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Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, governor of Niger State, appears to be taking the lead in infrastructural development and mass-oriented projects. Ibrahim Biu takes a look at the plausible efforts of the governor.

Nov 09, 2007

Nigeria: Niger Gov Commended Over SEMA

Niger State governor Dr. Babangida Aliyu has been showered with encomiums for the establishment of Niger State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).

Nov 07, 2007

Nigeria: Niger Police Command Dismisses Seven, Promotes 15 Others

Seven men of the Niger State police Command have been dismissed for extortion, while 15 others have been promoted for their gallantry in foiling certain armed robbery operations in the state.

Nigeria: Gov Aliyu Harps on National Integration

Nov 12, 2007

Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has described sports as a veritable tool for fostering peace and national integration.

Nov 23, 2007

Nigeria: Niger Govt to Institute Judicial Commission of Enquiry On Debt Recovery

Niger State government has concluded arrangements to institute a judicial Commission of Enquiry on Debt Recovery. The state attorney-general and commissioner for justice, Barrister Adamu Usman, disclosed this in Minna on Thursday while addressing newsmen on the outcome of the state executive council meeting.

Nov 23, 2007

Nigeria: Globacom Commissions N83.2 BillionTransmission Facility

Second National Operator, Globacom Limited, yesterday took its repositioning quest to a higher level with the commissioning of N83.2 billion optic fibre transmission facility in Minna, Niger State.

Nov 21, 2007

‘Public-private partnership, key to power sector development’

The Minister of State for Energy (Power), Mrs, Fatima Balaraba Ibrahim has called for a sustainable public private partnership in the power sector for the benefit of the economy.

Nov 26, 2007

Nigeria: We're No Rubber Stamp -- Niger Assembly Speaker

Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Alhaji Mohammed Mohammed Alkali has said that the on-going cordial relationship existing between the assembly and the executive arm of the state government does not in any way make the assembly a rubber stamp.

Nov 27, 2007

Nigeria: Giant Strides in Niger State

It was William Shakespeare, the great English writer that once wrote "some are born great, some achieve greatness, others have greatness bestowed upon them". The story of Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, the Executive Governor of Niger State, who prefers to be addressed as the Chief Servant of the state, is one such personality that achieved greatness. At a ripe age of 52, which by many standards still remains as young, Dr. Aliyu has recorded many phenomenal achievements as compared to his peers

Nov 26, 2007

Nigeria: Niger State Creates Back-to-Farm Projects for Unemployed Youth

Niger State Government has completed necessary arrangements to establish several back-to-farm projects in all the local government areas of the state, so as to absorb the large number of unemployed youths and other interested persons into farming.

Nov 26, 2007

Nigeria: Carnival - Five States Participate in Durbar

Only five states participated in this year's durbar display at the on-going Abuja carnival that began on Thursday in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Nov 29, 2007

Nigeria: Abuja Carnival - a Celebration of Nigerian Culture

The sun was blazing down like harmattan fire on the people who came to watch or participate in the carnival. But it does not matter to many of them as long as they are able to fully observe the event of the day.

Nov 27, 2007

Nigeria: Bala Gunna As Political Dream of Nigerlites

The Daily Trust of Friday, November 16, 2007, published a two-page advertorial which dealt extensively with the issue of the dropped governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Niger State in the April 2007 election, Alhaji Jibrin Bala Gunna Alhassan.

Nov 27, 2007

Nigeria: Police Quiz Kure's Aides Over N500 Million Contract

Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Niger State Alhaji Umar Kawu was yesterday arrested by the police in Minna over the disputed N500m contract between the state and a foreign firm.

Nov 28, 2007

Time up for Chinemi, Niger’s most wanted drug baron

For three years running, men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Niger state were on the trail of a suspected drug baron, Simeon Chinemi, but their efforts to get him to face the law for drug pushing was abortive.

Niger Gov Blasts IBB, Abdulsalami

Dec 02, 2007

Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has said he is disappointed over the non-challant attitude of elder statesmen from the state including former military presidents, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) and General Abdulsalami Abubakar(rtd), to the feud between him and his predecessor, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kure.

Dec 04, 2007

Nigeria: ANPP Suspends Niger State Executives

The leadership of All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has sacked the executive members of its Niger state chapter following crisis that has bedevilled the party's activities in the state.

Dec 03, 2007

Nigeria: Gov Aliyu Threatens to Resign

Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State threatened at the weekend to resign if former military president, retired General Ibrahim Babangida and other stake holders in the politics of the state continued to fold their arms in the face of activities of the opposition which he said were currently thwarting his efforts at good governance.

Dec 05, 2007

Niger Gov commends Glo fibre optic project

Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has commended the launch of Globacom’s fibre optic project, describing it as a new dawn in telecommunication services in the country.

Dec 12 2007

Nigeria: The ABC of the Storm in Power State

Penultimate Sunday, Thisday reported the Governor of Niger State - a.k.a. Power State, not, as is widely but mistakenly believed, due to the fact that it probably has the country's single biggest collection of retired generals including two former heads of state, but due to the fact that all the hydroelectric dams in the country are in the state - Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, as reproaching the retired generals in his state for fiddling while the state burnt as a result of the on-going feud between himself and his predecessor, Engineer Abdulkadir Kure.

Dec 12 2007

Niger gov thumbs down EFCC

Niger State Governor, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has passed a vote of no confidence in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), saying that for close to five years, the commission has failed to successfully investigate any of the several cases of economic crimes brought before it by the state

Dec 12 2007

Nigeria: Niger Govt Earmarks N4b for Education

Determined to reverse the deplorable state of Education in Niger State , about N4 billion has been earmarked for the development of the sector in 2008.

Dec 13 2007

National cultural rebirth
Tales from Abuja Carnival

The setting became electric as dancers, drummers, acrobats, culture managers Masquerades, and culture managers and to government functionaries converged at the Eagle Square, Abuja for the just concluded Abuja Carnival 2007. With faces radiating with smiles and bubbling with energy, artistes from 33 states of the federation and the FCT drove home the message of President Umaru Musa Yar ‘Adua, but delivered by his vice, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan at the opening ceremony, Thursday, November, 22, that culture has a pivotal role to play in fostering national integration and towards achieving the lofty goals of Vision 2010.

May 29, 2007

Dec 17 2007

Nigeria: Zuma Rock And Tourism Development in Niger State

In some parts of the world, there exist some physical features which beat the imagination of man and attract tourists in large numbers. One of such amazing wonders of nature in Nigeria is the Zuma Rock which is located in Madalla, Niger State but is so near the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Dec 17 2007

Day of joy as ‘Civil war’ police, Niger State retirees get benefits

Olalekan Olabulo and Dipo Laleye, in this piece, report how the dashed hopes of retirees, both in Niger State and the ‘civil war’ police officers were rekindled and the joy that greeted payment of their benefits.

Dec 17 2007

Aliyu: Why I’m Probing Kure’s Administration

Niger State Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu, at the weekend said his administration was probing his predecessor, Abdulkadir Kure, to continue the anti-corruption campaign, in line with the zero tolerance of corruption by President Umaru Yar’Adua's administration.

Dec 18 2007

Nigeria: Remanded PDP Chief Granted Bail

National Vice Chairman North Central of People's Democratic Party, (PDP) who was remanded in prison last Friday for allegedly defrauding the Niger State Government to the tune of millions of Naira was yesterday granted bail by a Chief Magistrate Court , Minna.