Thirteen people have lost their lives in an auto crash on Minna-Bida road, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) confirmed yesterday.
Professor Abdullahi Bala, the deputy vice chancellor administration, Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna has been inaugurated as the 7the vice chancellor of the University.
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has granted research fund of over N30 million to the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai for critical research works.
The Niger State government has empowered over 70 herders across the state.
About 600 people in Gbako, Katcha and Bida local government areas of Niger State have benefited from a medical outreach programme sponsored by a philanthropist, Malam Suleiman Umar, through Hakima Empowerment Centre.
The Niger State Government has said that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the state would be adequately taken careof with the Paris Fund refund.
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) is partnering with the Ibrahim Badamasi Babaginda University (IBBU), Lapai, Niger State in the research and development of raw material resources in the three states of Niger, Nasarawa and Kogi.