Chika Otuchikere
Soldiers withdrawn from Niger after deadly ambush
Toops of the Nigerian Army have dismantled their tents and withdrawn from communities in Niger State following the recent deadly ambush by terrorists, leading to the killing of six military personne...
26th April 2024
Insecurity: Residents flee Niger communities after troops withdrawal
The Nigerian military has dismantled their tents and withdrawn their services from communities in Niger State following deadly attacks by bandits and terrorists. Two officers and four soldiers lost th...
25th April 2024
Niger alerts residents to impending flooding
Arewa PUNCH investigations have revealed that the Niger State Government is looking forward to a disaster-free 2024 rainy season in spite of the projections of flooding in some states of the federatio...
24th April 2024
Five children die in abandoned car in Niger
Three children of the same parents and two others whose ages ranged from five to 10 years died in an abandoned Honda Civic with Registration No. GO 778 ABC in Niger State following suffocation after t...
23rd April 2024
Five children suffocate to death in Niger abandoned car
Three children of the same parents and two others, ages ranging from 5 to 10 years, died in an abandoned Honda Civic car with Registration No. GO 778 ABC in Niger State following suffocation after the...
22nd April 2024
Army vows revenge after terrorists kill six soldiers
The Nigerian Army vowed on Sunday that it would avenge the killing of two officers and four soldiers by terrorists in Niger State on Friday. The Director of Army Public Relations, Maj. Gen. Nwachukwu ...
22nd April 2024
Many feared dead as hoodlums go on the rampage in Niger
Suspected hoodlums in Niger State have reportedly raided shops, killed and maimed residents in the Maitumbi area of Minna, the state capital. Eyewitnesses said the rampage started on Friday and contin...
14th April 2024
Youth restivesness worries Bago, Emir, others
Leaders of thought and other stakeholders in Minna, the Niger State capital converged last Saturday to find a lasting solution to the teething problem of youth restiveness in the state. Arewa PUNCH fi...
10th April 2024
Assailants who killed my husband weren’t robbers – Niger photographer’s widow
CHIKA OTUCHIKERE writes about the grief of a 33-year-old nursing mother, Rachel Zacchaeus, whose husband, Zacchaeus Salawudeen, a photographer, was killed by armed men in the Tudun Fulani area of Minn...
6th April 2024
Niger won’t exit AEDC despite poor electricity supply
The Niger State Commissioner for Power and Renewable Energy, Bashir Yerima, has said that all the Electricity Distribution Companies in Nigeria have failed Nigerians. The Federal Government had mandat...
6th April 2024
Niger residents convert drainage to refuse dump
A recent drive around the city of Minna, the Niger State capital, has revealed the very ugly part of the state – the residents have converted the constructed drainage system across the metropoli...
27th March 2024
Niger man held for alleged killing of brother over property
A man in Niger State, Abubakar Sani, has allegedly killed his elder brother Kabiru Sani over a property-related argument. Both siblings, who hail from Tafa LGA of Niger State, were residents of Gawu B...
26th March 2024
Man kills brother over property in Niger
A man, Abubakar Sani, has killed his elder brother, Kabiru, during an argument over a property. Both siblings who hail from the Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State were residents of the Gawu Bab...
25th March 2024
Traders feared killed as bandits invade Niger market
An unspecified number of traders and customers were feared killed on Thursday when bandits stormed a popular market in the Madaka community, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. The attack happe...
22nd March 2024
Terrorist's arms storage facility destroyed in Niger — NAF
The Nigeria Air Force NAF has destroyed the arms storage facility of one of the most wanted terrorists operating in Niger State. The military operatives acting under Operation WHIRL PUNCH continue to ...
20th March 2024
Igbo, Yoruba in Niger seek closer ties as new leader is inaugurated
The N’digbo and Yoruba ethnic groups in Niger State have resolved to collaborate and forge an alliance for their common good. Both groups had hitherto been miles apart, tending their different busin...
20th March 2024
Unwanted pregnancies: Niger group begins awareness, preaches child spacing
Worried about the spate of unwanted pregnancies as well as the little consideration for child spacing among married and unmarried women in Niger State, the Society for Family Health, embarked on an en...
20th March 2024
Fear spreads in Niger information ministry over loss of relatives
This is not the best of time for top officials of the Niger State Ministry of Information whose three top bosses lost their loved ones in a space of weeks, Arewa PUNCH can authoritatively report. Expe...
20th March 2024
Niger declares five-day holiday to monitor Ramadan feeding
The Niger State Government has declared a five-day public holiday next week for the proper monitoring and distribution of Ramadan foodstuffs. The government had earlier budgeted N976m for the procurem...
15th March 2024
Niger to spend N976m on Ramadan feeding
The Niger State Government has budgeted N976 million for Ramadan feeding in the eight emirate councils of the state. Also, assorted grains have been procured to be distributed to all the 25 local gove...
15th March 2024
Niger begins payment of wage award to workers
The Niger State Government has commenced the payment of wage awards to the state workforce. This followed the directive of President Bola Tinubu on Monday during his visit to the state to commission p...
14th March 2024
Why I renamed Minna Airport after Tinubu — Niger gov
The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has explained why he renamed the Abubakar Imam International Airport after President Bola Tinubu. He said the renaming was prompted by the desire to ensure a s...
12th March 2024
Tinubu seeks end to farmers-herders clashes
President Bola Tinubu has given two weeks to find a solution to the clash between farmers and herders in the country. The farmers and herders clash has cost the lives of farmers and large parcels of f...
11th March 2024
FG renames Minna airport after Tinubu
The Federal Government has renamed the Minna Airport in Niger State after President Bola Tinubu hours to the inauguration of the airport on Monday. The airport had earlier been named after the late Ab...
10th March 2024
Censor social media to tackle fake news, Niger gov urges FG
The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has called on the Federal Government to censor the contents of the social media platforms in Nigeria saying that they are being abused. Bago said this will che...
8th March 2024
Niger attracts over $1bn Agric business investments, says Gov Bago
Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago has disclosed that the state attracted over a billion dollars in Agric business investments since the inception of his administration in 2023. He stressed the need f...
5th March 2024
Four suspects with AK-47 ammunition nabbed in Niger
The Niger State Police Command, on Thursday, disclosed that it had arrested four suspects in possession of 295 rounds of AK-47 rifles live ammunition. Our correspondent learnt that the suspects concea...
1st March 2024
Armed men stab photographer to death in Niger
Suspected hoodlums have killed a 33-year-old freelance photographer, Zacchaeus Salawadeen, after stabbing him many times in the presence of his three children. The hoodlums were said to have trailed S...
28th February 2024
Bago awards 556km road contract to mark 50th birthday
The residents of Niger State received a rare gift on the eve of the Diamond Jubilee anniversary of the State Governor, Mohammed Bago, who marked another milestone in the history of the state after mob...
28th February 2024
NECO releases 2023 results, says malpractices reduced by 25.4%
The National Examination Council, on Monday, released the results of the Senior School Certificate Examinations conducted between November 20 and December 20, 2023. The exam body, which announced ...
27th February 2024
Economic hardship: Niger police, DSS meet labour unions ahead of protest
The Niger State Police Command and the Department of State Services on Monday held separate meetings with the leadership of the state labour unions over the protests planned for Tuesday and Wednesday....
26th February 2024