Tag: Nasarawa State
Nasarawa CJ pardons 18 inmates, urges them to shun crime
The Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Justice Suleiman Dikko, has granted pardon to 18 inmates of federal prisons in Lafia,…
Buhari mourns Emir of Keffi Chindo Yamusa II
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Nasarawa State over the death of the Emir of…
Money Laundering: Ex-Nasarawa governor breached due process – Ex-Finance Director
The trial of Aliyu Akwe Doma, former Nasarawa governor and others continued on Monday, November 30, 2015 with prosecution witness,…
Court awards custody of daughter to boyfriend
A house agent, Joshua Obed, on Tuesday secured the custody his daughter from his girlfriend, Sofia Isaac, 28. Obed, 30,…
Court dissolves 8-year-old marriage over wife’s abandonment of matrimonial home
A Grade 1 Area Court Aso Pada, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, on Wednesday dissolved an eight-year-old marriage over wife’s abandonment of…
Hajj stampede: Nasarawa loses 1 pilgrim, 2 missing
The Nasarawa state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Tuesday confirmed that one pilgrim from the state died while two others…
Nasarawa appeals to communities over water scarcity
The Nasarawa State Government on Monday appealed to communities in Kokona and Keffi Local Government Areas of the state to…
Five arrested in Nasarawa over fake recruitment agency
The Nasarawa Police Command says it has arrested five persons for allegedly operating a fake recruitment agency in Lafia, the…
APC stole my victory in Nasarawa – Labaran Maku
Labaran Maku, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in the March 28 governorship election in Nassarawa State, said…
Army identifies soldiers who tortured civilian in Nasarawa
Authorities of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday, said it had identified the soldiers who violated the rights of a member…
80% of vehicles in Nasarawa have no number plates
Alhaji Usman Okposhi, acting Chairman, Nasarawa State Board of Internal Revenue Service, has said that 80 per cent of vehicles…
Place Nasarawa under security surveillance, Maku tells Buhari
Former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to place Nasarawa under special security surveillance to…
Al-Makura employs 10 persons living with HIV/AIDs
Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa state has offered employment to 10 persons out of 40 persons living with HIV/AIDs who…
Election Tribunal Receives Evidence From Maku
The Election Petition Tribunal in Nasarawa State on Tuesday received evidence from 11 of the 13 local government areas presented…
Al-Makura inaugurates N2.2bn road
Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Thursday inaugurated 5.5km network roads worth N2.2 billion as part of efforts to…
Court bars army from harassing electricity workers
A Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Mararaba, has restrained the Nigerian Army from harassing and preventing the Abuja Electricity…
I’ll improve lives of ordinary citizens in second term – Al-Makura
Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State said on Friday said that he would dedicate his second term in office to…
Nasarawa shuts 126 illegal health facilities
The Nasarawa State Ministry of Health Inspectorate Unit, has shut 126 illegal health facilities in Karu Local Government Area of…
Appoint people of proven integrity, Tanko tells Buhari
Nigeria’s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to appoint people of proven integrity into his cabinet in order to ensure…
APC increases majority in House of Reps with Nasarawa win
Alhaji Abubakar Sarki-Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Nasarawa State re-run election for the Lafia/Obi Federal…
Re-run election: Voting ends in Nasarawa State
Voting in the re-run election in Lafia/Obi Federal Constituency, Ciroma Ward of Lafia Local Government Area in Nasarawa State has…
APC wins Niger, Kano, Adamawa, Nasarawa, Kebbi
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Alhaji Abubakar Bello of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the winner…
Maku tells electorate to protect their votes
Labaran Maku, the All Progressives Grand Alliance’s (APGA) gubernatorial candidate for Nasarawa, on Thursday, urged the electorate to protect their…
PDP guber candidate promises to increase minimum wage
Alhaji Yusuf Agabi, the PDP governorship candidate in Nasarawa State, has promised to increase the minimum wage of civil servants…
Nasarawa North will produce next governor, says Maku
Nasarawa state gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Labaran Maku, on Sunday said that it was the…
Maku now APGA governorship candidate in Nasarawa
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Saturday presented the former Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, as its governorship…
Labaran Maku: My governorship ambition alive
He has lost the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party. The Labour Party flatly denied that he has been…
Bomb Scare: Air Force Personnel Escapes Lynching
An Air Force personnel carrying a bag was roughened at a mosque in Nasarawa ward in Yola on Friday after…
Maku not our guber candidate, says Labour Party
The Labour Party (LP) on Monday said that it had not granted waiver to the immediate past Minister of Information,…
Al-Makura picks running mate
Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa has selected Mr Silas Agara, an economist and former commissioner, as his running mate for…