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...
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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...
The Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of one suspect in Nasarawa state for mass production of the Russian flags. “According to reports from our correspondents, angry protesters were spotted waving the Russian flag in Kaduna, Kano, and Katsina on Monday. The protesters, chanting in Hausa and...
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- Agwatashi community of Obi Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, have thrown it’s weight behind the citing of food security project, as it thanked government for finding the community suitable for the project. This was contained in a press statement signed by the chairman of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia– The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Nasarawa State chapter, has said it would not take part in the proposed protest against bad governance in Nigeria. Similarly, students and youths in the state said they would not be part of the protest scheduled to hold...
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 – Governor Abdullahi Alhaji Sule, during his inaugural speech as the 4th democratical elected Governor of Nasarawa State, on the 29th of May, 2019 vowed to make the state an industrial hub, so that it can be economically self reliant. Engineer Sule, in a...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Police in Nasarawa State have arrested five robbery suspects for alleged burglary and stealing of motorbike in Nasarawa State. Police spokesperson in the state, DSP Rahman Nansel, said the suspects were arrested at two different locations, in Orozo and Karu, in Nasarawa...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A former senator and one time deputy governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Solomon Ewuga, has debunked rumours making the rounds that he is eyeing the Aren Akun’s vacant stool. Senator Ewuga, made this known in a statement issued by one of his aides,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in Nasarawa State, has commended the landmark judgment delivered by the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Councils in the country. Nasarawa State chairman of NULGE, Comdr. Adamu Sharhabilu, gave the...
The Esu Karu of New Karu in Nasarawa State, Mr Luka Panya-Baba, has called for peaceful coexistence among communities and the nation at large. Panya-Baba made the call at the celebration of his 20th Anniversary on the throne, on Saturday in Karu, Karu Local Government Council of Nasarawa...
The Esu Karu of Karu Chiefdom, Mr Luka Panya-Baba, on Saturday conferred the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, with the traditional title of Bakuku. Panya-Baba conferred the title in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, at the celebration of his 20th Anniversary on the throne as the traditional...
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,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Police in Nasarawa State, have confirmed that Alhaji Musa Shuaibu (Madakin Shabu), was abducted yesterday night by unknown gunmen in Shabu, the headquarters of Shabu Development Area, in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Nasarawa, has said the command has commenced investigation to unravel those behind the attack on its headquarters in Lafia. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Jerry Victor, said this in an interview with the News Agency of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Group of armed men in the early hours of Monday, attacked the headquarters of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State. Our correspondent gathered that gang of heavily armed men who wanted to break through fence to...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The remains of the Late Commissioner of Police, Jatau Anga (Rtd), was on Saturday buried amidst tributes and eulogies from the Church, family and associates. CP Anga, who was also a former military administrator of Enugu State, battled with dementia for few years,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Over 30 occupants of two commercial vehicles have been reportedly abducted by gunmen suspected kidnappers along Nasarawa-Keffi road in Nasarawa State. The ugly incident happened on Friday evening along Nasarawa-Keffi road. The gunmen who reportedly abducted their victims and took them into the...