NPFL: Akwa United’s quartet return from injury ahead Nasarawa clash
Akwa United have been boosted with the return of four of their players from injury ahead of their matchday 12…
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Nasarawa gov scraps LG-state joint account
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has scrapped the joint account system that existed between the state government and the…
Police burst kidnappers’ hideout, rescue 14 victims; arrest five suspects in Nasarawa
Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have arrested at least five suspected kidnappers and rescued 14 victims. According to…
Police confirm death of soldier in clash with officer at Agyaragu market in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of a soldier following a violent altercation with a special constabulary…
LG Polls: Late voting begins in Nasarawa local council hours behind schedule
Late voting finally commenced in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in Saturday’s Chairmanship and Councillorship polls, several hours…
Nasarawa: Policeman crushes woman to death, family rejects N100,000 burial offer
A tragic accident took the life of 35-year-old Patience Ashenenye, when a policeman reportedly crashed into the commercial motorcycle she…
Nasarawa Police arrest suspected kidnapper, recovers ransom
The Nasarawa State Police command has arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered the sum of five hundred and forty-seven thousand…
Nasarawa teacher named 2024 Maltina Teacher of the Year, wins N10m grand prize
Esomnofu Ifechukwu, of Crown Grace School, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, has emerged as the winner of the 10th edition of the…
Man abducts, kills petty trader to avoid payment of N40,000 debt in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested two men, Abubakar Ibrahim and Isah Ayuba, over the abduction and subsequent killing…
Police nab four robbery suspects, recover stolen vehicle in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command said its personnel have arrested four suspected armed robbers and recovered a stolen vehicle. This…
Gov Sule grants amnesty to 12 prison inmates in Nasarawa
Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has granted freedom to 12 inmates across five custodial centres as part of events organised…
Nasarawa LG polls slated for November 2, 2024 — NASIEC Chairman
The Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission, NASIEC, has officially scheduled November 2, 2024, for the conduct of Local Government Council…
Police arrest suspects for child, motorcycle theft in Nasarawa
Police operatives in Nasarawa State have arrested two suspects in connection with separate incidents of child and motorcycle theft in…
NPFL: Finidi downplays Rivers United’s win at Nasarawa
Rivers United head coach, Finidi George, has refused to attach any importance to the team’s away victory against Lobi Stars.…
Police arrest 12 suspected kidnappers in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command has apprehended 12 suspected kidnappers involved in criminal activities across the state. The Commissioner of…
Assembly raises alarm over high rate of kidnapping in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has expressed worry of over the increasing rate of kidnapping in communities across the…
Death toll from mysterious outbreak in Nasarawa community rises to six
The death toll from a mysterious outbreak in the Gindiye community of Jenkwe Development Area of Nasarawa State has risen…
Nasarawa Govt ready to pay N70,000 minimum wage – Official
The Nasarawa State Government has announced its readiness to implement the new ₦70,000 minimum wage for civil servants. This declaration…
Security arrests five in Lafia as protest turns violent in Nasarawa
The #EndBadGovernance protest in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, saw a surge of activity on August 1, as predominantly youthS…
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Nasarawa youths troop out for EndBadGovernance protest [PHOTOS]
Thousands of angry youths in the Lafia local government area of Nasarawa State took to the streets on Thursday, blocking…
Angry protesters, hoodlums block roads in Nasarawa
The popular Mararaba junction, in Karu Local Government Area, Nasarawa State was in chaos on Thursday as angry protesters and…
Police give update on campaign against crime in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command has given an update on recent arrests and recovery of weapons in the campaign against…
Nasarawa lawmakers return home to persuade constituents against protest
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA) has suspended its plenary for the week, allowing members to return to their…
Hardship: Resort to prayer not protest – Nasarawa Assembly Speaker urges Nigerians
Nigerians have been urged to reconsider their planned 10-day nationwide protest and allow the government more time to address the…
Govt officials, traditional rulers aiding, abetting illegal mining in Nasarawa – Lawmakers
Officials from the Nasarawa State Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, along with traditional rulers, have been accused of aiding…
Nasarawa: Unknown gunmen kill vigilante, injure one other in Toto
Unknown gunmen, suspected to be bandits, have killed a member of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) in Toto Local…
Communal clash: Woman raped to death in Nasarawa as hoodlums attack community
A community predominantly inhabited by the Tiv in Keana Local Government Area allegedly attacked Alago settlement, resulting in multiple injuries…
Nasarawa ASUP joins national protest, condemns new scheme of service
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) at the Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic in Lafia, Nasarawa State, have…
Nasarawa Labour Party declares support for Abure amid faceoff with NLC
The Nasarawa State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has declared its unwavering support for the embattled National Chairman, Julius…
Group decries poor state of facilities at GSS Agwada, urges Nasarawa Speaker to intervene
A sociocultural group in Nasarawa State, Afo Youth Mobility (AYM), has raised concerns over the deplorable state of facilities at…
Police arrest criminals, recover stolen items in Nasarawa
Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command, attached to Karshi Divisional Headquarters, have arrested the two suspected criminals, Chigozie Jerry,…
Nasarawa: Suspects arrested for stealing motorcycle escape from custody
Two suspects nabbed for stealing a motorcycle from the premises of a popular eatery, Lavista, in Lafia, have reportedly escaped…
Non-payment of allowance: Nasarawa varsity ASUU threatens strike
The Nasarawa State University Branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has urged the State Government to begin the…
TCN announces outage in Nasarawa over maintenance
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has announced an electricity outage in parts of Nasarawa State due to maintenance of…
Nasarawa govt shuts mining firm over infraction
Nasarawa State government has shut down a Lithium mining firm, known as Trimadix Geomin Consult Limited in the Kokona Local…
NDLEA seized 7,148.945kg of drugs in Nasarawa
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Nasarawa State Command, says it seized 7,149 kilograms of drugs between July 2023 and…
Eid el-Kabir: AEDC announces blackout in Nasarawa
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, has announced that parts of Nasarawa State will be without power supply on Saturday…
Poly student, 25 others abducted in Nasarawa
No fewer than 30 travelers, including several students from the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, were abducted on friday by suspected kidnappers…
Governor Sule approves over N30bn for underpass, flyover, other projects in Nasarawa
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has approved over N30 billion for the construction of an underpass and flyover in Lafia,…
Police arrest 4 robbery suspects in Nasarawa
Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have arrested four armed robbery suspects in Nasarawa Local Government Area. This development…
Nasarawa: ECDA National Treasurer, Bala Ewuga shot dead by suspected kidnappers
Chief Godwin Bala Ewuga, the National Treasurer of the Eggon Community Development Association (ECDA), was killed by gunmen suspected to…
Nasarawa police arrest armed robbery suspect in Mararaba
The Nasarawa State Police Command on Sunday disclosed that its operatives attached to Mararaba ‘A’ Division have arrested one David…
We have lost 115 persons to prolonged crisis in Toto – Nasarawa ethnic group alleges
The Gbagyi ethnic group in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State claimed it has suffered significant losses due to…
Nigeria’s largest lithium processing plant unveiled in Nasarawa
President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the unveiling of a lithium processing plant with an average capacity to produce about 4,000…
Nasarawa chief judge pardons 167 inmates
The Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Justice Aisha Bashir-Aliyu, has freed 167 inmates across the five custodial centres in the…
We’ve taken measures to rid Nasarawa of bandits, kidnappers – Gov Sule
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Wednesday said his administration has put measures to rid the state of bandits…
Nasarawa Govt, UNICEF join forces to combat fake drugs
The Nasarawa State Government, in a bid to address the menace of counterfeit drugs in the state, has forged a…
Village head, others feared dead in Nasarawa land dispute
The village head of Ebbe Oka and several others have been reportedly killed in a dispute over land in Mararaba…
Nasarawa: Police arrest fake EFCC operatives for alleged robbery, abduction, recover exhibits
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested four suspects posing as EFCC operatives who robbed students of the Federal Polytechnic…
Four Chinese Arrested for Illegal Mining in Nasarawa
Four Chinese have been arrested by the Mining Marshals of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, at an…