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Nasarawa State govt. committed to citizens welfare- Deputy Gov.

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2021 0

The Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Dr Emmanuel Akabe has restated the state government`s commitment to the welfare of its citizen. Akabe stated this on Wednesday while inspecting the All Progressives Congress (APC) office in the Southern Senatorial zone, Lafia, set for renovation. He said that

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Families of deceased police personnel get N22.7m insurance claims

Ihesiulo Grace 23 September 2021 0

Families of 15 police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty have been paid insurance claims of N22.7 million in Lafia, police said on Thursday. Cheques for the monies were presented to the families by the Commissioner of Police in Nasarawa State, Mr Adesina Soyemi. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Ramhan […]

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Nasarawa Govt suspends director, others over fake appointments

Ihesiulo Grace 17 August 2021 0

The state Director of Salaries Bureau, as well as all members of the Salaries Department’s staff, have been suspended with immediate effect by the Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Science, and Technology. The Assembly asked Haruna Adamu Ogbole, the state Commissioner for Finance, to carry out the directive until the outcome of […]

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Ex-Nasarawa lawmakers laud Gov. Sule over payment of severance allowance

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2021 0

Members of the Fourth Assembly of Nasarawa State have commended Gov. Abdullahi Sule for the payment of their severance allowance. A former Speaker of the assembly, Alhaji Musa Ahmed-Mohammed, made the commendation on behalf of the former lawmakers when he led them on a Thank-You-Visit to the governor in Lafia on Thursday. Ahmed-Mohammed said that […]

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Licenses of Private schools violating lockdown order will be revoked – Governor

Ihesiulo Grace 10 August 2020 0

Abdullahi Sule Nasarawa Governor, has threatened to withdraw the operational approval for any private schools caught violating the lockdown order by reopening schools for all categories of students. Mr Usman Abu, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, made the threat in a statement on Monday in Lafia. READ ALSO: Nasarawa requires N12bn to […]

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NUJ Nasarawa council gets new leadership

Ihesiulo Grace 2 July 2020 0

The Nasarawa State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Thursday elected a new executive to run its affairs for the next three years. The election which held at the NUJ Press Centre Lafia, saw Salihu Alkali of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Precious FM, emerge as chairman having polled a […]

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ALGON partners NGOs to tackle insecurity in Nasarawa

Ihesiulo Grace 28 June 2020 0

The Nasarawa state chapter of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) has restated its commitment to partner non-governmental organisations to tackle insecurity in the state. State ALGON Chairman, Aminu Maifata, made the disclosure on Sunday in Lafia, at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Action Aid Nigeria (AAN) and Global Peace Development (GPD).

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Nasarawa: Sule expresses worry over spread of coronavirus in Lafia

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2020 0

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has expressed concern over the spate of COVID-19 spread in Lafia, the state capital. The governor stated this during the weekly state executive council meeting on Wednesday at the Government House, Lafia. The Governor said that Lafia has overtaken Keffi with 35 positive cases recorded, following Karu with the […]

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Sule pledges to encourage investments in agriculture

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2020 0

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has restated the commitment of his administration to continue to encourage and promote private public partnership towards securing investments in agriculture. The governor stated this during the official inauguration of a dam and electricity project executed by the Nigeria Farmers’ Group and Cooperative Society (NFGCS) in Ga’ate,

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Nasarawa assembly passes 15 bills, 16 resolutions in one year

Ihesiulo Grace 11 June 2020 0

The Nasarawa state House of Assembly says it has passed 15 bills and 16 resolutions within the last one year. Speaker of the House, Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, disclosed this on Wednesday, at a sitting that marked the end of the first session of the 6th Assembly in Lafia on Wednesday. Balarabe-Abdullahi described the sixth assembly […]

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Nasararwa assembly indicts SSG over alleged N1bn scam

Ihesiulo Grace 2 June 2020 0

The Nasarawa state House of Assembly has indicted the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Tijani Ahmed Aliyu, of N1 billion project scam allegedly perpetrated while he held sway as commissioner for education in the state. The indictment was contained in a report presented to the assembly by its ad -hoc committee investigating the alleged […]

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PFN seeks unconditional release of abducted Nasarawa CAN chairman

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2020 0

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Bishop Joseph Masin, who was kidnapped few days ago in Nasarawa state. PFN National President, Dr. Felix Omobude in a press statement in Benin City, Edo state, urged the abductors to immediately and unconditionally release the bishop without harm. Bishop […]

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Nasarawa needs N40bn to clear backlog of pension, gratuity -Sule

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2020 0

Over N40 billion is required to clear the backlog of pension and gratuity of retired civil servants in Nasarawa state. Governor Abdullahi Sule, made this known to newsmen at a media chat held at Government House on Thursday, to mark his one year in office. He said that his administration was committed to the welfare […]

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COVID-19: 29 Lagos-bound commercial motorcyclists arrested in Abuja

Ihesiulo Grace 26 May 2020 0

Twenty- nine commercial motorcycle operators travelling in a truck from Lafia, Nasarawa state to Lagos have been arrested by the Federal Capital Territory Ministerial Enforcement Task Team on COVID-19. The truck with registration number LFA 837 ZX was intercepted on Tuesday at the AYA Bridge in Asokoro District of the FCT. According to the driver, […]

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Eid El-fitr: Sule charges Nasarawa residents to embrace peace

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2020 0

As Muslims celebrate Eid El-fitr, globally, the Nasarawa state Governor, Abdullahi Sule on Sunday, tasked Muslims to co-exist peacefully with one another irrespective of religious and tribal affiliation. Governor Sule, stated this shortly after observing his Sallah prayer at Gudi, Akwanga Local Government Area of the state. According to him, peace is the panacea for […]

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Nasarawa approves reopening of worship centres

Ihesiulo Grace 20 May 2020 0

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has approved the reopening of worship centres in the state for the period of two weeks. He gave the approval in a joint council and security meetings held at Government House, Lafia on Tuesday. According to him, the two -week temporal measure would enable the task force on COVID-19 […]

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Troops neutralise criminals in Benue, arrest militia gang in Nasarawa

Ihesiulo Grace 17 May 2020 0

The Defence Headquarters says troops of ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’ have succeeded in killing two gang members of Gana-led criminal elements in Benue state and arresting members of another militia group in Nasarawa state. Coordinator, Defence Media Operation, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Enenche said the success was

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COVID-19: Nasarawa discharges 4 patients out of 25

Ihesiulo Grace 14 May 2020 0

The Nasarawa state Commissioner of Health, Ahmed Yahaya, said out of the 25 victims of COVID-19 patients currently receiving treatment at the isolation centres in the state, four of them have tested negative of the virus and would be discharged soon. Yahaya disclosed this to journalists immediately after the state expanded security council meeting held […]

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Youths urge Nasarawa to adopt new irrigation technology to boost food production

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2020 0

Youths in Nasarawa state who are undergoing training in irrigation farming have called on the state government to adapt modern farming technology to boost dry season rice production in the state. The young farmers made this plea during a visit by Prof. Henry Igbadun, the Project Coordinator of Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation – Water […]

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Tension as monarch dispossesses Tiv farmers in Nasarawa

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2020 0

There is palpable tension in the Tiv speaking communities of Kadarko chiefdom in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa state, following the use of securitymen to dispossess Tiv farmers of their farmlands by the paramount ruler, Umaru Dodo, on Tuesday. The problem between monarch and the Tiv farmers began in 2019, when he assumed the […]