By Chika Otuchikere 119 students of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, have bagged the school’s first-class degree as the school graduated 5,826 students in the 2023- 2024 academic session. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Faruk Kuta, made this known on Tuesday, during a pre-convocation media briefing at the permanent site of the institution…
By Makua Ubanagu The Niger State Police Command has confirmed that an explosion that rocked the Sabon Pegi area of the Mashegu Local Government Area of the state on Sunday was caused by dynamites stored in a residential building. According to a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, SP Wasiu Abiodun, the explosion led to…
No fewer than 50 persons lost their lives in a petrol tanker explosion on Saturday along Dikko-Maje road opposite Badeggi fuelling station in Suleja local government area of Niger. Mr Kumar Tsukwam, Federal Road Safety Commander (FRSC) in Niger, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. He said a loaded petrol…
By Lara Adejoro The National Emergency Management Agency in collaboration with various stakeholders, has welcomed the second batch of Nigerian returnees from Niger at the Immigration Training School on Airport Road, Kano. This was disclosed on the agency’s X handle on Monday. “The group, totalling 392 individuals, arrived at approximately 3:05 PM. The returnees were…
