Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has fixed Oct. 16 for its chairmanship primaries ahead of the Nov. 2, local councils elections in the state. The State APC Chairman, Mr Aliyu Bello, announced this at the party’s expanded stakeholders meeting on Monday in Lafia. He also...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Police in Nasarawa State have arrested two robbery suspects for alleged theft of car and recovers fire arms. Police spokesperson in the state, DSP Rahman Nansel, disclosed this in a statement he signed and issued to press men on Sunday. DSP Nansel said: “Based...
A High Court sitting in Doma Local Government Area, Nasarawa State has extended its order restraining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from conducting its congresses in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the court on Sept. 27, gave the restraining order following a motion filed...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Independence Electoral Commission (NASIEC), has fixed November 2, 2024, for elections of Chairmen and Councillors of Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state. chairman of NASIEC, Barr Ayuba Wandai, announced this at the press conference at the commission’s office in Lafia, on...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State, known as Home of Solid Minerals, located in North Central Nigeria, is richly endowed with a variety of solid minerals of various categories ranging from precious metals, gemstones and industrial minerals. Apart from solid minerals, the state is also blessed and surrounded...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Wife of the President, Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday, has donated N50,000 each to 1,000 less-privileged women in Nasarawa State. Mrs Tinubu, said the gesture was part of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Bola Tinubu’s administration, and in a bid to cushion the...
A 12-year-old boxer from Nasarawa State, Yusuf Abdullahi, has said he is poised on winning a gold medal at the ongoing 8th National Youth Games (NYG) in Asaba, Delta. Abdullahi stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, shortly after he knocked out...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” Lao Tzu. The popular saying above paints the picture of Dr Aliyu Bello (Zarma Babban Lafia), who has come a long way since his hay days as a youth in Lafia metropolis, while...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A 38 years old man Identified as Gabriel Iliya Magaji, of Masaka in Karu local government area of Nasarawa State, has committed suicide over his wife’s alleged infidelity. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Nasarawa State command, DSP Nansel Ramhan, confirmed the incident to our...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Alogani Community in Lafia East Development Area of Nasarawa State, has been thrown into mourning mood following the death of four persons as a result of boat mishap at the community’s river. The ugly incident happened on Tuesday, when they were crossing to another...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a suspected fake medical doctor who injected procaine into an adult leading to his sudden death. The fake doctor named Isa Usman, ‘m’ 35yrs operating at Iyayi Village, Kadarko district of Keana LGA, was arrested for allegedly procuring...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- APC chairman in Nasarawa State, Dr Aliyu Bello, has appealled to the media and major stakeholders of the party in the state to continue to accord him the necessary support to enable him lead well. Bello, made call on Monday, during an event to mark...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- A devastating incident has occurred in Lafia, Nasarawa State, where kidnappers murdered 22-year-old Anas Zubairu, a Nigerian student of a Moroccan university, after collecting ransom from his family. Anas, who was on holiday, was abducted on Friday, August 28, in the Project Quarters area of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested one Saturday Gabriel, a 43-year-old man suspected to be a drug merchant along Nasarawa-Toto road in the staye. He was apprehended around 1:00pm on Friday with 15 bags of dry leaves suspected to be indian hemp which were...
Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a woman in possession of anti-aircraft ammunition in Keffi Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel, made this known to newsmen on Saturday in Lafia. According to the PPRO, police personnel attached to...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested two persons for employment scam, as it has also commenced manhunt for the principal suspect scamming people for same purpose. Those arrested were Emmanuel Michael, 42yrs, a private security guard in Abuja, and Jerry Aruwa 47yrs of Kabusa...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the conversion of Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, to the Federal University of Lafia Teaching Hospital, Nasarawa State. The presidential spokesman, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the approval followed a...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Olukayode Egbetokun, has charged the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) to deal decisively with criminals. The I-G specifically directed the SIS to deal decisively with terrorists, bandits and other violent groups threatening the peace and unity of the country. Egbetokun gave the directive on Monday...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The authority of Akwanga Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State, said it is on top of the security challenges in the area, as such the council has constituted a joint security task force to tackle the challenges. Executive Chairman of Akwanga LGA, Safiyanu...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- As Nigerians awaits the release of time table to kick start political activities in the build up to the 2027 general elections, there are critical issues that borders on elections in Nasarawa State. Of course, some of these issues aren’t new, but at times...