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Amaechi sued by companies claiming he awarded rail contract to Chinese firm illegally African News

Amaechi sued by companies claiming he awarded rail contract to Chinese firm illegally

NIGERIA'S transport and justice ministers Rotimi Amaechi and Abubakar Malami have been dragged to court by a group of local companies over what they term the unlawful award of a contract for a190km railway line in Niger State to a Chinese firm without due process.   Currently in the middle of a railway upgrading programme,...
Tinubu donates N50m to Niger State government as he steps up his quest for APC ticket African News

Tinubu donates N50m to Niger State government as he steps up his quest for APC ticket

FORMER Lagos State governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has stepped up his quest for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by donating N50m ($120,540) to the Niger State government.   Asiwaju Tinubu who governed Lagos State between 1999 and 2007, declared his candidacy earlier this month and has since begun...
ICC poised to open investigation into abduction of school pupils across northern Nigeria African News

ICC poised to open investigation into abduction of school pupils across northern Nigeria

INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors are planning to initiate investigations into the abduction of school pupils across Nigeria in response to a petition it received from the Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project (Serap).   Of late, kidnapping has become a thriving business across Nigeria and increasingly,...
APC chieftain says Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho will be forgiven if they join the party African News

APC chieftain says Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho will be forgiven if they join the party

LEADING member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State Jonathan Vatsa has suggested that separatist agitators Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho will have their sins forgiven if they join the party.   Of late, there has been a large number of politicians defecting to the APC from the opposition Peoples...
Niger State government bans all forms of horse riding during Sallah festivities to prevent terrorist attack News

Niger State government bans all forms of horse riding during Sallah festivities to prevent terrorist attack

NIGER State government has banned all forms of horse riding during and immediately after the forthcoming of Ed-el-fitri festivities as part of a move to forestall any acts of terrorism and violence during the festival to mark the end of the Ramadan fasting month.   Next week, Muslims across Nigeria will be celebrating the end...
Boko Haram take over Kaure in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State and hoist flag there African News

Boko Haram take over Kaure in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State and hoist flag there

GOVERNOR Abubakar Bello of Niger State has revealed that he is no longer on control of large swathes of territory in the state after Boko Haram terrorists recently took over the town of Kaure in Shiroro Local Government Area and hoisted their flag there.   Daring in the extreme, Boko Haram operate in a very brazen manner,...
Nigeria's plans to expand sugar production get a boost as Flour Mills raise output by 250,000 tonnes African News

Nigeria's plans to expand sugar production get a boost as Flour Mills raise output by 250,000 tonnes

NIGERIA'S drive to become self-sufficient in sugar received a major boost this week after Flour Mills of Nigeria announced that its subsidiary the Golden Sugar Company intends to increase its production capacity by  250,000 tonnes per annum.   In 2018, the federal government directed the National Sugar Development Council to...
Dangote Industries and Flour Mills Nigeria accuse BUA of undermining national sugar plan African News

Dangote Industries and Flour Mills Nigeria accuse BUA of undermining national sugar plan

NIGERIA'S three major sugar companies are involved in a major trade spat with Dangote Group and Flour Mills Nigeria asking the federal government to check the activities of the BUA Group as it was undermining the national sugar master plan (NSMP).   In 2018, the federal government directed the National Sugar Development...
Governor Matawalle says Nigerians will be shocked at those behind school children kidnappings African News

Governor Matawalle says Nigerians will be shocked at those behind school children kidnappings

GOVERNOR Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has dropped a bombshell by stating that Nigerians will be shocked if they found out those who were behind the recent abduction of over 300 students from the Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS) Jangebe.   Last Friday, armed bandits stormed the boarding school in Talata Mafara...
Bandits only agreed to release Kagara students in exchange for four of their colleagues African News

Bandits only agreed to release Kagara students in exchange for four of their colleagues

FRESH reports from Niger State have revealed that the 27 Government Science College (GSC)  Kagara students were only released because the authorities agreed to hand over four armed bandits being held in detention in exchange for them.   In what is now becoming a vogue, armed hoodlums, terrorists and bandits have formed the...
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