By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has commissioned a N717,374,213.75 Faculty of Social Sciences Lecture Theatre and Office Complex at Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK). The Chairman of TETFund’s Board of Trustees, Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, on Tuesday,commissioned the project at the University campus in...
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A cloud of sorrow hangs over the family of Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro, as they grapple with a tragic double loss—his son and grandson passing away within a span of just two days. Sources close to the family according to DAILY POST reports, revealed that Senator Moro’s...
Over 1000 students from the 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State have benefitted from scholarship grants facilitated by the federal lawmaker representing Doma, Keana, and Awe Federal Constituency, Hon. Abubakar Hassan Nalaraba. Speaking at the ceremony which held on Saturday, at De First Crown Hotel Lafia, the Federal...
Former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State and Minister of State for the FCT, Senator Solomon Aku Ewuga, has passed away at 70. Senator Ewuga, died on Tuesday evening due to ill health, according to a family source. Born on June 19, 1955, in Nasarawa Eggon, Ewuga was a renowned...
Nasarawa State Government has donated an office complex to the newly inaugurated North Central Development Commission (NCDC) to facilitate its smooth take-off in the region. Governor Abdullahi Sule, who handed over the office, located along Shendam Road in Lafia, on Tuesday, expressed his administration’s commitment to working closely with...
Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a final-year student and nursing mother accused of leaving her newborn baby girl in a bush in Akwanga, Akwanga Local Government Area. According to the police spokesperson, SP Ramhan Nansel, the suspect was apprehended and will face prosecution once investigations are complete. “The...
A coalition of groups from Akwanga, Wamba, and Nasarawa Eggon in Nasarawa State, has issued a strong call to Engineer Tony Bala Shamma (TBS) to contest for the House of Representatives seat representing their federal constituency in 2027. The groups made this call during a program held on Saturday...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has promised to support security agencies with technological gadgets to enhance surveillance and intelligence gathering toward tackling insecurity in the state. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the governor on Public Affairs, Peter Ahemba, disclosed this during a bimonthly press conference on Thursday in...
Nasarawa State Police Command, has arrested a 22-year-old woman, Aisha Hashiru, over alleged attempt to traffic three minors in the Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement he issued to journalists on Friday...
Senator Ahmed Wadada, representing Nasarawa West Senatorial Zone, has formally rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC) after his tenure with the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Having previously been an APC member, Wadada switched to the SDP to contest and win the 2023 Nasarawa West Senatorial election. His return to...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Senator Ahmed Wadada, representing Nasarawa West, has formally withdrawn his membership from the Social Democratic Party (SDP), citing ongoing internal conflicts as the primary reason for his departure. In a letter dated Thursday, addressed to the SDP Chairman of Tudun Kofa Ward in Keffi Local...
Representative for Uke/Karshi in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly,Musa Gude, has appointed 106 aides to help deliver effective service to his constituents. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia on Tuesday, Gude, a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), said the appointments aim to...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A suspected kidnapper has been arrested in a joint operation by the Nigerian Police and the Military after a lone crash around Angwan Mayo, Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ramhan Nansel, in a statement on...
Nasarawa State Police Command have arrested five (5) suspects linked to armed robbery and kidnapping in Doma Local Government Area of the State. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ramhan Nansel confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday. According to the statement, the suspects were arrested...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC), in Nasarawa State, Godwin Williams Alaku, said his party should be counted out of any coalition with decampees from PDP, APC and other political parties in Nasarawa State. Mr Alaku, who made this known in a telephone interview...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Market Management Bureau (MSMMB), has disclosed that it is generating over two hundred and sixty millions naira (N260,000,000) as revenue into government coffers annually. Director General (DG) of the bureau, Dr. Yakubu Ahmed Ubangari, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with journalists...
By JOSEPH DANJUMA, Lafia- Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has strongly condemned the circulation of a viral image falsely alleging the collapse of the newly commissioned Bola Ahmed Tinubu Flyover and Underpass Exchange in Lafia. The Institute described it as a deliberate act of disinformation, powered by the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Chairman of Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board, (NSUBEB) Dr Kassim Muh’d Kassim, has revoked 9 contracts awarded 10 months ago by the previous board administration. Dr Kassim, who announced revocation of the contracts Thursday July 24th 2025 in his office, said the contracts...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Government has again denied harbouring killer herdsmen responsible for the sustained attacks and killings in neighbouring Benue State. Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Gov. Abdullahi Sule, Ibrahim Addra, made the denial at a press conference on Wednesday in Lafia. According to him,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has praised the 21-year prison sentence handed down to Ahmadu Yaro for raping a three-month-old baby in Adogi village, Nasarawa State. The minister in a statement on Monday, said the judgment is a significant...