By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Government and Bobtract Tractor Limited, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to establish a tractor assembly plant in the state. This development was made known to journalists via a statement signed by Peter Ahemba, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The wife of the President and the founder of Renewed Hope Initiative, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has distributed food items worth millions of naira to over 600 vulnerable persons and those with disabilities in Nasarawa State. The items were distributed on Tuesday, on her...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi- Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has called for synergy in the fight against insecurity in North Central Nigeria even as he emphasized the need for multidimensional approach to defeat the menace. The Governor said this while speaking at the 1st North Central zonal...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – President Bola Tinubu, has commended Governor Abdullahi Sule, of Nasarawa State, for his initiative to make the state an industrial hub for the economic benefit of the state and the country at large. Similarly, the United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has urged intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia to pray for peace, unity and the success of the present administration in the state and the country at large. Governor Sule, made the call on Tuesday, in his farewell message...
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration is set to make Nigeria the solar panel and Electric Vehicles battery manufacturing hub in Africa. Tinubu also commended the inauguration of Nigeria’s largest Lithium processing plant in Lafia, Nasarawa State, adding that its an indication of the foreign investment friendly...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Danladi Jatau, yesterday Monday met with Chairmen of the 13 Local Government Areas of the State, over the growing insecurity across the local governments. The Speaker while addressing them in his office in Lafia, said...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has approved the appointment of Prof. Sa’adatu Liman as the Vice-Chancellor of the Nasarawa State University (NSUK), Keffi. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Mohammed Ubandoma-Aliyu, said this in a statement in Keffi on Wednesday. Mr. Ubandoma-Aliyu...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Government, has banned all single ethnic group vigilante groups operating in the state, including the Fulani Vigilante Group. The development followed an emergency security meeting convened by Governor Abdullahi Sule on Monday, at the Government House, Lafia. The state government has...
Mohammed Sheriff, counsel for the detained President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, on Monday, said his client was yet to make valid statement in the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA)’s custody. Sheriff, who is one of the team of lawyers representing Bodejo before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a...
Vice Chancellor, Nasarawa State University (NSUK), Keffi, Prof. Suleiman Bala-Mohammed, has attributed the Friday stampede that killed two students and left 14 others injured to impatience on the part of the students. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the stampede occurred when the students, along with some...
Three students of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi were feared dead on Friday in a stampede when the students looted rice given for distribution by the state government. The incident occurred at the convocation square where the bags of rice were kept awaiting the arrival of Gov. Abdullahi...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has commissioned 100 housing units in the first phase of Nasarawa Technology Village Housing Estate, Karu. Governor Zulum also performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the Technology Hub and the Second Phase of the Housing Project situated on...
The immediate past Speaker of Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, has said the All Progressives Party (APC) will rule the state beyond 2027. Abdullahi expressed optimism that Gov. Abdullahi Sule would hand over power to another APC governor in the state come 2027. He stated...
Security agencies have beefed up security in Lafia and other major towns in Nasarawa State as the Supreme Court delivers judgment on the governorship tussle between Gov. Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Mr David Ombugadu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Independent...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A bloody clash over land matter between Gbagyi and Bassa ethnic groups in Kudu village of Toto local government area of Nasarawa State, have claimed seven lives. Our correspondent gathered the crisis erupted when Bassa ethnic group, invaded a community where Gbagyi people...
The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Mr Danladi Jatau, has assured the people of the state that he would not betray their trust in him. He also pledged his continued commitment to lead without fear or favour in the interest of development. Jatau made the promises on...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has said the governors of the North Central states will intervene in the Plateau crisis towards finding a lasting peace. The governor disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a visit to President Bola Tinubu on Sunday in Lagos. He said...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army has condemned an unprovoked attack on troops and patrol vehicles by protesters along Lafia-Makurdi road in Nasarawa State. The Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement in Abuja dismissed as false, claims by the protesters that the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The eleven electoral wards in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, today smiled home with the sum of five hundred thousand naira (500,000) each as palliative. Similarly, a total of 1500 bags of 50kgs of maize and another 1500 bags of...