ActionAid Nigeria in collaboration with Global Peace Development and the Nasarawa State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, on Monday trained a 30-members committee to develop Nasarawa State Action Plan (SAP) on Peace and Security of Women and the Girl-Child. READ ALSO: El-Rufai advocates women’s involvement in fight against terrorism, extremism The training was […]
Mr Dogo Shammah, the Nasarawa State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, says that the development strides of Gov. Abdullahi Sule was geared towards improving on the standard of living of the people at the grassroots. Shammah stated this on Wednesday in Lafia while playing host to Barmo community from Wamba Local Government Area of […]
Lafia – The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested Alhaji Dalhatu Abubakar, Village Head of Mangora Goma Tunga village of Nasarawa Local Government Area, for allegedly aiding and abetting kidnapping. The Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, stated this on Friday in Lafia while presenting the village head alongside 80 other suspected criminals to newsmen. […]
Keffi (Nasarawa) – The Students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, are to hold the maiden edition of a cultural festival in February 2020. The President of the Students Union Government (SUG), Mr Victor Tsaku, said on Monday in Keffi that the festival would be tagged: “Nsuk Carnival”. He said the event was aimed at promoting […]
The Nigerian Army on Saturday embarked on sanitation exercise at Toto market in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The environmental sanitation carried out by the officers and soldiers of the brigade involved clearing of garbage and refuse in and around the market as well as clearing of drainages on major roads in the […]
Lafia – The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has arrested 47 persons suspected to be involved in kidnapping and armed robbery in the last three weeks. Mr Bola Longe, its Commissioner, who paraded the suspects on Wednesday in Lafia, said that 38 of them were suspected kidnappers, while nine were suspected armed robbers. […]
The pastor who was kidnapped by gunmen in Nasarawa (read here) has regained his freedom. Rev. Emmanuel Haruna, the immediate past ECWA Lafia DCC chairman, was kidnapped over a week ago after he stepped out of his home to get better cell reception. Sharing news of his release, Hausa Christians Foundation wrote: Rev. Emmanuel Haruna, […]
The Force Commander, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) Maj.-Gen Adeyemi Yekini, has denied that no soldier attached to the military operation covering Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states had been ambushed by any militia group in the states. Yekini, who stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Makurdi, said the reported was not only mischievous but […]
The Nasarawa State Chapter of the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) has decried the falling standard of education in the state. Umaru Ebenya, State Chairman of NAPTAN, spoke on Wednesday in his presentation to the state Traditional Council in Lafia. According to him, the standard of education in the state public schools kept […]
***Say, Nigeria Drifting into Anarchy Various Nigerian Ethnic Nationalities, including Self-Determination Groups, Civil Society Organisations as well as Professional and Youth Associations converged in Lagos at the weekend to discuss the rising spate of killings across the country, especially the communal clashes, farmers/herders conflicts and attacks by bandits in Zamfara, Taraba, Adamawa, Kaduna, Benue, Kogi, […]
The Nasarawa State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed that three policemen have been killed by suspected herdsmen at Maraban-Udege village in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Samaila Usman told newsmen in Lafia that the three policemen were ambushed and killed on June 3 on […]
President of Middle Belt Arise, Comrade Samuel Odumu Okpe, has declared that Nigeria is being threaten by food crisis following the persistent and unabated killings of farmers and forceful taken over of lands by Fulani Herdsmen in the region. He noted that most farmers in Plateau, Benue, Taraba, Southern Kaduna, Kogi, Adamawa and parts of […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commenced exploration activities in the Benue Trough. The Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Mr. Maikanti Baru, announced this development during a visit to the Governor of Nasarawa State, Mr. Umaru Tanko Almakura in Lafia. Baru said the visit was in fulfilment of the Presidential mandate which directed […]
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, on Thursday announced that oil search would soon begin in the nation’s inland basins. Baru made the revelation in a statement by Mr Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC Group Public Affairs Manager, in Abuja. He said the exercise was in fulfillment of the […]
The Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has said the state, is not comfortable with the word restructuring, saying that the country has benefited from the presidential system and all that it need to do is to fine tune it and make it work better. Al-Makura stated this Thursday in Jos, during the All Progressive […]
As part of efforts their social responsibility in promoting the welfare and health of Nigerians, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation over the weekend donated the sum of N180million to Nasarawa State Government to help in the revaltilization of Primary Healthcare in the State. Making the donation, the leader of the Bill and Melinda Gates […]