Tag Archives: Nasarawa State

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Friday swore in 15 new commissioners as members of the State Executive Council. Sule, while performing the ceremony in Lafia, urged the new commissioners to avoid all corrupt tendencies while discharging their duties. He said that his administration was anchored on accountability, transparency …

THE Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has officially dissolved the state executive council, which includes his commissioners, and has terminated the appointment of Barrister Muhammad Aliyu-Ubamdoma as Secretary to the State Government (SSG). Additionally, all senior special assistants, special assistants, and personal assistants have also been dismissed. Newsextra24 understands that …

FARMERS in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have expressed concerns that excessive rainfall could damage crops, reduce yields, and aggravate food insecurity across the country. The farmers told newsmen in separate interviews in Nasarawa on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that climate change and variability, which …

WINDSTORM has claimed one life, injured several others and destroyed over 100 houses in Agbashi community in Doma Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State. Confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, the Vice-Chairman of Doma council area, John Bako-Ari, said that the tragedy occurred …

THE management of Isa Mustapha Agwai I Polytechnic, Lafia, Nasarawa State, has banned after-exam sign-out celebrations for graduating students on campus and beyond the polytechnic’s main gate. This was made known via a circular signed by the school’s Public Relations Officer, Ali Hassan Mohammed. According to the information, the ban …

In a bid to ensure improved security across the 13 Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State, Governor Abdullahi Sule has donated 42 vehicles to security agencies and traditional rulers in the state. Speaking while handing over the vehicles to the beneficiaries at the Government House, Lafia on Wednesday, Sule said …

Residents of Masaka, Karu LGA of Nasarawa State, were panicked on Monday after Badejo Idowu, a man, was fatally stabbed by Tunde Badejo, his first son, over a dispute over family land. Tunde had been pestering his father for a piece of the land for over a year, according to …

18-year-old Deborah Jerry, has been arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing her ex-boyfriend, Suleiman Lawal to death in Agwan Jaba, Masaka, Karu Local Government of Nasarawa State. The state police spokesperson, ASP Rahman Nansel, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday, said Lawal was stabbed last Monday, May …

Gunmen have abducted Chairman of Keffi local government area in Nasarawa State, Hon Muhammad Baba Shehu and his driver. The gunmen killed the police orderly of the chairman Seageant Alhassan Habibu Nasir. The incident occured along Gudi district of Akwanga local government around 6:30pm on Friday when the chairman was …

Bako Anjeh, a 36-year-old man in Nasarawa-Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State has been apprehended by the police in the State for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl to death. It was alleged that Anjeh forced the victim to drink gramophone, a chemical used in killing grasses before having canal …