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News Niger » People: BREAKING: One Person Dead In Stampede As Niger Residents Jostle For Governor Bago’s Cash Ahead Of Council Poll

News channel or source: https://saharareporters.com/2025/10/31/breaking-one-person-dead-stampede-niger-residents-jostle-governor-bagos-cash-ahead

Published on: Friday 31 October 2025

A little girl has reportedly died, and several others were injured following a stampede in Bida, Niger State, as thousands of residents gathered to receive cash handouts allegedly promised by Governor ...

News Niger » People: Expert warns critical hours slipping away as kidnappers likely to move US missionary in Niger

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/expert-warns-critical-hours-slipping-away-as-kidnappers-likely-to-move-us-missionary-in-niger/ar-AA1P05xU

Published on: Wednesday 22 October 2025

American missionary kidnapped near Niger's presidential palace as security expert warns first 48 hours critical for rescue from ISIS-controlled territory.

News Niger » People: UN: Over 500,000 People Affected by Floods in Niger

News channel or source: https://news.am/eng/news/911485.html

Published on: Thursday 10 April 2025

More than 120 people have died from floods in Niger this year, and around 550,000 have been affected, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported.

News Niger » People: US missionary abducted in Niger’s capital, State Department confirms

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/us-missionary-abducted-in-niger-s-capital-state-department-confirms/ar-AA1OZvPq

Published on: Wednesday 22 October 2025

A US missionary working for an evangelical Christian organisation has been kidnapped in Niger’s capital Niamey, the US State Department has said, in the latest kidnapping of a foreign national in the ...

News Niger » People: Police raid hideouts in Niger, recover drugs, weapons

News channel or source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2025/10/25/police-raid-hideouts-in-niger-recover-drugs-weapons/

Published on: Saturday 25 October 2025

The spokesperson said on Oct. 23, at about 2.30 p.m., police operatives attached to ‘A’ Division, Kotangora, conducted a sting operation at Tudun-Wada area of Kotangora, where three suspects were ...

News Niger » People: Niger gov mourns as 35 killed in tanker explosion

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/niger-gov-mourns-as-35-killed-in-tanker-explosion/ar-AA1OVQCI

Published on: Tuesday 21 October 2025

Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has expressed condolences to the families of the victims of a tanker explosion that claimed no fewer than 35 lives ...

News Niger » People: People smugglers enriched in Niger’s Agadez after junta dumps EU migration deal

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/396362/people-smugglers-enriched-in-nigers-agadez-after-junta-dumps-eu-migration-deal/

Published on: Tuesday 28 October 2025

The business of smuggling migrants to the Mediterranean has been decriminalised under the junta. As more desperate migrants return, they have to deal with more ruthless smugglers, often operating with ...

News Niger » People: Seeking alternatives for Niger's people smugglers

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/us/news/stories/seeking-alternatives-nigers-people-smugglers

Published on: Tuesday 08 August 2017

AGADEZ, Niger – Bashir grew up in this maze-like outpost perched on the edge of the Sahara, and his knowledge of city and desert made him a successful human smuggler taking people over the searing ...

News Niger » People: At Least 35 Killed, 40 Injured In Niger Petrol Tanker Explosion

News channel or source: https://www.arise.tv/at-least-35-killed-40-injured-in-niger-petrol-tanker-explosion/