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wEquipu boosts Niger LIRE task team efforts with Google Workspace
ITWeb
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July 7, 2025
Google Workspace will enhance collaboration and efficiency for a task team working on Niger’s LIRE project. wEquipu, a US-based Google partner through Digicloud Africa focusing on Francophone Africa, has implemented Google Workspace to enhance...
Niger: CAN donates food items to Mokwa flood victims
Tribune Online
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July 2, 2025
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has donated food items to survivors of the recent flood disaster in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State. While presenting the relief materials at the Office of the Deputy Governor, Comrade Yakubu...
Niger Declares State of Emergency on General Hospital Minna
News Central TV
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July 2, 2025
Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has declared a state of emergency on the General Hospital in Minna, emphasising the urgent need for a complete renovation of the aging facility. The announcement was made on Tuesday in Minna through a...
GOOD MORNING MR PRESIDENT: Nationwide security vigilance is vital
The Point
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This action serves as a wake-up call for the authorities of The Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania, to work collectively to ensure proper security measures are put in place to keep their territories secure and safe. Indeed there is a need for...
Liberia: As Five African Heads of State Prepare for High-stakes White House talks, President Trump Pushes Trade over Aid in Renewed African policy framework
Front Page Africa
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July 7, 2025
Washington, D.C. – President Donald Trump is set to host the heads of state from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at the White House next week for a luncheon aimed at strengthening commercial and security ties between the...
Niger loses over 300 residents to disasters in one year — NSEMA
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 2, 2025
Niger State has experienced significant losses from various disasters within the past year, with over 300 residents reportedly killed in incidents including tanker explosions and flooding. Abdullahi Baba Arah, Director General of the Niger State...
Niger disasters claimed 500 lives in 8 months - NSEMA
Nigerian Eye
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July 2, 2025
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency has said that Emergency disasters claimed more than 500 lives between September 2024 and May 2025. The agency made this known on Wednesday while briefing journalists on the efforts by the agency to...
State Governments: Huge FAAC Allocation, No Power Supply!
Daily Independent
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July 7, 2025
1 Before leaving office in 2023, former President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the Fifth Constitution Alteration Bills, which among others, transferred electricity from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List, so that...
Niger disasters claimed over 500 lives in eight months- NSEMA
Punch
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July 2, 2025
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency has said that Emergency disasters claimed more than 500 lives between September 2024 and May 2025. The agency made this known on Wednesday while briefing journalists on the efforts by the agency to...
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: Stakeholders in Kontagora Emirate to convene security summit
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 2, 2025
Worried by the recent escalation in bandits’ attacks on some communities across Kontagora Emirate, in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State, critical stakeholders, including the Emirate Council, have agreed to convene an emergency...
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...
11 terrorists killed in western Niger: army
Xinhua News Agency
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NIAMEY, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerien army announced on Sunday that it had killed at least 11 terrorists in response to two coordinated attacks carried out on Wednesday and Thursday in the Tillabery and Dosso regions of western Niger. According...
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...
Zauro and promise of youth in governance
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 7, 2025
Sir: In an era when cynicism about leadership runs deep and doubt clouds the potential of young professionals in national transformation, the story of Dr. Nurudeen Abubakar Zauro emerges as a powerful counter-narrative, a living testament to what...
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...
EXCLUSIVE: Nine Boko Haram wives arrested in Niger State
Premium Times
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July 6, 2025
At least nine women kidnapped and forcibly married to Boko Haram insurgents have been arrested by security operatives while relocating from their enclave in Alawa forest reserve, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State to areas bordering...
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...