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Niger Gov Gives ICAN N50m For Students’ Centre
Leadership
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July 2, 2025
Niger State governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has donated N50 million to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) to support the establishment of a student special centre in Minna. The governor made the donation when he received a...
Niger Govt Begins Major Overhaul of Minna General Hospital
The News Chronicle
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July 2, 2025
In a bold step in Niger State redesign of healthcare delivery, Governor Mohammed Umar Bago made the declaration of an emergency intervention on General Hospital, Minna, by calling for the outright reconstruction of the aged hospital. The...
Niger to establish fruit market in Minna
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 2, 2025
The Niger State Government has announced plans to establish a dedicated fruit market in Minna aimed at boosting agriculture, stimulating the state’s economy, and alleviating poverty in both rural and urban areas. Governor Mohammed Bago made the...
Nigerians pay $180 taxes per international flight – Report
Punch
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July 5, 2025
Air passengers flying out of Nigeria are paying one of the highest amounts in taxes and charges across Africa, with an average cost of $180 per international departure, nearly three times the continental average of $68, according to a new report...
Niger’s Prime Minister Joins AEW 2025 as Country Eyes Increased Oil Exports
Engineering News
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Mahamane Lamine Zeine, Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger, has joined the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 conference as a speaker. During the event, which takes place September 29 to October 3 in Cape Town, Zeine is...
Niger: 140 died in tanker explosions, 207 in Mokwa flood disaster –NSEMA
The Sun Nigeria
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July 2, 2025
From John Adams, Minna The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has disclosed that over 140 lives were lost to petrol tanker explosions in the state between 2024 and 2025 alone; a development he attributed to bad roads. Briefing...
Creation of Kainji State will address insecurity in Niger, Kebbi – Ambassador Ibeto
The Sun Nigeria
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July 5, 2025
From Jude Owuamanam The Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Movement of the Creation of Kainji State, Ambassador Ahmed Musa Ibeto, has said that the creation of the state from the current Niger and Kebbi States will address the recurring...
Burkina Faso shuts down 6 foreign NGOs over data, legal breaches
Business Insider Africa
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July 5, 2025
The decrees, dated mid-June, cited a government minister who explained that the decision to revoke the licences of the four NGOs was based on formal breaches. No further details on the nature of the breaches were provided. In the same decrees, two...
Niger: 207 persons died in Mokwa flood – NSEMA
Daily Post
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July 1, 2025
The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA, Abdullahi Baba Arah, has disclosed that a total of 207 persons have so far died in the flood that ravaged two communities in the Mokwa area of the state. Arah made this...
Niger Governor declares state of emergency on general hospital Minna over dilapidated condition
Nairametrics
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July 1, 2025
Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has declared a state of emergency on the General Hospital Minna, citing the urgent need for a complete overhaul of the deteriorating facility. The declaration was announced in a statement issued on Tuesday in...
Niger: Gov Bago declares state of emergency on General Hospital Minna
Daily Post
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July 1, 2025
Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has declared a state of emergency on the General Hospital Minna, citing the urgent need for a total overhaul of the dilapidated facility. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Minna by the Special...
Ten Nigerien soldiers killed, 15 others wounded in two armed attacks
Yemen News Agency SABA
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July 5, 2025
[Sat, 05 Jul 2025 14:04:03 +0300] Niamey - Saba: Ten soldiers were killed in two attacks carried out by armed men in western Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso. Nigerian Defense Minister General Salfo Modi said on Saturday that the...
Governor Bago declares state of emergency on Minna General Hospital
Nigerian Eye
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July 1, 2025
Gov. Mohammed Bago of Niger State has declared a state of emergency on the General Hospital Minna, citing the urgent need for a total overhaul of the dilapidated facility. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday in Minna by the Special...
Atiku Slams President Tinubu As Nigeria's Exclusion From US-Africa Summit Sparks Outrage
Sahara Reporters
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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has slammed President Bola Tinubu's administration over Nigeria's exclusion from a high-profile US-Africa summit hosted by Donald Trump. The summit, scheduled for July 9, will feature leaders from Gabon,...
Why banditry persists in North-west, by military, locals
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 4, 2025
For over a decade, banditry and kidnapping have ravaged communities across Nigeria, particularly in the North-west, leaving a trail of devastation and agony. In this report, BENJAMIN SAMSON who recently visited communities and military formations...
Energy Standoff Between France and Niger : Somair on the Brink of Bankruptcy
Tunisie Numerique
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July 4, 2025
Tensions are mounting between France and Niger over the strategically vital uranium sector. French company Orano, 90% owned by the French state and specialized in nuclear fuel, sounded the alarm on Thursday: its Nigerien subsidiary, Somair, is on...
Terror group JNIM uses violence, negotiation to position itself as political force in Sahel
Malay Mail
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July 5, 2025
ABIDJAN, July 5 — In Africa’s turbulent Sahel region, the Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM jihadist group is expanding its influence by repeated massacres, food distribution and signing pacts with local authorities to position itself as a key political...
By-elections: PDP sets date to begin sales of nomination forms
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 3, 2025
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday said it will commence the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms for outstanding by-elections in 12 states on Thursday, July 3. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity...
NHRC boss, Tony Ojukwu, emerges president of West African human rights body
Tribune Online
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July 4, 2025
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Nigeria, Dr. Tony Ojukwu, SAN, has been elected President of the Network of National Human Rights Institutions in West Africa (NNHRI-WA). Ojukwu’s election took place during...
Niger's Prime Minister Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Country Eyes Increased Oil Exports
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 30, 2025/APO Group/ -- Mahamane Lamine Zeine, Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger, has joined the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 conference as a...