Niger State, Indonesia Explore Business Partnership Opportunities     Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State alongside his entourage, visited Indonesian Embassy in Abuja with a mission to explore business opportunities and further talks on possible collaboration with the private sector in agriculture and...

Power Minister Cancels Visit To Zungeru Dam Over Protests   The protests by various communities in Zungeru, Niger State, may have forced the Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to shelve his scheduled visit to the Zungeru Hydro Power Dam on Thursday. Protesters numbering over 1000 and led...

Illegal Mining Highest In Niger, Five Other States In Nigeria Niger State is the leading destination for illegal mining of solid minerals in Nigeria, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative announced on Thursday. NEITI further stated that five other states including Plateau, Ebonyi, Imo, Enugu and...

NIGER, 2 Others to Benefit From World Bank Education Global Practice Program   Niger State and two others are to benefit from the World Bank, Education Global Practice program. The others are Edo and Kebbi States. Indication to this came to the fore in Abuja on Wednesday...

CBN Revokes Nine Micro-finance Banks’ Licences In Niger   The National Association of Micro Finance Banks on Monday said that nine out of the 34 micro finance banks in Niger State have lost their operational banking licences. North Central Secretary of the association, Mr. Sado Daniel, made...

 Gov Sani-Bello Pardons 287 Prisoners Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has granted unconditional pardon to four prison inmates on death row and two others convicted and kept in prison custody. He also commuted the death sentence of 20 inmates to various term of imprisonment,...