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Operatives of the Nigerian Police force have arrested and paraded 56 bandits allegedly responsible for killings and kidnappings in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State and Zamfara State. READ MORE HERE

Umar Muhammad, Lafia Internally Displaced Persons on Tuesday stoned the convoy of Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, who was in Obi Local Government Area for assessment visit to some of the IDP camps and other affected villages. The aggrieved campers stoned the governor’s convoy in...

Fulani herdsmen have allegedly killed 32 Tiv villagers at various locations across the southern senatorial district of Nasarawa State. DAILY POST learnt that another attack were carried out Monday night with seven killed and over 15 houses burnt in same Keana Local Government Area. Read...

A chieftain of the APC in Nasarawa State, Aliyu Bala Ahmed Tafida and about 20, 000 people have defected to the PDP in the state. Tafida announced his defection at the weekend in the presence of the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the PDP, Senator Walid Jibrin; the Zonal Chairman...

Godiya Akwashiki, the Deputy Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has declared his intention to contest in the 2019 governorship election in the state. The lawmaker, who represents Nasarawa-Eggon West constituency at the state assembly, on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC)...

The immediate past governor of Nasarawa ‎State, Aliyu Akwe-Doma, is dead. Akwe-Doma reportedly died after a brief illness at a foreign hospital in Israel, a nephew Ahmed Bako, told Premium Times on Tuesday. It was gathered that already, sympathisers have gathered at Mr. Akwe-Doma’s house in...

Nasarawa State is the Home of Solid Minerals haven of Nigeria, the state is also blessed with honourable and illustrious sons and daughters. Among them but standing tall on a pedestal is Honourable Ahmed Wadada Aliyu, Barajin Keffi. From the year 2003 when he heeded the calls of his people in...

Umar Muhammed, Lafia The Principal of Government Science Secondary School, Nassarawa-Eggon, and three other officials have been suspended for one month for meting out corporal punishment to some students. The state Commissioner of Education, Mr. Tijjani Ahmed, who confirmed this to Northern City...

A Masaka Upper Area Court, in Nasarawa State, on Thursday arraigned a 60-year-old man, Inusa Aliyu and his daughter, Jamila for allegedly scamming a suitor of N710, 000. The accused who reside at Luvu Masaka area of the state, are facing a three-count of conspiracy, breach of trust and … via...

A 45-year-old carpenter, John Ulaha has reportedly impregnated his mother in-law. Ulaha, a native of Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, is currently living in regrets following his shameful act. It was gather that his wife, Victoria, blessed with a daughter, lived in Lafia where she...

The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested a 20-year-old housewife, Aisha Isah, for allegedly throwing into a well her two stepdaughters, Zainab 4, and Baaba 2, over a disagreement with the children’s mother. The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Kennedy Idirisu, said this in...

Some not-too-good-to-behold photos have surfaced on the internet of the maltreatment meted on Almajiri children in a Quranic school in Keffi, Nasarawa state. Reports say the children who are reportedly less than 8 years old were beaten, tortured and even bound in chains as punishment. The...