Tag: Nasarawa
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Police arrest 23-year-old for allegedly killing step mother
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested one Ahmed Abdullahi,23, for allegedly stabbing his stepmother to death. The command’s Public Relations Officer,Mr Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the arrest of the suspect to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lafia. Nansel said the suspect allegedly committed the act at about 11 p.m. on Friday…
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Tribunal affirms Nasarawa governor’s election
The Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) governorship candidate in the 2019 general election, Hon. David Emmanuel Ombugadu against Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Governor Abdulahi Sule and the All Progressive Congress (APC). The Tribunal presided over by Justice Abba Bello Mohammed in a…
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Confusion in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, as vigilance group, traders clash
The ever busy Mararaba area in Nasarawa State was on Saturday night thrown into confusion when members of a vigilance group stormed the area to dislodge traders that had siaplayed their wares under the overhead bridge. The vigilance group, said to be working for the state government, had insisted that the traders must halt their…
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Nasarawa businessman planned own kidnap – Police
The Police in Bauchi said on Thursday that it has arrested one Alhaji Abdullahi Mohammed of Nassarawa State for allegedly planning his own kidnap. The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Abubakar Kamal, said this in Bauchi while parading 86 suspects arrested in 13 months for various offences across the state. Kamal said that…
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Why I withdraw my petition against Gov. Sule – PDM Candidate
Mr Musa Nagogo, Nasarawa State Governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) in the 2019 election, said he had withdrawn the petition against Gov. Abdullahi Sule in the interest of peace. The PDM candidate had dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal for alleged omission of his name and…
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Nasarawa Gov. makes first set of appointments
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has made his first set of appointments since assumption of office on May 29. This was contained in a statement signed by Abubakar Ishaq, Administrative Secretary in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) on Saturday in Lafia. Ishaq said the governor approved the appointments of…
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Kidnapping: Nasarawa residents demand military base
Some residents of Garaku in Nasarawa State have called for the establishment of a military base to curb incessant kidnappings and armed robbery along Keffi/Garaku/Akwanga road. They said that the establishment of a military base along the route would help curtail the activities of criminals and criminality in the area. Some of the residents, who…
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Nasarawa: Abductors demand N5m for release of journalist’s wife
Suleiman Abubakar, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Chairman, Correspondents’ chapel, Nasarawa State has said that the gunmen, who attacked him and abducted his wife, Yahanasu demanded for N5 million for her release. Abubakar told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lafia that the abductors had on Wednesday evening attacked him, his…
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Nasarawa Govt. clears N40bn debt – Al-Makura
Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Al-Makura, on Wednesday said the state government had cleared more than N40 billion debt incurred before the inception of his administration in 2011. Al-Makura disclosed this in Lafia at the inauguration of the state transition committee for the smooth hand-over on May 29. He said as at December 2016, the state…
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Nasarawa Assembly Minority Leader defects to APC
Mr Peter Mbucho, (PDP-Akwanga North), the Minority Leader, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress(APC) in the state. Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, the Speaker of the House, disclosed this on Monday while reading Mbucho’s defection letter during the House proceeding in Lafia. The speaker congratulated Mbucho…