses: Don urges FG to subsidise cold-chain infrastructure
Lagos, Feb. 20, 2026 (NAN) A Professor of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Prof. Faith Ibrahim, has urged the Federal Government to invest and subsidise the...
Insecurity: Vacate Kainji lake area within two months Niger Govt. tells...
Minna, Jan. 14, 2026 (NAN) The Niger Government has given a two-month notice to people living in hamlets around Kainji Lake to vacate the...
Niger’s deputy governor visits community where bandits killed 20 persons
Niger’s deputy governor, Mr. Yakubu Garba, visited the Madaka community in Rafi Local Government Area on Thursday to commiserate with the people over the...
Group to train 600 women on entrepreneurship skills in Niger
The 21st Century Entrepreneurs Hub will train 600 women in Niger on entrepreneurship skills and establish free websites for them.
The training was part of...
Experts laud Lagos, Niger partnership on food security
Some agriculture experts have lauded the partnership between the Lagos State and Niger governments to address food security.
Experts, in separate interviews with the News...
Tinubu inaugurates aviation, agric projects in Minna
President Bola Tinubu will inaugurate the renamed Minna International Airport, agro-processing zone, and agri-equipment on Monday.
The airport was renamed Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport,...
Niger: Bago, Canada to collaborate on boosting food security
Gov. Umar Bago of Niger will meet with Olivia Chow, the Major of Toronto, Canada, in September as part of efforts to increase food...
Gov. Bago inaugurates committee to recover 23 grazing reserves
Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger has inaugurated a 10-member committee to recover all the existing grazing reserves for agricultural purposes in the state.
Bago, while...
FG taking steps to ameliorate rising cost of staple foods –...
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says the Federal Government is aware of the rising cost of staple foods in the...
Use your talents, energy for nation building, Bago to Corps Members
Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger has urged corps members to channel their talents and energy positively to contribute their quota to national development.
He said...
Boat mishap claims 7 in Niger
No fewer than seven persons died in a boat mishap at Zhigiri village, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger.
This is contained in a statement...
Judicial Commission investigating killings of worshippers commences public hearing in Niger
The Judicial Commission of Enquiry, set up by the Niger government to investigate the killing of worshippers and abduction of persons in Maza Kuka...
Niger State Govt working to flush out bandits, criminal elements –...
The Niger Government has restated its commitment to flush out bandits and other criminal elements in the State.
Mr. Emmanuel Umar, the state Commissioner of...
Parents of abducted Niger Islamiyya students beg for money to raise...
Parents of the abducted pupils of Tanko Salihu Islamiyya School, Tegina, in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, have resorted to begging in...
Bandits demand N110m ransom for Islamiyya kidnapped pupils
The bandits who kidnapped over 200 pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State...
AFAN urges Niger govt. to provide increased inputs, implements to farmers
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Niger has called on the state government to provide more inputs and implements to farmers in...
COVID-19: Niger State imposes 24-hour curfew
Niger Government has announced a 24-hour curfew for the period of two weeks as part of measures to further prevent the spread of coronavirus...
