PDP reads riot act, direct zonal committee to take charge in Nasarawa
By David Odama – Lafia National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday directed chairman of the Zonal Working Committee (ZWC), Hon Theophilus Dakas Shan, to take charge and oversee the activities of Nasarawa state chapter of the party until further notice. The party National committee in a letter dated July 2nd […]
COVID-19 Nasarawa records another 13 new cases
By David Odama NASARAWA State government said it has recorded another 13 cases of COVID-19 bringing the total cases reported in the state to 25. The state Governor, Abdullahi Sule, who announced this during a review of the Covid19 activities in government House Lafia Friday said out of the 78 results from the samples taken […]
Pregnant woman kills husband over phone call in Nasarawa
NASARAWA State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested a 22-year-old pregnant woman, Veronica Boniface, for allegedly stabbing her husband to death over a phone call with a strange woman.
NCDC driver tests positive for COVID-19 in Nasarawa, says Gov Sule
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), […]
COVID 19: Nasarawa records 3 new cases as Taraba, Bauchi rejects Almajiri
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 […]
COVID-19: Nasarawa repatriates 788 Almajirai to different states
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 […]
Gunmen abduct monarch in Nasarawa, demand N50m
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. Sule promises to uplift standard of education in Nasarawa
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.
Assembly member dies in Nasarawa
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 […]
Nasarawa records additional 2 new COVID-19 cases
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 […]
COVID-19: Nasarawa government quarantines over 200 travellers
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 […]
