Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa says the state has recorded an additional confirmed case of coronavirus, bringing the number of active cases to 12. Sule made the disclosure during an expanded state security meeting on Tuesday in Lafia. The governor said the affected person is a driver with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NSCDC), […]

By David Odama – Lafia Nasarawa government  Monday evening confirmed three new Covid19 cases bringing the total confirmed cases to 12 with one death. The Deputy Governor of the state, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe who double as the chairman of the steering committee of Covid19 in the state disclosed this while briefing journalists on the new […]

By David Odama NASARAWA State Government Sunday repatriated over 788 Almajiri to their states of origin to stem further spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Flagging off the evacuation exercise in Lafia, Governor Abdullahi Sule said the exercise was in compliance with the decision reached by governors of the 19th Northern states adding that […]

By David Odama – Lafia A Second class traditional ruler in Lafia local government of Nasarawa state, the Aron Akye of Ugar, His Royal Highness, Abdullahi Magaji was Friday night kidnapped in his place at 7. 30pm. A family member who pleaded anonymity told Vanguard on Saturday that the monarch was whisked away by the […]

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has promised to uplift the standard of education in the state. “God will not forgive me, if after realising the decay in the sector, I leave office without doing anything,” Sule said on Friday in Lafia while receiving a report on baseline survey on educational wellbeing of primary and secondary schools.

By David Odama A sitting member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly representing Nasarawa Central Constituency has died at the Federal Medical Centre Keffi. Announcing his demise to journalists Friday morning in Lafia, Alhaji Mohammed Okpoku, representing Udege/Loko constituency said Suleiman died in the late hours of Thursday, April 30th, following a brief illness […]

By David Odama NASARAWA Thursday confirmed additional cases of COVID-19in State bringing the cases to three within three days. Governor Abdullahi Sule disclosed this in a press briefing at the Government House in Lafia, Thursday. He described the increasing COVID-19 cases in Nasarawa as worrisome urging the people of the state to be conscious of […]

The Nasarawa government says it has quarantined over 200 people coming from states with high number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Abdulkarim Kana, state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, disclosed this during a press briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Lafia, to give update on measures taken to contain the spread of the […]

By David Odama – Lafia Worried by the increasing cases of COVID 19 in the country, Nasarawa state Government has quarantined over 200 persons that entered the state from high-risk states with suspected novel COVID-19 pandemic. The state’s COVID-19 Taskforce disclosed this  Tuesday while briefing newsmen on the update of measures taken to contain the […]

No fewer than 115 inmates regained their freedom from six Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) centres in Nasarawa State, following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to decongest prisons to contain the spread of COVID-19.

The Nasarawa State Government says it will deal decisively with anyone caught diverting relief items meant to cushion the effect of partial COVID-19 lockdown on vulnerable people in the state. Hajiya Fati Sabo, the state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, gave the warning on Tuesday in Nasarawa while handing over 600 bags of 50kg […]

By David Odama – Lafia Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state said on Monday that the state government will not compromise it’s safety measures with personal interest just as he has assured that all indigent returnees would be quarantined for a 14 days. Sule  who gave this indication at a meeting with traditional and religious […]

By David Odama GOVERNOR Abdullahi Sule has announced an extension of the lockdown by 10 days in the state while the curfew imposed in Karu is still enforced. The governor said human and vehicular movements and total lockdown in Karu Local Government Area of the state would remain enforced except Wednesdays and Saturdays between 10:00 […]

By David Odama IN an effort to stem the spread of coronavirus because of the proximity from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nasarawa State government has imposed a 24-hour on Karu local government of the state with effect from Thursday (today). Vehicular movements have also been banned from 8 pm to 6 am across the […]

Ban vehicular movement By David Odama – Lafia In an effort to stem the spread of coronavirus because of the proximity from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nasarawa State government has imposed a 24 hours on Karu local government of the state with effect from Thursday this week. Vehicular movement has also been banned from […]