Tag: Nasarawa

“Reject state Police proposal”, APC Forum urges Tinubu, NASS

Aminu Imam
APC Forum urges

The North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has urged President Bola Tinubu and the 10th National Assembly to resist mounting pressure for the creation of state Police in Nigeria. The call followed Plateau State governor, Caleb Mutfwang’s renewed advocacy for state policing at a special court session in Jos to mark the commencement of the 2025/2026 legal year. According to Mutfwang, establishing state Police was necessary in order to address insecurity in Plateau and other parts of the country. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, the Forum’s chairman and…

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Nasarawa: Gov. Sule under fire, after sackung all Advisers

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Gov. Sule under fire

Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule, has dismissed all Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants (SAs) and Personal Assistants (PAs) serving under his administration, citing their inability to effectively implement government policies and programmes. The Governor made the announcement yestetday, during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed Secretary to the State Government, Barrister Labaran Shu’aibu Magaji. Governor Sule explained  that the new appointments were made as part of his administration’s efforts to enhance governance, and improve service delivery to the people of Nasarawa State. While acknowledging the contributions of…

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Nasarawa: Fire ravages Masaƙa market; traders count losses

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Nasarawa fire

Traders in MasaÆ™a, Karu local government area of Nasarawa State are counting their losses after a fire incident destroyed the market on Friday, at about 10 p.m. In separate interviews with newsmen yesterday, several traders expressed their devastation and recounted significant losses. A trader, Ahmed Ayuba, was overwhelmed with grief as he spoke about his losses, saying: “I do not know what to do. I am so devastated. All my goods burnt down to ashes, and there is nothing left. I returned from the market yesterday, and people had already…

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AWC, Nasarawa varsity tasks women graduates to develop skills

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The African Women Conference (AWC) in collaboration with the Center for Gender Studies of the Nasarawa State University , Keffi (NSUK) has graduated the first cohort of 20 women from the Class of 2023 with awards of Diploma and Certificates in Women Development Studies. The event, done in collaboration with the AWC ‘s Leadership Development Centre took place on Tuesday at the exhibition pavilion beside the ICC, Abuja. African Women Conference Co-convener, Dr. Jumai Ahmadu, who chaired the event, in her welcome address at the occasion, described the graduation as…

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Nasarawa Assembly raises alarm over high kidnapping rate in state

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Nasarawa State Map

Nasarawa State House of Assembly has expressed worry of over the increasing rate of kidnapping in communities across the state. Muhammad Oyanki, Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, raised the alarm on the high rate of kidnapping under matter of public interest and was deliberated upon by members during plenary on Monday in Lafia. The Speaker, Danladi Jatau, while reading the assembly’s resolution on the matter, directed local government council chairmen to organise security summits within two weeks in collaboration with traditional rulers and security agencies in order to tackle the…

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Nasarawa Gov. approves implementation of outstanding promotion for civil servants

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Nasarawa State Map

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has approved the immediate implementation of all outstanding promotions for civil servants in the state. The governor announced the approval at a meeting with the organised labour and its affiliates on Monday in Lafia. The governor’s decision followed the request by the leadership of the union that outstanding promotions from 2018 to date be implemented before payment of the new minimum wage of N70,000. Speaking at the meeting, Sule said that he called for the engagement because the government had concluded plans to begin implementation…

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“North has oil in Nasarawa; more than in South, S’East” – Sani Zangon-Daura

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Sani Zango Daura

Co-founder of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), Alhaji Sani Zangon Daura, hasreacted to the claims that other regions in Nigeria are better endowed in terms of natural resources than the North. The elder statesman stated that the North has more oil in Nasarawa than the entire South and South-East has, and that the North also has gas in Bauchi. He acknowledged that Allah has blessed the North with numerous natural resources, like gold, coal, and the rest. Speaking in an interview during a television programme, he stated that the…

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Nasarawa: A‘Court upholds Gov.’s election after tribunal sack

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, yesterday, affirmed the victory of the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Sule, of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the election, while David Ombugadu, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came second. However, the State election petition tribunal, led by Justice Ezekiel Ajayi, in a split judgment held that based on evidence from the various polling units, Ombugadu had the majority of valid votes at the election. But Sule appealed the judgment…

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Nasarawa: Court of Appeal delivers judgment on Gov. election today

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The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, will today, Thursday, deliver judgment in the appeal arising from the Nasarawa State governorship election. This is contained in a notice issued by the court yesterday. The State election petition tribunal had earlier sacked the State governor, Abdullahi Sule, who was declared winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). According to INEC, Sule polled a total of 347,209 votes to defeat his closest opponent, who secured 283,016 votes. Recall that the tribunal, in a split decision on October 2,…

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Nasarawa: Gunmen kidnap 4 varsity students

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Unknown gunmen have kidnapped four students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi. The victims were abducted in the early hours of Tuesday, from a house located at Angwan Kaare, in Keffi local government area of the State. The kidnapped students are Rahila Hanya (SLT 100-Level), Josephine Gershon (Computer Science 100-Level), Rosemary Samuel of Business Administration 100-Level, and Goodness Samuel of the Department of Geography 100-Level. Spokesperson of the Nasarawa State Police Command, DSP Rahman Nansel, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to newsmen in Lafia, the State capital. “The…

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