By David Odama, Lafia Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has ordered the recruitment of 37 medical doctors to boost healthcare delivery across the state. Sule who disclosed this while flagging off a free medical outreach in Nasarawa Local Government Area at the weekend explained that the recruitment of additional doctors has become necessary to meet […]

Awwal emerges APM Guber candidate promises to restructure education in Nasarawa

Nasarawa is one of the states in Nigeria that recognises basic education as the foundation for development, David Odama writes. The status of basic education as a foundation for the advancement of education in Nasarawa State is a top priority to the administration of Governor Abdullahi Sule.  This accounts for the commitment of the leadership […]

By Abel Daniel A Lafia-based legal practitioner, Barrister Ayiwulu Baba Ayiwulu has appealed to the management of the Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic (IMAP) Lafia to investigate what he termed “open extortion of students” by Lecturers. Barrister Ayiwulu in an exclusive interview with Vanguard alleged that three of his sibling attending the institution alongside other students […]

The Nasarawa State said the law that prohibits littering of polythene on streets will soon come into existence to checkmate the indiscriminate disposal that is harmful to the environment.

By David Odama – Lafia The Nasarawa State government has given an assurance that measures were being taken to remove hindrances that will stand against the growth and academic excellence in its owned University, Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK). One of the measures highlighted by the state government is the taking over in full, salary […]

Fire, Friday gutted shops and other valuables at the new Lafia Motor Park, Nasarawa State, destroying goods worth millions of naira.

IT was a moment of grief and tears flowing all over residents, Sympathizers and mourners in Sabon Pegi— Shubu, Lafia North Development Area, Nasarawa State on Friday afternoon when a mother of three children was beaten to death over an argument that ensued between her and her husband.

By David Odama – Lafia Nasarawa State Government said it is spending  N31.9 billion on education, representing 30 per cent of the 2022 budget. Similarly, the sum of N2.23bn is to be spent  for the electrification of rural communities across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state The  State Commissioner of Finance, Budget and Planning, Daniel […]

By David Odama – Lafia National Agency for Food, Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed expired and fake drugs estimated at over N598m in the state. Director General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye who disclosed this at the North Central destruction of the products at the Lafia dumpsite,  Friday, described fake drugs and  expired exercise as the […]