Petrol Tanker Explosion Claims 50 Lives in Niger State, Says Road Safety Corps
By Rita Iliya No fewer than 50 persons lost their lives in a petrol tanker explosion on Saturday along Dikko-Maje ...
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Fuel Tanker Explosion Kills 30 in Niger
No fewer than thirty persons were reportedly killed in a fuel tanker explosion along Agaie-Bida road in Niger State on ...
Niger: Boy Stabs Friend to Death over Mobile Phone | METROWATCH
By Seyi Babalola Police in Niger State have arrested Mohammed Isah for reportedly stabbing his friend, Nurudeen Nuhu, to death over a mobile phone argument. The incident occurred in the abattoir area of Kwata Tayi village, Minna. According to accounts, the two pals got into a violent confrontation over a phone, and Isah reportedly stabbed Nuhu in the stomach with a knife. Eyewitnesses said that the event occurred on Sunday morning. After being stabbed, Nuhu fell and was brought to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Niger State Command, ...
Nigerian Senate Pays Tribute to Army over Loss of 6 Personnel in Niger State | METROWATCH
By Seyi Babalola Chairman of, the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua, has expressed grief over the loss ...
BREAKING | Niger Republic Opens Land Border with Nigeria | METROWATCH
Barely one week after the Nigeria Customs Service opened the Illela land border between Nigeria and the Niger Republic, the ...
President Tinubu Visits Babangida in Niger | METROWATCH
President Bola Tinubu on Monday visited former Military Head of State, Gen Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB. Tinubu met with Babangida ...
Mixed Reactions as Gov Umaru Bago Visits, Kneels before Tinubu | METROWATCH
The Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, paid a visit to President Bola Tinubu on Thursday at the Presidential Villa in ...
JUST IN | ECOWAS Lifts Sanctions on Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, | METROWATCH
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has removed the economic sanctions imposed on Niger Republic, Burkina Faso, Mali ...
Tinubu Not Responsible for Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger’s Exit from ECOWAS – Daniel Bwala | METROWATCH
Daniel Bwala, a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has cleared President Bola Tinubu of any involvement in ...
Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger Military Juntas Announce Exit from ECOWAS | METROWATCH
The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, on Sunday, announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of ...
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