Author: Tahir Ahmed

Activities of artisanal miners encouraging banditry in Niger – Bago By Aideloje Ojo, Minna Niger state Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has blamed artisanal miners for the rising banditry activities in the state. The governor stated this while receiving in audience Senate Committee on Solid Minerals investigating recent mining sites collapse in the state. According to him, the development has resulted in loss of many lives and property across in the affected areas. “The activities of artisanal miners are of great concern to us as government. This is because it has encouraged banditry activities in parts of our state,” he said.…

Center Trains 141 Nasarawa Civil Servants On Procurement, Environmental Standards By NEXTER In order to enhance transparency in public service, the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi’s Center for Innovation in Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards (CIPESS) has organised a 5-day training programme for 141 civil servants in Nasarawa State. The 5-day workshop which was organised in collaboration with the Nasarawa State University, Keffi and Nasarawa State Government, was aimed at enhancing the capacity of the civil servants on sustainable procurement, environmental and social standards enhancement. The breakdown of the trainees shwoed that 53 were procurement, supervision and audit; 53 in-…

PRP to FG: Probe subsidy fraud, recover foreign exchange round-tripping By NEXTER The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has repeated the demand it once made to former President Muhammad Buhari to incumbent President Bola Tinubu to probe the fraud in the petroleum subsidies. The Party in a statement signed by its National Chairman, Falalu Bello released on Tuesday, also asked the Federal Government to “recover foreign exchange round-tripping, investigate and retrieve funds from users of $1 million and above engaged in currency manipulation. The PRP also demanded that the FG should address what it described as “structural corruption” and tackle systemic…

Bandits takeover, establish 8 camps in Niger military training depot By Aideloje Ojo, Minna Bandits have taken over the military training camp located in Kontagora, headquarters of Kontagora local government area of Niger state. The camp which is situated at the Nagwamase military cantonment, served as training site for members of the country’s armed forces over some decades. However, the member representing Kontagora II constituency, Abdullahi Isah told his colleagues during the plenary at the State House of Assembly on Tuesday, that the camp now served as operational base for the bandits. He said the bandits sacked 23 communities inhabiting…

Niger CJ expresses worries over manpower shortage in judiciary By Aideloje Ojo, Minna The Chief Judge of Niger state, Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik has raised an alarm over acute shortage of manpower in the state’s judiciary, describing the situation as worrisome. The CJ said the situation could lead to the collapse of the three arm of nothing was urgently done to revise anomaly. The Chief Judge stated this on Monday at the special court session to mark the 2024/2025 legal year of the Niger State Judiciary. She explained that in the last 17 years, only a total number of 103…

Police neutralize armed robber, recover arms in Niger By Aideloje Ojo, Minna The police in Niger state have neutralized one armed robber in gun battle at toll gate area of Boyi in Gurara local government area of the state. The state Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Minna. SP Abioudun also said that 16 suspects were arrested for offences including vandalism, drug peddling and possession of firearms. He said, “On 28/10/2024 at about 0500hrs, a distress call was received that, at about 0230hrs of same date, some suspected armed robbers…

Dangote backs Tinubu’s CNG drive with N460bn investment in trucks, others By NEXTER Dangote Cement Plc, has invested $280 million (over N460bn) in compressed natural gas (CNG) technology and infrastructure. President/Chief Executive, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote said the company’s investments in CNG were also in line with Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, which aims for net-zero emissions by 2060. He said, “In this pursuit of transition to clean energy, we are optimistic of a remarkable accomplishment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as he has taken the lead in the nation’s drive towards energy efficiency. This presupposes…

Niger CJ approves official seal for Magistrates By Aideloje Ojo, Minna The Chief Judge of Niger state, Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik has approved the use of official seal for Magistrates in the state in accordance with the provision of Administration of Criminal Justice Law 2022(ACJL). The Chief Registrar of the state high court, Hajiya Amina Musa Saidu stated this in a press statement issued on Monday in Minna. She said, “This seal shall be kept under each Magistrate’s custody to be used for all purposes for which it may be required as prescribed under the ACJL or any other applicable…

Don disowns reports on NASS bribe demand during oversight to universities By Aideloje Ojo, Minna The Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai (IBBUL), Professor Hassan Ibrahim, has refuted media report ascribed to him that members of the National Assembly demands bribe during oversight functions. In the media report, Professor Ibrahim was said to have made the allegations while delivering a paper at the Third Annual Lecture of the Bursary Department of the Federal University of Technology, Minna last week. However, in a statement issued in Minna Sunday, Professor Ibrahim said that he never made such claim…

Breaking: Governor Bago suspends Niger varsity vice chancellor, Adamu By Aideloje Ojo, Minna Niger state Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has ordered the immediate suspension of the Vice Chancellor of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, Professor Abu Kasim Adamu. The governor also ordered the suspended vice chancellor to hand over to the next ranking professor in the institution. Although Professor Adamu was due to complete his tenure in two months time, the governor accused him of insubordination and disobedient to constituted authority. The embattled VC, It was also learnt, that has been locked in internal crisis with the university union…