By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- APC chairman in Nasarawa State, Dr Aliyu Bello, has appealled to the media and major stakeholders of the party in the state to continue to accord him the necessary support to enable him lead well. Bello, made call on Monday, during an event to mark...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- A devastating incident has occurred in Lafia, Nasarawa State, where kidnappers murdered 22-year-old Anas Zubairu, a Nigerian student of a Moroccan university, after collecting ransom from his family. Anas, who was on holiday, was abducted on Friday, August 28, in the Project Quarters area of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested one Saturday Gabriel, a 43-year-old man suspected to be a drug merchant along Nasarawa-Toto road in the staye. He was apprehended around 1:00pm on Friday with 15 bags of dry leaves suspected to be indian hemp which were...
Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a woman in possession of anti-aircraft ammunition in Keffi Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel, made this known to newsmen on Saturday in Lafia. According to the PPRO, police personnel attached to...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested two persons for employment scam, as it has also commenced manhunt for the principal suspect scamming people for same purpose. Those arrested were Emmanuel Michael, 42yrs, a private security guard in Abuja, and Jerry Aruwa 47yrs of Kabusa...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the conversion of Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, to the Federal University of Lafia Teaching Hospital, Nasarawa State. The presidential spokesman, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the approval followed a...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Olukayode Egbetokun, has charged the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) to deal decisively with criminals. The I-G specifically directed the SIS to deal decisively with terrorists, bandits and other violent groups threatening the peace and unity of the country. Egbetokun gave the directive on Monday...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The authority of Akwanga Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State, said it is on top of the security challenges in the area, as such the council has constituted a joint security task force to tackle the challenges. Executive Chairman of Akwanga LGA, Safiyanu...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- As Nigerians awaits the release of time table to kick start political activities in the build up to the 2027 general elections, there are critical issues that borders on elections in Nasarawa State. Of course, some of these issues aren’t new, but at times...
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...
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,...