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...
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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...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A sad incident occurred on Tueday, February 4, when a police constable attached to Mada Station Division of the Nigerian Police Force, in Nasarawa Eggon local government area of Nasarawa State, shot and killed himself. The police constable identified as Dogara Akolo Moses, who...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Governor Abdullahi Sule, of Nasarawa State, has appealed to the citizens of the state especially the youths, to study necessary technical courses that would afford them the opportunity to work in the sprouting Chinese mining companies in the state. The governor, made the call...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Saturday, the 1st of February, 2025 will go down memory lane in the anals of history as a day the Nasarawa State Disability Rights Commission (NSDRC), under the able leadership of its Chairman, Comrade Sale Barde Keana, organized an event to mark the 2024...
A Nasarawa State High Court on Monday remanded a man, Timilehin Ajayi, at a correctional facility over alleged killing of his 24-year old girlfriend, Salome Adaidu Ajayi whose address was not given, is being charged with culpable homicide. The state Counsel, Stanley Ifeanyi, told the court that Ajayi killed...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Crisis is looming in Dari chiefdom of Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, over the vacant stool of Sangarin Dari, who passed away recently. The three ruling houses of Dari chiefdom, especially Kuturi Kunka Ruling House, has accused some individuals and group of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima, has laid the foundation of the One-Stop Investment Centre and Multi-door Court house in Lafia. The project is World Bank Funded through the bank’s SABER initiative VP Shettima, during a one-day working visit to Nasarawa State on...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Vice President Kashim Shetima, is expected to pay a one day working visit to Nasarawa State on Friday, where he will lay the foundation stone for ‘one stop investment center’ in Lafia, the state capital. During the visit, Senator Shetima, is also expected to...