Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, on Tuesday said Nigeria is not sliding into a one-party state. The governor stated this after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja, stressing that the dominance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) should not be likened to the death...
Nasarawa State
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Nasarawa State Police Commissioner, Shetima Jauro-Mohammed, has ordered an investigation into the death of five children in the Agyaragu community of Obi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. CP Jauro-Mohammed gave the directive in a statement issued on Monday in Lafia by the police...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has entered into partnership with Nigeria Association of Small-Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Nasarawa State Chapter, to drive fresh investment options in the State. With 68,000 hectares, the Dangote’s Nasarawa Sugar Company Limited (NSCL) in Tunga, is considered Nigeria’s biggest Backward Integration...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Tragedy struck in Aloshi town of Keana local government area of Nasarawa State, when gunmen invaded the community, killed one Mr. Stephen Kwaghtomun a.k.a (Action), aged 37 and abducted his 27 years old wife. The sad incident happened around 11:30 pm Tuesday night when...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Nasarawa State Police Command has recovered an English-made Beretta pistol with twelve (12) rounds of 9mm live ammunition during a successful raid. The command’s spokesman, SP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Lafia. SP Nansel said that the operation was...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has expressed dissatisfaction with the condition of Area and Magistrate Courts building structures in the State, as it called for immediate intervention to address them. Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary Barr. Esson Mairiga, made the call when management of Judicial...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nasarawa United has been handed a severe punishment by the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for breaching the league’s framework and rules during their match against Plateau United. The NPFL in a statement on Monday, charged the Lafia-based club with failing to provide adequate...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia– Pioneer Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Nasarawa State, Rev. Andrew Ahmadu Auta, has died at the age of 95. Rev Auta, a renowned Baptist missionary and the pioneer CAN chairman died on Friday in Jos after a brief illness, according to...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH Lafia – The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Danladi Jatau, has urged the youths and communities across the state to co-exist peacefully in the interest of peace and development. Dr. Jatau, made the call while inspecting the ongoing construction of Mosque he...
The Mining Marshals have shut down an illegal mining site in the Rafin-Gabas community of Kokona Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, confirmed this in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Segun Tomori, on Thursday in Abuja. Alake stated...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has arrested 51 suspected irregular migrants of Malian origin at New Nyanya, Karu Local Government of Nasarawa State. The Service Public Relations Officer, Akinsola Akinlabi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Akinlabi said that preliminary investigations...
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...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) on Friday inducted 515 new members into the profession. Speaking at the ceremony conducted at Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK), , Dr Ike Neliaku, President, NIPR charged the new inductees to be change drivers. Neliaku urged the inductees to use their licence...
The Speaker of Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Dr Danladi Jatau, has donated N6 million and 700 bags of 10kg rice to his constituents for sallah celebration. The speaker said the gesture was to enable them celebrate Sallah with joy. He made distribution on Wednesday in Garaku, Kokona Local...
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 DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has eliminated a notorious kidnapper in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state The command’s spokesman, SP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement to journalists on Saturday in Lafia. He said the feat was achieved through a joint patrol...
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...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia– Two times contestant of Sarkin Dari, in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Engineer Lawrence Ada’a Dari, has withdrew a suit he instituted against the chieftaincy stool from High Court of Justice at Mararaban Gurku. Engr. Ada’a Dari, a retired federal civil servant, announced...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a student of the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, for allegedly hacking a fellow student to death. The suspect, John Gambo, an ND2 Banking and Finance student, was apprehended and reportedly confessed to attacking the victim with an axe and...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Academic and non-academic staff of higher education institutions in Nasarawa State, under the aegis of Joint Unions of Nasarawa State Tertiary Institutions (JUNSTI), is set to embark on indefinite strike over the non implementation of N30,000 minimum wage consequential adjustment, promotions and N70,500 minimum...