By Suleiman Yakubu

The Chairman of the Niger State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB), Malam Muhammad Baba Ibrahim, has appealed to parents and teachers to exercise patience as the suspended school feeding program is set to resume soon.
During a school enrolment campaign visit to Lavun, Edati, and Mokwa local government areas, the chairman addressed concerns raised by parents and teachers regarding the suspension of the school feeding program. He acknowledged that the program had significantly encouraged school attendance, and its suspension had led to a noticeable drop in student numbers.
Parents and teachers urged the government, through NSUBEB, to reinstate the program, emphasising its role in motivating children to attend school.
Malam Ibrahim clarified that the school feeding program was a federal initiative launched by the previous administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The current administration temporarily suspended the program to review and improve it. He assured that a federal team had already visited the state to assess the schools involved and those proposed for inclusion, indicating that the program would soon resume with additional schools in Niger State.
In Edati, the local government chairman, Hon. Yisa Sunday Daniel, highlighted the council's commitment to education. He expressed optimism that the stakeholders' engagement by NSUBEB would significantly boost school enrolment in the area.
Hon. Daniel also stressed the importance of teacher training, retraining, and welfare as key factors in enhancing their commitment. He noted that recognising and motivating distinguished teachers would inspire others to follow suit.
The school enrolment campaign team included NSUBEB board members, staff, AGILE representatives, and officials from the state Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education.

By Suleiman Yakubu

Nigeria Police operatives from the Bosso Division of the Niger State Command have arrested a 17-year-old boy for armed robbery.
The suspect, identified as Wisdom Danjuma from the Jikpan area of Bosso LGA, was apprehended on September 13, 2024, following a distress call reporting a robbery at a POS shop in Lawu Estate, Bosso Low-Cost Minna. According to a press release issued by the command's PPRO, SP Wasiu Abiodun, Danjuma allegedly robbed a female POS attendant of One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000.00).
Preliminary investigations revealed that Danjuma criminally trespassed into the POS shop, brandished a sharp, long knife, and intimidated the attendant before making off with the money. The victim raised an alarm, prompting community members and a police patrol team to give chase. Danjuma was eventually apprehended.
At the time of his arrest, the stolen money and the knife used in the robbery were recovered from Danjuma. He confessed to being sent by two other gang members who remain at large. Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the remaining suspects.