A fire incident at the Masaka market, located in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa state, has left many traders counting their losses. The fire which started at about 10: PM Friday night according to eyewitnesses has left many of the traders devastated. At the time of filing...
Nasarawa State
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Nasarawa State chapter of the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria, has inaugurated a Joint Task Force, to tackle the issues of fraud perpetrated by some criminally-minded Point of Sales agents in the state. State Chairman of the association, Comrade Noah Enesata,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Senator Remi Tinubu, wife of President Tinubu, has distributed the sum of 50 million naira cash and wrappers to 250 elderly citizen during the 2nd face of Renewed Hope Initiative in Nasarawa State. The Nigerian First Lady, representedat at the occasion by Nasarawa State...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a former member of the House of Representatives from Nasarawa State, Dr. Joseph Haruna Kigbu, popularly known as (Likitan Talakawa). Kigbu, was kidnapped on Sunday, alongside his wife in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, on his way from...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia– First class graduates in any field of Phoenix University Agwada, in Nasarawa State, will be given automatic employment. The founder of the University, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, made the promise at the first matriculation ceremony of the institution held at its permanent site in Agwada, Kokona...
Nasarawa State Government has begun the disbursement of N394.55 million bursary allowance to 10,000 students of the state origin in different tertiary institutions in the country. Governor Abdullahi Sule declared the official commencement of the disbursement on Friday at the Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia. Sule, represented by the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has submitted Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N156.6bn for 2024 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly for approval. The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Danladi Jatau, made this known during the House proceedings today in Lafia. He...
Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC) has declared the 13 chairmanship candidates of All Progressives Congress (APC) as winners of the Nov. 2 local government election in the state. Chairman of the commission and Returning Officer, Mr Ayuba Wandai, made the declaration on Sunday at the commission’s office in...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, and other stakeholders have urged electorates to vote for candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming local government elections. The stakeholders made the plea on Wednesday in Keffi during the APC campaign rally ahead of the LG polls...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has conducted Public hearing on a Bill for a Law to Repeal and Re-enact the Establishment, Structure, Composition, Finance and Function of Local Government System in Nasarawa State 2024 and Other Matters Connected Thereto. The Speaker of the...
Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has announced its chairmanship candidates for the Nov. 2, local government councils election in the state. Mr Tanimu Adamson, Chairman of the party’s primary elections committee, announced the names of successful candidates, submitting the report of the exercise to the...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – All is now set for Lobi Stars to host El Kanemi in Lafia on October 16 for a thrilling NPFL match. The Lobi Stars fondly called “Alia Boys” aim to build on recent form and assert their dominance at home as they face...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) Nasarawa State chapter, says it has released timetable for the Nov.2 local government election in the state. This is contained in a statement by Mr Mohammed Audu, Chairman of the Electoral Committee of SDP in Lafia on Sunday. Audu said the party’s primary election...
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...
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...