Niger State

June 03, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has dismissed reports linking the deadly flood that struck Mokwa in Niger State on May 29, 2025, to the release of water from the Kainji and Jebba dams. THEWILL reports that the devastating...

May 31, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate activation of the National Emergency Response Centre following the deadly flooding in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State. The flood, which has wreaked havoc across the area,...

May 12, (THEWILL) – By the time you are reading this, we would have had a good belly laugh, a few or more persons would have also been arrested, had their hair cut by overzealous security personnel. It is...

April 23, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has declared the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport, Minna, Niger State, as the alternative airport to the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo,...

April 22, (THEWILL) – The Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has suspended movement of commercial motorcycle and tricycle riders from 6 pm to 6 am in Minna, the State Capital. A statement signed on Tuesday by Bologi Ibrahim, the Chief...

March 26, (THEWILL) – Domestic airline, Overland Airways, in partnership with Niger State Government, has concluded arrangements for the commencement of flight services to Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport Minna, the capital city of Niger State from Lagos...

March 03, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has dismissed reports of a bandit attack at White Hotel on Shiroro Road in Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State. In a statement released on Sunday, the agency...

January 21, (THEWILL) – Just four days after a fuel tanker explosion at Diko Junction in Gurara Local Government Area, Niger State, claimed over 98 lives and injured 69 others, residents of Bida in Bida Local Government Area rushed...

January 18, (THEWILL) – At least dozens of people are feared dead and several others were injured in a tanker explosion on Saturday morning, at Dikko Junction on the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, in Gurara local government area of Niger State. THEWILL...

December 11, (THEWILL) - The Chairman of Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State, , has died in an auto crash near Kwakuti Village on the Minna-Suleja Road. Saku died on Tuesday evening while travelling to Abuja for a...