National Orientation Agency (NOA) and National Population Commission (NPC), with support from United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has concluded plans to commence registration of 395,382 children age zero to fives years across the 25 local councils of Niger State. The agencies disclosed this during the advocacy visit to Chanchaga Local Council headquarters on Monday. State Director […]
A Chief Magistrate’s court sitting in Minna, Niger State, has remanded a 45-year-old man, Kasali Hassan (alias Alfa), in correctional custody for sexual assault, unnatural and unlawful sexual intercourse with two children.
Niger State Police Command has arrested Mohammed Mohammed and his wife, Sadiya for alleged conspiracy and self kidnap.
A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Wasiu Abiodun, said the couple, residents of Minna, Chanchaga Local Council, Niger State, were arrested July 22, 2021, in Limawa Ward. x
According to the statement, Sadiya was reportedly kidnapped on July 15, at Old Airport Road, Minna, after work.
It added that Sadiya’s father was contacted through an unknown GSM number, with the caller demanding N5m ransom for his daughter’s release. After negotiation, her father paid N1m for Sadiya’s release.