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...
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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,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in Nasarawa State, has commended the landmark judgment delivered by the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Councils in the country. Nasarawa State chairman of NULGE, Comdr. Adamu Sharhabilu, gave the...
The Esu Karu of New Karu in Nasarawa State, Mr Luka Panya-Baba, has called for peaceful coexistence among communities and the nation at large. Panya-Baba made the call at the celebration of his 20th Anniversary on the throne, on Saturday in Karu, Karu Local Government Council of Nasarawa...
The Esu Karu of Karu Chiefdom, Mr Luka Panya-Baba, on Saturday conferred the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, with the traditional title of Bakuku. Panya-Baba conferred the title in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, at the celebration of his 20th Anniversary on the throne as the traditional...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A 35-years old man by name Hassan Bayaro, from Giza town in Keana local government area of Nasarawa State, has allegedly committed suicide due to multiple debts amounting to over 8 million naira. The incident that occurred last week Saturday, in Angwan Nungu,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Police in Nasarawa State, have confirmed that Alhaji Musa Shuaibu (Madakin Shabu), was abducted yesterday night by unknown gunmen in Shabu, the headquarters of Shabu Development Area, in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Nasarawa, has said the command has commenced investigation to unravel those behind the attack on its headquarters in Lafia. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Jerry Victor, said this in an interview with the News Agency of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Group of armed men in the early hours of Monday, attacked the headquarters of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State. Our correspondent gathered that gang of heavily armed men who wanted to break through fence to...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The remains of the Late Commissioner of Police, Jatau Anga (Rtd), was on Saturday buried amidst tributes and eulogies from the Church, family and associates. CP Anga, who was also a former military administrator of Enugu State, battled with dementia for few years,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Over 30 occupants of two commercial vehicles have been reportedly abducted by gunmen suspected kidnappers along Nasarawa-Keffi road in Nasarawa State. The ugly incident happened on Friday evening along Nasarawa-Keffi road. The gunmen who reportedly abducted their victims and took them into the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A former Military Administrator of Enugu State and retired Commissioner of Police, Mr J.S Anga, has died at the age of 83 years. A family source said Mr Jatau Salami Anga, died on Tuesday, after a protracted illness at his residence in Bukuru,...
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 – Police in Nasarawa State have arrested four armed robbery suspects in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the State. A statement by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the suspects were arrested by operatives of the Nasarawa Division led...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Not fewer than 50 houses were destroyed as a result of heavy downpour in some parts of Nasarawa State. Many houses and property worth millions were submerged by flood, while others were completely destroyed by a heavy windstorm. In Akwanga town, the headquarters...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The state Executive Committee (SEC), of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Nasarawa State, has passed a vote of confidence on the state chairman, Alhaji Aliyu Bello. The party’s SEC announced the decision, in a parley with journalists at the APC secretariat in...
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested two suspects for alleged “one-chance” robbery operations in the state. “One-chance” refers to a robbery operation were armed robbers use disguised commercial vehicles to pick unsuspecting passengers and dispossess them of their valuables while in transit. The Police Public Relations...