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Military bomb allegedly kills 38 herders in Nasarawa

Sunny Green Itodo Jan 26, 2023 0

The Nigerian Air Force has reportedly killed about 38 civilians in an air raid in Nasarawa State. TheNigerianNews gathered that the incident happened on Tuesday in the Rukubi, a community in Doma local government area bordering Benue…

Metro

Flood: FG/IFAD-VCDP distribute relief materials to farmers in Nasarawa

Novlyn Nwankwor Dec 23, 2022 0

The Federal Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, through the Value Chain Development Programme (FG/IFAD -VCDP) has distributed some support items to farmers affected by recent flooding in the state. While…

Metro

75-year-old man ‘rapes’ 4-year-old niece in Nasarawa

Sunny Green Itodo Dec 11, 2022 0

The police in Nasarawa have arrested one Isa Nana Okpoku, 75, for allegedly raping his 4-year-old niece. The suspect, a native of Daddare Development Area in Obi Local Government Area of the state was arrested on Saturday, according to…

Politics

Gov Sule urges opposition parties against political violence

Novlyn Nwankwor Nov 30, 2022 0

Governor Adbullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has urged all the contesting political parties in the state to desist from fanning the embers of discord and consequent violence during the ongoing electioneering campaigns,…

Security & Defence

Wife of NSCDC Commander abducted in Nasarawa

Novlyn Nwankwor Nov 3, 2022 0

The wife of the Commander, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC)’s Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad, Deputy Commandant Apollos Dandaura, has been abducted around B.A road in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The…

Metro

How ‘Murderer’ chopped off man’s hand for allegedly insulting girlfriend in…

Sunny Green Itodo Sep 19, 2022 0

One Usman Danladi has reportedly chopped off the wrist of a 25-year-old man, Jibrin Abdullahi, in Nasarawa State. It was gathered that the incident happened September 16, 2022, in the Karu Local Government Area of the state. The…

Metro

Shock in Nasarawa community as ‘dead man’ walks out of coffin at point of burial

Sunny Green Itodo Sep 17, 2022 0

The Gidan Angalu community in Toto Local Government Area, Nasarawa State was thrown into shock penultimate Tuesday with the ‘resurrection’ of a native doctor at the point of burial two days after he was certified dead.…

Nigeria

Buhari approves establishment of agricultural institute in Nasarawa

TheNigerian Jul 18, 2021 0

PRESIDENT Buhari has approved the establishment of the Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institute Nasarawa State. The state governor, Abdullahi Sule, disclosed this yesterday during the commissioning of Lafia City Mall, a…

196,000 pupils enrolled for school feeding programme in Nasarawa – FG

TheNigerian Jul 17, 2021 0

THE Federal Government says at least 196, 873 pupils have been enrolled in the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in Nasarawa State. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,…