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Varsity students to hold maiden cultural festival in Nasarawa

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2019 0

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”.

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Army embarks on community services in Nasarawa

Ihesiulo Grace 16 November 2019 0

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 […]

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Police arrest 47 over alleged kidnapping, robbery in Nasarawa

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2019 0

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. […]

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Kidnapped pastor regains freedom

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2019

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, […]

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Military denies attack on personnel in Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa

Ihesiulo Grace 8 November 2018 0

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 […]

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NAPTAN decries falling standard of education in Nasarawa

Ihesiulo Grace 20 July 2018 0

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 […]

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Insecurity: Ethnic nationalities, others demand security submit in two weeks

Ihesiulo Grace 9 July 2018 0

***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

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Suspected herdsmen kill three policemen in Nasarawa

Ihesiulo Grace 6 June 2018 0

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 […]

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Herdsmen Attack: Nigeria North Central decry looming hunger

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2018 0

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 […]

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NNPC starts oil exploration in Nasarawa

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2017 0

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 […]

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NNPC to begin oil exploration in Nasarawa State

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2017 0

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 […]

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Nasarawa oppose Plateau, Benue on restructuring

Ihesiulo Grace 29 September 2017 0

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 […]

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Bill Gates Foundation donates N180m to Nasarawa Govt

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2017 0

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 […]