Minna

Day-old baby’s body found hanging on barbed wire in Niger

The body of a day-old baby girl was found hanging on the barbed wire…

Minna residents protest lack of power supply

Youths of Kpakungun area of Minna on Monday morning blocked one of the major…

Re-open schools, student-leaders tell govt

Some student-leaders at various tertiary institutions in Niger State have said the continuous closure…

Man, 70, rapes eight-year-old girl, gives her N80 as ‘compensation’

A 70-year-old man has reportedly been arrested for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl in…

Fire kills one-month-old baby, two siblings, their mom in Minna

Four people have been reportedly burnt to death in a late-night fire in their…

Man, who hacked policeman to death in Minna, arrested three years after crime

Three years after allegedly participating in the brutal murder of the Divisional Crime Officer,…

Why I stabbed my mother-in-law to death, 36-year-old suspect reveals

Fatima Sani, a 36-year-old woman who stabbed her mother-in-law to death, says she expects…

For instigating son to divorce her, woman murders former mother-in-law

The Niger State Police Command has one Fatima Sani, 37, of Gobirawa village in…

Covid-19: No palliatives, we survive on mangoes, the blind cries out in Niger

The Federal Government might be distributing palliatives in the northern part of the country,…

Angry mob burns down FRSC office over rumoured death of okada rider

Pandemonium in Minna, the capital of Niger State on Friday as angry commerical motorcyclists…

We’re promised N5m for ladies’ breasts and hands, say Juju priest, two others who killed three female CoE students in Minna

A juju priest, Bature Nathaniel, and two others have been arrested by the Niger…

Dad chains 10-year-old son over refusal to attend school

A man has landed in police custody for allegedly putting his 10 years old…

I started kidnapping to pay my five children’s school fees – 30 years old suspect

A  suspected kidnapper has told officers of the Niger State Police Command and journalists…

I’m happy, I accomplished my mission, says man accused of raping 14-year-old girl

A 32-year-old man has said he was ready to face the consequences for successfully…

Farmer steals 150 cows, kills 50 others

The police on Wednesday arraigned a farmer, Sanda Bakura, in a Magistrates’ Court in…