By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A 62-year old adult, Mr Effiong Michael, has enrolled for National Diploma Programme at the Isa Mustapha Agwai I Polytechnic Lafia, in Nasarawa State, to acquire advanced knowledge in his area of vocation. Mr Effiong, who hails from Cross River State, enrolled as...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a man who allegedly slit the throat of a motorcyclist and snatched his motorcycle. The police spokeswoman, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Lafia. DSP Nansel said the police operatives...
Mohammed Sheriff, counsel for the detained President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, on Monday, said his client was yet to make valid statement in the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA)’s custody. Sheriff, who is one of the team of lawyers representing Bodejo before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a...
Police in Nasarawa State neutralised a suspected armed robber and arrested another at Aso Pada community in Karu Local Government Area of the state on Friday. Police spokesman, DSP Ramhan Nansel, stated in Lafia on Saturday that police received a distress call at about 11.45 p.m. on Friday...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigerian Army on Thursday, said its troops foiled a kidnap attempt on Nasarawa- Keffi Road, close to the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa in Nasarawa State, rescued the victim and apprehended the suspect. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A heavy rainstorm has killed one, injured several others and destroyed hundreds of houses in Agbashi community of Doma Local Government and Aloshi community in Keana Local Government Area, all in Nasarawa State. The incidents happened on Tuesday evening where houses and worship...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH Lafia – The Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN), in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, has organized rally in order to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ with a call on Nigerians to make sacrifices for the overall development of the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Member representing Nasarawa Central constituency at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Hajarat Danyaro Ibrahim, has disbursed rice, millet, wrappers and other items to the people of her constituency ahead of sallah celebration. Danyaro, who made the distribution Thursday, at the Emir’s...
The Federal Government on Friday, arraigned the detained President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, at a Federal High Court, Abuja on a three-count charge bordering on terrorism. Bodejo, who was arrested on Jan. 23 in Malia, Nasarawa State and kept in the custody of the Defence Intelligence...
Three term Senator representing Nasarawa West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Sen. Abubakar Danso Sodangi, was laid to rest in his country home, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Sen. Sodangi APC-Nasarawa) served for three consecutive times as Senator from 1999 to 2011. Gov....
The Nasarawa State Government has said it is working to preserve the population of hippopotamus in the state to prevent the animals from extinction. Dr Abdullahi Musa, the Director, Veterinary Services in the state’s Ministry of Agriculture, stated this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command on Friday said it has arrested a fake female member of Nigeria Youths Service Corps (NYSC). The command’s spokesman, DSP Ramhan Nansel, stated this in a statement to newsmen on Thursday in Lafia. Nansel explained that the fake...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested at least 10 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys, in Keffi Local Government Area of the state. A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the suspects were...
Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested no fewer than 109 persons for alleged illegal mining in Nassarawa-Eggon Local Government Area of the state. Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state, Shehu Nadada, made this known while parading the suspects on Tuesday in Lafia. The CP said...
Nasarawa State Police has arrested 10 suspected members of a child theft and sale syndicate, who allegedly stole no fewer than 45 children. The Commissioner of Police, Shehu Nadada, made the disclosure while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Lafia, on Friday. According to the commissioner,...
Three soldiers and two vigilante group members have been killed in an attack by suspected militia in the Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. State Commissioner for Special Duties, Security, Timothy Kasuwa, confirmed the incident to Channels Television in a telephone conversation on Wednesday, where he...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Forum of Ethnic Youth Presidents in Nasarawa State, has called on the federal government of Nigeria, to totally ban the activities of the recently launched Miyetti Allah Vigilante’ Group, in the state. The forum made its position known on Tuesday, while addressing...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command, has distanced itself from the controversy surrounding the formation of the Miyetti Allah Vigilante Group in the state. Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa state command, CP Shehu n Nadada, made the denial on Tuesday in his office at the...
Sen. Ahmed Wadada (SDP- Nasarawa ) has paid the 2024 West African Examination Council (WAEC) registration fees through his education foundation for 744 less privileged students in public schools in his senatorial zone. Chairman of the 2024 Education Foundation Committee, Mallam Ismaila Nuhu, disclosed this during the disbursement...