Tag: Nasarawa
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Nine dead as FG confirms Yellow Fever outbreak in Kwara, Nasarawa, five other states
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, in its 2018 report has confirmed the outbreak of Yellow Fever in seven Nigerian states with over nine deaths so far. The NCDC in its situation report released for the first epidemiological week in 2018 said the ailment has so far been confirmed in 12 local government areas…
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We’ll do all it takes to win NPFL title, Nasarawa United coach says
Kabiru Dogo, Head Coach of Nasarawa United Football Club of Lafia, says his club’s target for the new season is to do all it takes to win the league title. Dogo told TheNewsGuru (TNG) in Lafia on Wednesday that he would also do all he could to motivate his players to ensure this. TNG reports…
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Nasarawa Govt freezes accounts of MDAs
The Nasarawa State Government has frozen the accounts of all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) over non-compliance with its directive. The state’s Accountant-General, Mr Zakka Yakubu, disclosed this to newsmen in Lafia on Thursday. Yakubu explained that the suspension of all financial transactions was due to their inability to comply with an earlier circular directing…
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We pay 60% of LG workers in Nasarawa for idleness – Commissioner
The Nasarawa State Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Haruna Osegba, has said more than 60 per cent of local government workers in the state are receiving salaries for doing nothing. “We have discovered that over 60 percent of staff at the local government levels are not going to work, but only come…
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Policeman shoots wife, maid, then kills self
The Nasarawa State Police Command said on Sunday that a police officer, Thomas Agada, in the early hours of Sunday, shot and killed himself at Masaka in Karu Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, Kennedy Idirisu, told news men in Lafia that late Mr. Agada served at the Police command in the…
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Nasarawa Govt. to shut illegal private schools
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly said on Friday that it would collaborate with the state Ministry of Education to close down all illegal private schools to improve the standard of education. Mr Daniel Ogah-Ogazi, the Chairman, House Committee on Education, Science and Technology, made this known when the state Commissioner for Education appeared before…
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89 students renounce membership of cults in Nasarawa
Eighty-nine cultists from five tertiary institutions in Nasarawa State have renounced their membership. The National Coordinator of National Campus Cult Eradication Foundation, Samuel Ejembi, disclosed this to journalists on Sunday in Lafia. According to him, the group which is a non-governmental organisation, is working in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force to eradicate and rehabilitate…