Nigeria, Aug. 12 -- The Niger State Government has opted for an out-of-court settlement of its rift with Badeggi 90.1 FM Radio Station, a Minna-based private broadcast station illegally shut down last month by Governor Mohammed Bago.

The media organisation sued the state government five days after its forced closure on 5 August through a lawyer, Philip Emmanuel.

At the resumed hearing in the suit number NSHCM/0296/2025 before the Minna High Court Number Four, on Monday, the government's lawyer, Jacob Usman, announced that the government has initiated a move for an out-of-court settlement in the matter.

Mr Usman told the court that he had discussed with the plaintiffs' counsel the need to resolve the matter in the interest of peace and ...