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Senator Abdullahi Adamu, representing Nasarawa West Senatorial zone, has described the alliance of 40 political parties as Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) as composition of ‘419ners’. Adamu, former governor of Nasarawa State stated this while fielding questions from journalists at...

Umar Muhammed, Lafia The youth wing of Alago Development Association in Nasarawa State has warned Governor Tanko Al-Makura against allotting land in their area for the construction of cattle ranches being proposed by the Federal Government. According to the group, allotting land for cattle...

Chairman People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in Nasarawa State, Hon. Francis Orogu, has explained that Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura escaped impeachment.... Read more via The Sun Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2MrV6IM Get More Nigeria Political News

The Nasarawa state government has offered the seven grazing reserves in the state to the federal government for its proposed ranching programme. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Alhaji Mohammed Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2lvfj59 Get More Nigeria Metro News

In this report, MARK ITSIBOR uncovers how efforts of multi-purpose company with potentials of turning a community into an industrial hub are being ‘frustrated’ in Gunduma Community of Nasarawa state. A people’s hospitality tells a compelling story on whether they are ready to attract business...

The Nasarawa State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has promised to support former Kaduna State governor, Ahmed Makarfi, to pick the 2019 presidential ticket of the party. Chairman of the party in the state, Hon. Francis Orogu, gave the... Read more via The Sun Newspaper –...

At least 29 people have been arrested over the killing of a man at Masaka in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the victim, whose name was given simply as Ibrahim, was said to have met his … Read more via Daily Post Nigeria –...

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has appealed to the Federal Government to pay its members April and May salary in line with their agreement to suspend their strike. Mr Achimugu Isaiah, the branch... Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA – https://ift.tt/2yar1v0 Get More Nigeria Metro News

Former Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria,CAN, Nasarawa chapter, Reverend Jeremiah Madibo is dead. Madibo, the president of Evangelical Reformed... Read more via Daily Post Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2t2YX6O Get More Nigeria Metro News

Over 740 primary pupils of LEA Primary School in Nyanya-Gwandara, Nasarawa State, share only two toilets. Headmaster of the school, Mr. Akwe Omadefu, made the revelation in Nyanya-Gwandara when a team of officials of the Network of Water … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...

The Senior Technical Advisor, Outcomes and Evaluation, Caritas Nigeria, a non-government organisation, Dr. Olawale Fadare, has identified low level political commitment, limited funding and poor understanding of child spacing as some of the major bottlenecks affecting the fight against HIV/AIDS...

At least 35 primary schools have been shutdown in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State due to attacks on Tiv communities in the Southern..... Read more via Thisdaylive Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2HuiylS Get More Nigeria Metro News

Gov.Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has granted pardon to 35 convicts in the state and paid the fines imposed on 28 others. Ahdulkarim Kana, the Commissioner for.... Read more via PM NEWS Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2xNyXSN Get More Nigeria Metro News

Three policemen; an inspector, a sergeant and a corporal, who were on their way to quell a crisis between Agatu farmers and..... Read more via Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2JkeiqS Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura has described the ongoing election holding in 13 Local Government Area as orderly and peaceful. The governor stated this to journalists after casting his vote at the Lungun Wambai polling unit in Lafia, the state capital. This is the … Read more...

The Army on Tuesday said it arrested a suspected spiritual head of a militia armed group in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State after destroying..... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2IHp39u Get More Nigeria Metro News

About 20, 000 primary school children in the southern senatorial district of Nasarawa State were reportedly forced out of school in the wake of the attacks by suspected herdsmen on border communities of the state..... Read more via The Sun Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2rvpJ74 Get More...

A housewife, Mrs Sandra Ekpa, on Friday begged an Upper Area Court in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, to dissolve her 3-year-old marriage because her husband allegedly practices juju and also denies her sex. Ekpa told the court that her pastor husband, Gideon Adejoh, had ruined their marriage and …...

The High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State capital, has sentenced a police sergeant, Vincent Manu, to death for unlawfully killing a businessman, late Stephen Anakwe, and labelling him an armed robber. Click here to read more

A man identified as Samson Otuedon has been arrested by The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, April 7, 2018, at Masaka, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State for currency counterfeiting. He was caught in his possession with about $400,000 of fake currency...