Tag: Niger state
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Gov. Bello seeks curricular change in tertiary institutions
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger State on Tuesday called for a curricular change in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions to enable the country to produce business owner graduates. The governor made the call when he visited Baze University, Abuja, where he said Nigeria currently produces too many unskilled graduates. According to him, it has become expedient for…
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17,000 communities submerged by flood in Niger State -SSG
No fewer than 17,000 communities have been affected by flood in the Niger State, the Secretary to the state Government, Alhaji Ahmed Matane, has said. Mr Tanko Lawal, Information Officer to the SSG, in a statement in Minna on Monday, said Matane said this during an the on-spot assessment of the flood situation in Mokwa…
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APC, Legislative Face Off in Niger Deepens
BY MAIRIGA Juliana, Minna The legislative arm of government in Niger state is set for a show down over plans by the leadership of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state to remove key members of the State House of Assembly (NSHA). Facts to the impending face-off emerged Tuesday when the State House…
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2019: Mobile registration centres approved for Niger
BY MAIRIGA Juliana, Minna The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Niger state office said it has so far registered, 95, 434 eligible voters who are waiting for the final production and collection of their Permanent Voters’ Card (PVC) in the on-going Continuous Voters’ Registration. The number according to the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Sam Egwu…
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Auto Crash Claims 16 lives In Niger
BY MAIRIGA Juliana, Minna Less than a month after 13 people lost their lives along the Bida-Minna road due to what citizens attribute to deplorable conditions of the intra-state roads in Niger state, another accident has occurred on the same road on, claiming about 16 lives. The most recent accident, according to eye witness account…
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5 Killed as Two Islamic Sects Clash In Niger
BY MAIRIGA Juliana, Minna Palpable fear now grips Nigerlites, Minna the state capital in particular as no fewer than five people are feared dead and scores of others injured when crisis erupted between two Islamic sects in Munya local government area of the state last weekend. Those injured in the clash were said to have…
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Niger proposes N128.10b people’s budget for 2018 fiscal year
BY MAIRIGA Juliana, Minna Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger state has presented a budget estimate of, N128.10 billion for the 2018 fiscal year against the current year’s N108, 074, 298, 251. 00 to the State House of Assembly The next years’ budget which surpassed that of 2017 by about N19 billion higher has a…
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Fuel scarcity bites hard in Niger state
…major marketers close stations, litre now sells for N200 BY MAIRIGA Juliana, Minna Scarcity of petroleum products which first started in Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and surroundings have spread to Niger state, Minna the state capital in particular where a litre of fuel now sales for N200 and above at the black markets.…