By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will be the next President of Nigeria. President Buhari, made the declaration in Lafia, capital of Nasarawa State, on Saturday at the APC Presidential Campaign rally that had...
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has deployed agents to some commercial banks premises in Lafia, Nasarawa State to facilitate its new naira swap policy. Mr Atiku Muhammed-Nasir, Director, Security Service of the apex bank, told newsmen on Friday in Lafia that the measure was to help decongest the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Wing Commander Abdullahi Ibrahim Vocational and Technical Institute Lafia, has graduated its first batch of 70 trainees, having undergone an intensive three-month training in Information Communication Technology, welding and fabrication. Presenting certificates to the graduands of the institute at a colorful ceremony, on...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Police in Nasarawa State has announced that a missing minor from Jigawa State was found in Lafia, the state capital. A statement signed by the state’s PPRO, Ramhan Nansel and made available to journalists in Tuesday, said the missing child, Hassan Mallam Tsalha...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Security operatives have rescued Mrs Victoria Dandaura, the abducted wife of the head of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’SSIS) Mr Appollos Dandaura. Recall that Mrs Dandaura was earlier abducted from her residence in Gidi-Gidi area...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Gunmen have kidnapped one Mrs Victoria Dandaura, wife of the head of the Corps’ Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’SSIS). The incident happened at the victim’s residence in Gidi-Gidi, around Cattle market, Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Wednesday at about 7 p.m. The spokesman of...
Mr Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2023 election said in Lafia on Saturday that he would tackle unemployment and insecurity if voted into power. Obi made at the flag-off of his presidential campaign. He said he would tackle insecurity to pave way for...
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested a fake Naval Officer in the state. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) made the disclosure in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen on Saturday in Lafia. According to the Police spokesperson, the suspect was arrested...
Mr Yakubu Lawal, Nasarawa State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism that was abducted by gunmen has regained freedom. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in the state confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lafia. NAN recalls that the Commissioner was...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The Chairman of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Nasarawa State Chapter, Dr.Sabo Emmanuel Ombugadu has appealed to the federal government to increase budgetary allocation to the health sector as a deliberate way of preventing doctors from seeking for greener pastures abroad. Dr. Ombugadu made the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted over 91 jumbo bags of cannabis, weighing 1,029.5kg concealed in a truck-mounted natural gas tank on Doma Road, around 500 Housing Estate, Lafia in Nasarawa. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi...
By RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brigadier General Mohammed. K. Fadah has charged corps members across the country to make good use of the skills acquisition programmes acquired while on training camps as there are no government jobs readily available...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday in Lafia commended Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa’s vision, political will and strides at industrialising the state. Osinbajo gave the commendation at the Nasarawa State Investment Summit where he said Gov. Sule cast the vision in the early life of his administration to rearrange...
The Police in Nasarawa State has arrested one, Ovye Yakubu, over alleged murder of his wife, Esther Aya, in their residence at Sabonpegi-Shabu community of Lafia. Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Sen. Umaru Al-Makura (APC – Nasarawa South) has called on Nigerians to invest in grassroots sports. Al-makura gave the advice while briefing newsmen on Sunday in Lafia at the finals of the Tanko Al-Makura (TAAL) Unity Cup football competition. The former Nasarawa governor said that sport was a veritable...
The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria (GACN) and Nasarawa State Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the supply of gas to industries and investors in Nasarawa State. The MoU for the gas supply was signed on Thursday in Lafia at...