By Bose Adelaja & Olayinka Latona “How could the FG come up with such an idea? Potable water, is a luxury; no electricity, roads are death traps, health facilities lack basic drugs, education sector is in a shambles; agreements reached with ASUU a decade ago are yet to be met! $1.96bn is about N800bn. “It […]

Gunmen on motorcycles killed eight people including a group of French aid workers as they visited a part of Niger popular with tourists for its wildlife, officials said. “There are eight dead: two Nigeriens including a guide and a driver, while the other six are French,” the governor of the Tillaberi region told AFP on […]

By Andy Asemota No fewer than 42 Nigerians have been repatriated from Niger Republic to Nigeria over illegal entry since Nigerians land borders were closed on March 21, 2020, till date to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 violators received by the Nigerian Immigration Service, Katsina State Command, on July 10, 2020, were […]

…Arrests 5 lockdown violators By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT – OVER 150 wanderers have been profiled and evacuated from Rivers state to various home states, some to the Niger Republic at the orders of Governor Nyesom Wike in furtherance of measures to check spread of Corona Virus in the state. READ ALSO: Kaduna workers reject salary […]

Clashes erupted in Niamey, the capital of the Sahel nation of Niger, over the government’s anti-coronavirus curfew and a ban on prayer gatherings, local inhabitants told AFP Monday. Violence broke out just after 8pm (1900 GMT) on Sunday in the rundown district of Lazaret, where security forces used teargas to disperse a crowd of people […]