Niger extradites Gaddafi’s son Saadi to Libya

March 6, 2014 | konknaijaboy

(Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi, his special forces commander who fled abroad during Libya’s 2011 revolution, was imprisoned in Tripoli on Thursday after Niger agreed to send him back from house arrest there.

Saadi Gaddafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi, … Read More

346 Persons Trafficked Out Of Nigeria through Niger, Benin Republics – NAPTIP

March 2, 2014 | konknaijaboy

A total of 346 persons were allegedly trafficked out of Nigeria through some West African country borders, including Benin Republic and Niger, the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has revealed.

The report which was obtained in … Read More

Suspected Cross-border Robbery Kingpin Dies In Prison After 11 Years Without Conviction

January 20, 2014 | konknaijaboy

The 42-year- old Hamani Tijani, a suspected cross-border robbery kingpin, died on Sunday after suffering partial stroke for nine months at the Kirikiri Maximum Prisons in Lagos.

DSP Biyi Jeje, the spokesman for the Nigerian Prisons Service, Lagos Command, confirmed … Read More

2000 flee Borno seeking refuge in Niger in wake of millitary offensive launch to quell terrorist cell

May 20, 2013 | konknaijagirl

More than 2,000 Nigerians living in border villages in Borno State have reportedly fled as a result of the ongoing military operations targeted at routing insurgents from the area under the emergency rule.

The fleeing villagers were said to have … Read More

Directorate for Petroleum denies rumours of killer liquefied natural gas in Nigeria

May 14, 2013 | konknaijagirl

The Directorate of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has dismissed report of existence of killer gas in the market just as the stakeholders in the gas industrial sub sector have expressed the need to review the standard of the liquefied petroleum Gas … Read More