By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Government said it will spend over 12 billion naira to renovate 690 existing primary, secondary schools and build 30 new ones in the state. State Commissioner for Education, Dr John W. Mamman, disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Lafia,...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has rescued two students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), who were abducted on Sunday, March 30. The command’s spokesman, SP Ramhan Nansel, confirmed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Lafia. SP Nansel said that...
Nasarawa State High Court 2, sitting in Lafia, on Monday, began hearing in the case of the alleged murder of the 24-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Salome Adaidu. The defendant, Oluwatimilehin Ajayi, was accused of killing and dismembering the body of Adaidu, who was said to be...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Aisha Garba, has reaffirmed commitment of the commission to strengthen collaboration with the Nasarawa State Government to improve access to quality basic education. Garba made this known when she led a high-level delegation of...
Nasarawa State Government says it would conduct a screening exercise for personnel across the 13 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. Mr Peter Ahemba, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Public Affairs to Gov. Abdulahi Sule of the state, disclosed this during a news conference on Friday in Lafia....
Thirty-two-year-old Timileyin Ajayi, has been remanded in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Nasarawa State Police Command in Lafia, the Nasarawa State Capital Timileyin was apprehended for the murder of his alleged girlfriend, Salome Eleojo Adaidu, a 24-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), serving at...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has rendered N60m, as financial assistance to traders and marketers affected by the December 5th fire incidence at the Lafia modern market. The Governor, announced the gesture during a meeting with the committee set up to investigate the extent...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – All is now set for Lobi Stars to host El Kanemi in Lafia on October 16 for a thrilling NPFL match. The Lobi Stars fondly called “Alia Boys” aim to build on recent form and assert their dominance at home as they face...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed into Second Reading A Bill for a Law to Provide for the Regulation and Control of Issuance of Land Consent and Community Agreements to Mining Entities by Mining Communities and other Matters Related Thereto. Similarly, the House...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Nasarawa State internally generated revenue from solid minerals royalty has hit one (1) billion naira monthly, making it number four in the country. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, disclosed this in Lafia, during a courtesy call on Governor Abdullahi Sule, of Nasarawa...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has raised alarm over high rate of kidnapping in communities across the State. Rt. Hon. Danladi Jatau, the Speaker of the House stated this while reading the House resolution on a matter of Public Interest raised by...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Four children of same parents had died of strange illness in Gidinye, a community in Jenkwe development area of Obi LG in Nasarawa State. The children died one after the other in less than 24-hours after complains of stomach aches, vomiting and purging...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Security agents in Nasarawa State, have dispersed protesters who are mostly youths, who trooped out in their number as part of the ongoing nation wide protest. The protesters, who were seen matching on the streets of Lafia, were also marched towards the government...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Youths in the state, particularly that of Alago extraction, has been advised to avoid the good governance protest for the good of the state and the country at large. Youth leader of Alago Development Association (ADA), Comrade Akwe Julius James, made the call...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has expressed satisfaction with the progress and quality of work at the ongoing construction of over N16 billion naira flyover and under pass in Lafia, the the state capital. House committee chairman Nasarawa Urban Development Board and...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Government has condoled with the families of those who died when a market building collapsed on a market day in the state. Two women and a small child were killed by a collapsed building on Monday in Assakio, the headquarters of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The recent landmark judgment delivered by the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Councils in the country, will enhance development at the grassroots. National President of Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Aminu Muazu-Maifata, stated this at a...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Government and Bobtract Tractor Limited, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to establish a tractor assembly plant in the state. This development was made known to journalists via a statement signed by Peter Ahemba, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor...
The Federal Government has commenced the construction of 250-unit housing estate for civil servants in Azuba community near Lafia, Nasarawa State, under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu. Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Dangiwa, said at the groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday, that the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A 35-years old man by name Hassan Bayaro, from Giza town in Keana local government area of Nasarawa State, has allegedly committed suicide due to multiple debts amounting to over 8 million naira. The incident that occurred last week Saturday, in Angwan Nungu,...