Irate internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Agwatashi, Obi local government area of Nasarawa State, stoned the convoy of Umaru Tanko Al-Makura on Tuesday. Al-Makura had visited the camp with security chiefs in the state to assess situation arising from the killing of 32 persons by suspected herdsmen. It was gathered that when the governor was […]
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Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma, former Nasarawa State governor, has passed on at the age of 75. Former Nasarawa information commissioner, Mamman Alakayi, said in Lafia that Doma died in an Israeli hospital on Tuesday. “I got a call from the late governor’s son, Umar, this evening, that Baba Doma died in an Israeli hospital at […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari today inaugurated a school for physically challenged persons, “Comprehensive Special School” in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Speaking at the inauguration, Buhari said that the institution was a result of collective ambition to uplift the standard of living of all Nigerians through social investment policies. “The school will cater for the blind, deaf and […]
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During his one-day visit to Nasarawa State on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari his administration would not tolerate further attacks by suspected herdsmen and other bandits. While urging all Nigerians to refrain from attacks, he said security agencies have standing instructions to arrest and prosecute anybody found with illegal arms. A copy of the speech was […]
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The Nigeria Police Force has deployed over 4,000 officers and men to Nasarawa ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state on Tuesday. It was also disclosed that about 3,000 officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and other security agencies would be working in synergy with the police. Bello Ahmed, commissioner […]
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About 20 Corps members in the 2017 NYSC Batch B, Stream II, in Nasarawa State, bagged various extensions of service period for different misconducts during the service year. Zainab Isah, NYSC coordinator in the state, made this known to newsmen on Thursday after supervising a low key Passing out Parade (POP) for the corps members […]
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The Executive Director of Nasarawa State Aids Control Agency (NASACA), Zakari Umar, said 54 babies delivered between January and September in the state tested positive to HIV. Mr. Umar made this known on Thursday in Lafia, the state capital in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said out of the 1,194 […]
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nasarawa State, has said that two members of the service drowned in a river in Assakio community, Lafia Local Government Area of the state. Hajiya Zainab Isah, the NYSC Coordinator in the state made this disclosure to newsmen in Lafia on Tuesday. Isah said that Oguntola Babatunde and […]
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The police command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of a former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Mr Hussaini Akwanga. Akwanga served during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo but was removed on Dec. 4, 2003, following an alleged $214 million national identity card scam. The spokesman of the Nasarawa State Police Command, DSP. […]
Continue ReadingSome members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly resorted to violence on Monday over the appointment of sole administrators for 11 local government councils by Governor Tanko Al-Makura. The fight occurred on the floor of the legislature barely two hours after the governor inaugurated the 11 sole administrators. Glasses were shattered while tables and […]
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