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  • JUST IN: Suspected herdsmen murder nine farmers in Nasarawa

    JUST IN: Suspected herdsmen murder nine farmers in Nasarawa

    Suspected herdsmen on Saturday morning killed nine Tiv farmers during an attack on three villages in Doma local government area of Nasarawa State.

    The attacked villages were Ajikamaka, Gidan Rail and Ankoma settlements near Rukubi where Olam farm is located, a border town between Nasarawa and Benue State belonging to the Tiv farmers.

    The settlements belong to late Hon Micheal Koko, a Tiv man, who represented Doma South in Nasarawa Assembly between 1999 and 2007.

    Majority of the victims were said to be deeply asleep when the marauding herdsmen surrounded the villages, set houses on fire and opened fire on fleeing villagers.

    TheNewswGuru learnt that most of the victims were children, women and young boys scurrying to safety.

    The deceased were identified as Tsekaa Chiatyo, Kwaghdoo Tsekaa, Sewuese Tsekaa, Bobo Chiatyo, Aondosee Fidelis, Aboy, Igba Aduku, Iwuesi and Aseer.

    The invasion of the community occurred around 2:00am with the gunmen said to be chanting war songs.

    Deputy Chairman of Doma local government, Hon Atukpa Osukunu, who confirmed the incident, said it was a reprisal.

    He claimed herdsmen, who also settled within the area, found one of them dead in the bush and suspected the Tiv community for the death.

    Nasarawa Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ramham Nansel, said the attack was yet to be reported to the Police Command.

    President, Tiv Development Association (TIDA) in Nasarawa state, Comrade Peter Ahemba, also confirmed the incident to reporters.

    He lamented recurring attacks on Tiv people, particularly those living at the border areas between Benue and Nasarawa states despite efforts by Nasarawa Governor Abdullahi Sule and his Benue counterpart, Dr. Samuel Ortom to ensure lasting peace.

    The Tiv leader lamented that the ugly development has led to the displacement of thousands of Tiv farmers in the area, regretting the incident occurred when the current farming season was about to commence.

     

  • Buhari mourns two Miyetti Allah chairmen killed in Nasarawa

    Buhari mourns two Miyetti Allah chairmen killed in Nasarawa

    President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the Government and people of Nasarawa State over the brutal killing of the leaders of the Miyetti Allah in the state.

    The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Monday, noted that the deceased persons forged a strategic partnership with the government against the menace of bandits and kidnappers.

    He described the late State leader, Alhaji Mohammed Husaini, who was among those murdered as a beacon of peace for Nasarawa State and the subregion.

    While praying for the repose of the souls of those killed, Buhari urged the Fulani leaders in the state to choose new leaders who would build on the foundations of peace set up by the Husaini-led leadership.

    The president reiterated the determination of his administration to work with all members of the society to rid the country of terrorists, bandits and kidnappers.

  • Bandits kill two Miyetti Allah chairmen in Nasarawa

    Bandits kill two Miyetti Allah chairmen in Nasarawa

    Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed the chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) in Nasarawa State, Mohammed Hussain, at Garaku Market Area of Kokona Local Government Area of the state.

    The bandits also murdered one Mohammed Umar, the chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in the Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

    The Police Public Relation Officer, Nasarawa State Command, Ramhan Nansel, announced this in a statement signed on Friday.

    “On 2/4/2021 at about 1930hrs, information was received that unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani Bandits attacked and killed one Mohammed Hussaini, the Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Nasarawa State and Mohammed Umar, the Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Toto LGA at Garaku market.

    “Upon receipt of the information, the Commissioner of Police, CP Bola Longe psc(+) swiftly deployed Operation Puff Adder II personnel to the scene where the two corpses were recovered and taken to the hospital; the corpses deposited at Anthony memorial Mortuary for Post Mortem examination after being confirmed dead by a medical doctor,” the statement read in part.

    The Commissioner of Police who condoled with the deceased families assured that the Command will do all within its powers to bring the perpetrators of the act to book.

    The Police Boss, therefore, called on members of the public to volunteer useful information, he further assured that such information will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.

  • FG discovers gold deposits along Abuja-Nasarawa Highway

    FG discovers gold deposits along Abuja-Nasarawa Highway

    Gold deposits have been discovered along the Abuja, Nasarawa axis through the National Integrated Mineral Exploration Project being undertaken by the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development.

    Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, disclosed this while playing host to the Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, in Abuja.

    The minister in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by his media aide, Ayodeji Adeyemi, told his guest that the FMMSD would develop the mineral resources in Nasarawa.

    He said his ministry was resolved to avoid a repeat of the Zamfara experience (where bandits were largely in charge of the gold mining) in Nasarawa State.

    He added that the NIMEP project which had cost the ministry N15bn had generated many geoscience data that had foreign investors excited about the mining prospects across the country.

    Adegbite was quoted as saying, “Nasarawa State is the home of solid minerals in the country. We had an earlier discussion about recent discovery of precious minerals in the Nasarawa, Abuja axis.

    “As you probably might be aware, we have been talking about this for a while; there is a programme we call NIMEP executed by the ministry where government has put about N15bn into exploration for minerals, one of which is gold.

    “We have done this exploration across the country and we have discovered a very nice track of gold deposits especially between Abuja and Nasarawa where we share borders.”

    Adegbite allayed the concerns of the Nasarawa State Government about the menace of illegal gold mining snowballing in the state due to the large deposits of gold in the state.

    He said the ministry was working with relevant security agencies to avert such unwanted activities from happening.

    On his part, the governor of Nasarawa state said that his state was prepared to work with the ministry to prevent the snowballing of illegal mining in Nasarawa.

    Sule stressed that his administration was indeed concerned about the threat of illegal mining and its associated vices.

  • Nasarawa Governor grants full financial autonomy to 13 LGAs

    Nasarawa Governor grants full financial autonomy to 13 LGAs

    Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Dr Emmanuel Akabe says, the administration of Governor Abdullahi Sule has granted full financial autonomy to the 13 LGAs of the State.

    He stated this yesterday while declaring open a two day training workshop, organized for members and staff of the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission.

    The deputy governor who represented the governor at the event assured that the state government will not interfere in the conduct of council elections, but will support the full independence of the commission and other assistance to conduct free, fair and credible council elections.

    “In a society like ours, free, fair and credible election constitutes the basic principle of democracy. In this regards, electoral administrators are the drivers who ensure that the tenets of democracy are greatly enhanced through election” he said

    Speaking earlier, chairman, Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC), Ayuba Wandai Usman, said the objective of the training was to boost the morale of staff of the commission

    “The objective of the training is to boost the morale of our staff, bring them in tune with recent developments in election management techniques and to introduce electoral best practices in the commission in line with the policy thrust of the Engr Abdullahi Sule administration.”

    According to him, the theme of the training workshop ‘conduct of credible election into local government councils,’ was carefully chosen because “it holistically covers our intention to put in place a modern day election management body.”

  • JUST IN: Boko Haram regrouping in my state, Nasarawa gov raises alarm

    JUST IN: Boko Haram regrouping in my state, Nasarawa gov raises alarm

    Nasarawa Governor Abdulahi Sule has raised the alarm over activities of the terror group, Boko Haram, in his state.

    The Governor spoke to State House Correspondents on Friday after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in his office at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    According to the Governor, members of the terror group, who were dislodged from a location along the Abuja/Nasarawa borders last year, had regrouped along the Nasarawa/Benue borders, wrecking new forms of havoc.

    He said he was with the President to discuss the insecurity issue in Nasarawa along with other issues including the possible federal government take-over of Jitata Road, which serves as an alternative route from the state to the FCT.

    He said some of the Boko Haram elements active in the Nasarawa State belong to the Darussalam group that had been dislodged from Niger, saying that upon a joint security operation, a lot of them were killed while 900 were arrested.

    The Governor maintained that those arrested confirmed their membership of the Boko Haram insurgency group.

    Sule said Nasarawa had continued to have security challenges, noting that having briefed the president, he is confident that action will be taken to curtail the menace.

    Details shortly…

  • I feel uncomfortable paying salaries in percentages – Gov. Sule

    I feel uncomfortable paying salaries in percentages – Gov. Sule

    Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State says he is not comfortable paying workers’ salaries in percentages because throughout his 30-year working life, he never got his salary in such manner.

    Sule said this while addressing some suspended local government Directors of Personnel Management (DPMs) and Directors of Finance and Supplies (DFAs) at the Government House, Lafia, on Tuesday.

    According to him, with what God has done for him, his conscience would not be clear, if as the Chief Executive of the state, he started paying salaries in percentages.

    Sule, who was meeting with the suspended LG DPMs and DFAs for the first time, said he invited them to hear from them in the spirit of fair hearing.

    While reaffirming his administration’s respect for financial autonomy for the local governments, the governor, however, said he was interested in the affairs of the councils because the welfare of the people of the state was his responsibility.

    “For that reason, I constantly want to find out whether things are going on well or not. And in most cases, they are not going well,” he said.

    He said that he invited the officials to hear their side of the story, since they were suspended over two months ago.

    The governor recalled that the DPMs and DFAs were suspended over two months ago, based on complaints that they constituted problem at the councils.

    “The truth of the matter is, you have not been at the councils for more than two months,now, but the problem has not been solved.

    “I will say that even if you are the problem, you are only part of the problem, because the problem is still there,” he said.

    He explained that the meeting was for him to satisfy himself that he had been fair to them, even as he noted that a committee was presently investigating the financial activities of the local governments.

    The governor said the committee might invite some of the DPMs and DFAs to appear before it.

    He appealed to the officials to guide his administration on how best to resolve the lingering issues facing the local governments, stressing that he was willing to take any decision to correct the anomalies.

    He urged the officials to be honest in identifying the problems bedevilling the councils.

    Sule told the officials that approval for their suspension was given because he could not allow the DPMs and DFAs, numbering about 100 only, to bring the entire state to a standstill.

    “I’m begging you, in the name of God. If you know the problem, if you guide me, I will not be afraid to take a decision to correct it,” he stated.

    Responding on behalf of the officials, Mohammed Baban-Keke, DFA Karu Local Government, thanked the governor for according them fair hearing, with a view to clearing any doubt and to proffer solutions to the problems at the local governments.

  • Nasarawa gov jets to U.S. for medical check-up

    Nasarawa gov jets to U.S. for medical check-up

    Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has notified the State House of Assembly that he is travelling to the United States of America (USA) for medical check-up from Dec. 13 to Dec. 29.

    The Speaker of the assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, disclosed this on Monday while reading the Governor’s letter to the house, tittled, “Notification to Travel to the United States of America.”

    The letter reads: ” I wish to inform the Rt. Hon speaker that, I shall be travelling to the United States of America for medical check-up from Sunday, 13th to Saturday 29th Dec. 2020.

    “Accordingly, in my absence, the Deputy Governor would oversee the affairs of the state pending my return,” the governor said.

  • [Photo] House help confesses, narrates how he killed his former boss who works as FG’s auditor

    [Photo] House help confesses, narrates how he killed his former boss who works as FG’s auditor

    Police have arrested one Cephas Iliya for the death of Martins Omeri, an auditor with the Federal Government.

    Ramhan Nansel, the Police public relations officer in Nasarawa State, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, November 26, 2020.

    He noted Omeri was a deputy chief auditor at the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation in Abuja, but he resided at the Navy Estate in Karshi in Karu Local Government Area, LGA, of Nasarawa State.

    Nansel explained that Iliya, a former house help of the late auditor, was intercepted on Tuesday night by police personnel attached to Karshi Division at the Arab area in the nation’s capital.

    According to him, the security operatives arrested the 27-year-old suspect who hails from Kaduna State based on credible intelligence.

    “A coordinated and diligent search was conducted in his (the suspect’s) apartment where the following items belonging to the deceased were recovered as exhibit – one Infinix phone, laptop, clothing, pair of shoes, clipper, beddings, and a few other properties,” the police command spokesman said.

    He added, “The suspect confessed that he sneaked into the house of the deceased at the dead of the night on November 17, 2020, while he was asleep and killed him using a log of wood while, his dead body was discovered on November 19, 2020.”

    In his reaction, the Commissioner of Police in Nasarawa, Bola Longe, directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal and Investigation Department in Lafia for an exhaustive investigation after which the suspect should be arraigned in court.

    He called on residents of the state to thoroughly screen and get to know the family of those they intend to employ as house help before doing so.

  • Killers of Nasarawa APC chairman won’t go scot-free -Gov

    Killers of Nasarawa APC chairman won’t go scot-free -Gov

    Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has reiterated his administration commitment to fish out perpetrators behind the murder of the state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Philip Tatari Shekwo, in the state.

    The vow was contained in a press statement signed by Mr. Ibrahim Addra, the Chief Press Secretary to governor Abdullahi Sule, on Sunday, and made available to newsmenin Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital.

    The statement said, “We received with great shock and bewilderment the killing of the Nasarawa State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Philip Tatari Shekwo, in the hands of yet to be identified gunmen who forcefully gained entrance into his residence last night.”

    According to the governor, he was personally traumatised by this gruesome and inhuman act that has left myself, Shekwo’s family members, the APC family and indeed all well meaning people shattered.”

    “My prayers and thoughts go to the family of the late Shekwo. He was a great husband, a statesman, peaceful gentleman and loyal party man,” the statement added.