Grief, anger and unanswered questions continue to trail the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners who died while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State. The victims, whose names have now been released, were among scores of suspected illegal miners arrested during anti-illegal mining operations conducted by…
A promising 400-level student of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL), Niger State, Ismail Ishaq Magaji, has died after he was reportedly hit by a stray bullet during a shooting linked to a land dispute in his hometown. Magaji, a student of the Department of Public Administration, was said to have been preparing for…
Tragedy has struck the family of a former Niger State Commissioner for Education, Abubakar Daja, following the death of his wife, Hajia Daja, and three of their children in a fatal road crash. The devastating accident reportedly occurred on Sunday, August 23, 2026, along the Mokwa-Bida Road in Niger State, when the Mazda vehicle conveying…
For more than six months, the meaning of home was reduced to a memory for Fatima Mohammed. Home was where her family was. Home was where she could sleep without fear, change into clean clothes, eat without knowing when the next meal would come and wake up without wondering whether she would live to see…
Ogun State Governor and Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has strongly condemned the gruesome killing of at least 42 innocent people and the abduction of several others by suspected terrorists in Agwarra and Borgu Local Government Areas of Niger State, describing the attack as callous, senseless and a crime against humanity….
The Nigerian Army has commenced a full-scale investigation into the mysterious deaths of a Soldier, Lance Corporal Akenleye Femi, and his wife, whose lifeless bodies were discovered in their apartment at the Wawa Cantonment, New Bussa, Niger State. The tragic incident, which occurred on Saturday, 12th October, 2025 reportedly threw the entire military community into…
A disturbing incident of mob violence has occurred in Kasuwan-Garba town, Mariga Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State, resulting in the death of a woman. The victim, a restaurant owner, was allegedly lynched and burnt alive by a mob after making comments considered blasphemous by some members of the Community. According to reports, the…
