After being abducted by unknown gunmen, the Assistant Controller of Corrections in Niger State Correctional Centre Minna, ACC Abdulrahman Ibrahim Gegele, has been released. ACC Abdulrahman was taken on April 17, 2024, along the Ilorin-Minna road. According to a statement by the correctional center's Public Relations Officer, CSC Rabiu Mohammed Shuaibu, Abdulrahman was freed on Wednesday morning in Minna. He managed to escape the kidnappers' captivity after nearly two weeks when the military confronted the bandits in a gun battle at their camp in a forest near Kontagora on Sunday, April 28, 2024. The family had been demanded a ransom of N25m by the kidnappers shortly after the abduction. The Controller of Corrections for Niger State Command, Alhaji Mohammed Hamisu, expressed gratitude t...

Allegations have been made by Hinder, the daughter of former Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, claiming that her father's predecessor, Mahamadou Issoufou, played a significant role in the military takeover that removed him from power nine months ago. Following the seizure of power by army officers on July 26, Bazoum and his wife have been detained at the presidential palace in Niamey. Bazoum, who succeeded President Issoufou in Niger's first-ever peaceful transition since independence, was elected two years prior to the coup. During an interview with the BBC, monitored by NewsNow, Hinder Bazoum voiced her concerns, revealing that the Bazoum family has had no information about their parents' well-being for the past six months. "The most difficult realization to come to terms with was d...