Lassa Fever kills 2 doctors, woman, baby in Nasarawa
NASARAWA State government is to establish a Lassa fever testing centre as the disease hit the state and claimed the lives of two consultant gynaecologists, a woman and the baby.
Nasarawa LGA, Karu, to get free school from Church
The Omega Power Ministry (OPM) says it will build a free school in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa state to accommodate children from less-privileged homes. Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, General Overseer of OPM in Karu on Tuesday during the commissioning of a Box and Beam Culvert constructed by the church, said the establishment of the […]
Nasarawa JSC suspends Chief Registrar, Deputy over alleged misconduct
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in Nasarawa State has suspended two senior officers over alleged misconduct, a statement by its Executive Secretary, Mr Isa Ebini-Kana, said in Lafia on Friday. It said that the officers – Mr Abdullahi Ahmed-Sani, Chief Registrar, High Court of Justice, and Mr Edward Ali-Liman, Deputy Chief Registrar (Personnel) – were […]
Herdsmen cut off Nasarawa farmer’s hands
TENSION is mounting in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State as suspected herdsmen, who have been dislodging farmers and dispossessing them of their property, chopped off the two hands of a farmer in the area on Friday.
Nasarawa Assembly passes 4 executive bills
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed four executive bills to bring speedy development to the state. Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Speaker of the assembly, announced the passage of the bills after the Leader of the Assembly, Alhaji Tanko Tunga, moved the motion for their unanimous passage during plenary on Monday in Lafia. The […]
3 kidnap suspects, Nasarawa Police in N35m bribe scandal
THREE suspects held by Nasarawa State Police Command on allegation of kidnapping have accused the command of demanding N35 million to secure their release.
How Nasarawa police tried forcing us to confess we’re kidnappers ― Suspects
By David Odama – Lafia Three suspects held by the Nasarawa State Police Command on allegation of kidnapping have accused the command of demanding N35 million to secure their released and freedom This is even as the Nasarawa police command has said it will not succumb to intimadation from any quarters as it has remained […]
Suspected herdsmen kill 6, injure 4 in Nasarawa
Gunmen men suspected to be herdsmen, Friday night killed four women and two men at Tse-Jimin village, Aloshi Kingdom of Keana local government area of Nasarawa state. The incident which happened at about 9:45 pm left four other persons with various degrees of injuries, according to an eye witness account. Eye witnessed accounts named those killed as Blessing […]
Time bomb ready to explode in Nasarawa, animosity is killing the state – NASEMA Boss
By David Odama Zakary Zamani -Alumaga is the Executive Secretary, Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency (NASEMA). In this interview, he speaks on the looming time bomb waiting to explode in Nasarawa, the high level of animosity among the ethnic groups. Excerpts: Question: As the executive secretary, NASEMA and a stakeholder in the Nasarawa project, what […]
Eid-el-Fitr: Police deploy 4,500 personnel in Nasarawa
The Police Command in Nasarawa says it has deployed 4,500 personnel to ensure hitch-free Eid-el-Fitr celebrations. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Ramhan Nansel, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Lafia. Nansel quoted the Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, as congratulating Muslims in […]
Troops storm Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba forests, to flush out killer herders, bandits
…Bandits kill 11 in reprisal on Katsina community …As gunmen kill community leader, wife, daughter-in-law in Kaduna …Emir of Daura suspends Sallah activities By Peter Duru A joint military operation covering Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states, codenamed ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’, OPWS, has commenced a 7-day operation in the three states to clear bandits and killer […]
