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Niger Police DSP Dies Amid Probe Into Arms Supply To Bandits

December 19, 2025 1:28 pm

Nigerian Deputy Superintendent of Police in Niger State dies by suicide as investigation uncovers missing arms allegedly supplied to bandits.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Niger State, Isah Abdullahi, has died by suicide amid an investigation into the alleged supply of arms and ammunition to bandits and criminal groups.

Abdullahi, also known as Kunkuri, was the head of the Mopol 12 armoury located at the B Division of the Niger State Police Command on Paikoro Road, Minna. The incident occurred on December 16 during a routine audit of weapons and ammunition.

Trouble reportedly began when a team of detectives

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Shiroro Massacre: Niger Govt Suspends All Mining Activities

July 4, 2022 4:47 pm

Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello who is the Niger State Governor has given out a directive that orders the immediate suspension of all the mining activities in Shiroro, Munya and Rafi Local Government Areas of Niger state.

The order, the Governor had reiterated had also became necessary following continued bandits’ attacks on the councils until further notice.

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Buhari Promises Justice For Shiroro As Bandits Wreak Havoc

July 1, 2022 1:39 pm

The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has openly described Thursday’s dastardly bandit attack in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State where expatriates were kidnapped as a direct assault on Nigeria which will not be allowed to go unpunished.

President Muhammadu Buhari had also paid tributes to the gallant men of the security forces who had lost their lives in the process of defending the attack by the bandits.