Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has high regards for his predecessors, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu and Sen. Umaru Al-Makura. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Public Affairs to the governor, Mr Peter Ahemba, said this in a newsmen conference on Tuesday in Lafia. The media aide was reacting to a...
Nasarawa State
The abducted traditional ruler of Gurku chiefdom in Karu Local Government area of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Jibrin Waziri has been released after a week in captivity. The traditional ruler and his wife were abducted by gunmen from their home on Aug. 6. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Olosoho (Agwatashi) Development Association in Obi LGA of Nasarawa State, has expressed readiness to close ranks towards addressing the socio economic fortunes of the community. This was made known during a retreat organised by the pioneer officials of the association during a...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Executive Chairman of Akwanga LGA of Nasarawa State, Hon Safiyanu Isa Andaha, has appealed to the federal government to ensure adequate compensation for residents, whose structures and properties will be affected, by the would be dualization of Akwanga-Jos- Bauchi and Gombe road construction...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A Non Governmental Organization (NGO), known as Chuga and Friends Foundation (CFF), based in Akwanga, Nasarawa State, says it has spent N90 million to sink 46 motorised boreholes across communities from 2017 to date in the state. Similarly, the NGO disclosed that it has...
Troops of the 4 Special Forces, Doma, Nasarawa State, have arrested 12 suspected rail track vandals at Angwan Yara, Keana Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State. Maj. Joseph Afolasade, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations of the Command, made the disclosure at a press briefing on Friday in...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Provost, College of Education Akwanga in Nasarawa State, Rev Dr. Jonathan Thani, has called on Nigerians to imbibe the culture of thanking God in all circumstances for more of His (God’s) blessings. The provost made the call on Sunday, during a thanksgiving service...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A total of 977, 950 children from Nasarawa State, are expected to benefit from Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine, popularly known as Fansidar, or Amalar, Maldox; and Amodiaquine drugs for prevention of malaria. Dr (Mrs) Janet Angbazo, Permanent Secretary (PS), Nasarawa State Ministry of Health, made the disclosure...
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested an escaped inmate from Kuje Custodial Centre of FCT Abuja who allegedly broke into a house and stole property in Masaka, Karu Local Government Area of the state. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Mrs Arierhi Joy Olawore (Nee Ijabor), is a visionary fashion designer and the creative force behind Dreamation Designs, known as DIIDII Designs, based in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Her brand has the perfect collections of cloth with ancient and modern touch from Africa and being...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The authority of Keffi Local Government Council of Nasarawa State, has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in Keffi metropolis over the nefarious activities of ‘Yanshara group’. Similarly, the council has ordered the closure of ‘Public and Private Primary Schools’ in the area following...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State branch of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), in public health facilities have withdrawn their services completely in compliance to the five days warning strike declared by the national body of the association. Recalled that the National Association of Resident Doctors...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command has commenced investigation into the murder of 15 persons at Tarkalafia and Kwaja villages in Karu Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement issued...
Some residents of Wazobia Community in Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have protested against a five-year power outage in the community. The Chairman of the community, Mr Ifeanyi Alamaujo, led others during the protest to the Mararaba Area Office of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company(AEDC), told the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says its operatives have arrested three suspected drug dealers in Nasarawa State. The the state command’s Public Relations Officer, DSC Jerry Victor, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Lafia. DSC Victor said the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Nasarawa State Council has constituted seven man electoral committee to conduct the forthcoming election of the union in the state. The development was made know in a communique issued at the end of the state congress meeting held...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Japanese Government is ready to invest the sum of 700 thousand dollars on agriculture processing and equipment centres in Nasarawa State. Program Manager of Nasarawa Agriculture Development Authority (NADP), Mr Emmanuel Allahnana, disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with journalists in his office...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nassarawa State Government says the state has recorded a total of 182, 678 malaria cases between January and march this year. The State Commissioner of Health, Pharmacist Ahmed Baba Yahaya disclosed this Wednesday in Lafia, at a press briefing to mark this year’s ...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – No fewer than 3 persons have been killed and over ten persons sustained various degrees of injuries following a bloody clash over fishing pond by two rival groups in Alingani Community in Lafia East Development Area of Nasarawa State.. Our correspondent gathered that the...