Tag: Nasarawa

Palliatives Diversion: Nasarawa Assembly probes govt. officials

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has set up a 7-man committee to investigate the alleged diversion of palliatives by government officials and stakeholders in the state. The House charged the committee to ensure that all those involved in diverting palliatives meant for the poor of the poorest are punished according to the laws of the land. Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Speaker of the Assembly announced this on Tuesday under matter of public interest brought by Musa Abubakar (NNPP- Doma South) during plenary in Lafia. The speaker assured that the…

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Nasarawa Gov., Sule reveals main reason Northern Governors want Tinubu to be President

Aminu Imam

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has explained the main reason northern governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) support the presidential candidate of the ruling party, Bola Tinubu, to ensure he becomes the next president of Nigeria. The Governor said this at the Government House in Lafia, the state capital, while meeting with the State party officials, members of his campaign council, as well as elected and appointed government officials yesterday. According to him, the Northern APC governors decided to queue behind Tinubu to ensure that power…

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Nasarawa Assembly confirms 14 Commissioners

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nasarawa House of Assembly has confirmed as commissioners all the 14 nominees sent to it by Governor Abdullahi Sule. House Speaker Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi announced their confirmation after they were screened on Wednesday in Lafia. The speaker urged the new commissioners to live above board while discharging their duties. Those confirmed are Hon. Yakubu Kwanta -Akwanga, Hon. Yusuf Aliyu Turaki- Awe, Hajiya Aishatu Rufai Ibrahim- Awe, Hon. Salihu Enah- Doma, Prof. Umar Mikail Gurku- Karu, Nuhu Ibrahim Oshafu-Keana. Idris Mohammed Idris-Keffi, Mohammed Tanimu Sarki Lafia, Abimiku Hannatu Bala- Lafia,…

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4 NYSC members test positive to Covid-19 in Nasarawa State

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Abubakar Abdullahi, Lafia.  Four National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have test positive to Coronavirus in the orientation Camp in Keffi, Nasarawa State. Director, Public Health, Nasarawa State Ministry of Health, Dr. Ibrahim Adamu disclosed this to Journalists. In his word we have taken samples, and only four members are positive after their samples were taken and results returned to us. Another source also said that the affected Corps Members are isolated at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Keffi Local Government Area which is the town hosting the Corps…

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Gov. Sule signs hotel regulation bill into law in Nasarawa

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, has signed a bill to regulate operations of hotels and other related businesses in the state to address illegal and multiple taxes. Dogo Shammah, the state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, said this during an inspection tour of hotels and other related businesses facilities in Lafia on Thursday. According to him, the signing of the bill is to pave way for registration, centralisation and collection of hotel taxes into a single account and to address multiple and illegal taxes in the industry. We cannot operate outside the provision…

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COVID-19: Nasarawa youths force residents to remove face mask NOA

Ishaku Yohanna

The National Orientation Agency, NOA has raised the alarm that some young people in Nasarawa State were forcing and harassing some COVID-19 compliant residents to remove their face masks. The Director-General of NOA, Garba Abari, stated this on Thursday in Abuja, while presenting the agencys observations and report on the 4th and 5th sensitization interventions against the coronavirus disease epidemic in Nigeria. Abari said, Our field officers especially in Nasarawa State have observed the activities of some youths who go about forcing people to remove their face masks because according…

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