Tag: Nasarawa
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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,…
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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…
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[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…
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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…
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Nasarawa commissioner’s abductors demand N30m ransom
Former Commissioner for Higher Education in Nasarawa State Clement Uhembe has been abducted from his residence in Lafia, the state capital. His abductors have asked for N30 million. The heavily-armed kidnappers attacked Uhembe’s home about 8.30pm on Tuesday. The ex-commissioner is a senior lecturer in the department of political science at the Federal University, Lafia.…