Tag Archives: Nasarawa

Esther Adaidu, the elder sister of Salome Eleojo Adaidu, a 24-year-old former member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who was gruesomely murd3red by a singer, Timileyin Ajayi, in Nasarawa state last weekend, has denied knowledge of any relationship between her deceased sister and the suspect as she pleads for justice.   Ajayi had claimed that he was in …

Men of the Nigerian Security Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have arrested an 85-year-old man identified as Ibrahim Haruna for allegedly r@ping a four-year-old girl in the Kongo community of Keffi local government council of the state.   The Corps Public Relations Officer Jerry Victor made this known at a press briefing in Lafia the state capital. Victor told newsmen that …

Nasarawa United have been charged with breaching the NPFL Framework and Rules during their Matchday 18 fixture against Rivers United on December 22, 2024. According to the Nigeria Professional Football League, (NPFL), Nasarawa breached NPFL 2025 rules following encroachment onto the field of play in the course of the match. According to the NPFL, it was established that Nasarawa failed …

Seven persons have been confirmed d3ad and several others sustained different degrees of injury in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State following an attack by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.     A statement issued by the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, said the incident occurred in the Tattara community, Panda District on Saturday night, January 11, 2025.      Dr. …

The Nasarawa State Judicial Commission has demoted Emmanuel Jatau, a Chief Magistrate, to Senior Magistrate I over misconduct in the controversial case involving Chioma Okoli and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).   The commission’s decision was conveyed in a letter dated January 6, 2025, addressed to Okoli’s legal counsel, Inibehe Effiong. The letter, signed by the commission’s secretary, Yahaya Shafa, …

Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has revealed that approximately 80 percent of the illegally recruited secondary school teachers in the state are unable to write an acceptance letter.    He made this statement during a meeting with a coalition of Christian denominations under the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) at the Government House.   Governor Sule firmly rejected the request …

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has dissolved the state executive council comprising his commissioners and he also sacked the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Barrister Muhammad Aliyu-Ubamdoma.   The announcement came during a special emergency meeting at the Government House in Lafia.   This happened “shortly after the departure of Vice President Kashim Shetima, who was in the state …

A Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Akwanga has sentenced one Gambo Adamu to d3ath by hanging for murder.     The presiding judge of the Court, Justice Mustapha Ramat, delivered the judgement on Tuesday, December 31, 2024.      Justice Ramat found the convict guilty of causing the d3ath of one Hassan Ahmed by harvesting his organs in Akwanga …

Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have raided a kidnappers’ hideout in Karu Local Government Area of the state and rescued three abducted travellers.  The spokesperson of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, December 29, 2024 said the victims were kidnapped along the Kaduna-Keffi highway.  “Police operatives attached to the Gitata Division …

Mixed reactions have continued to trail the harmonised bride price of the people of Eggon ethnic group in Nasarawa State.    The Aren Eggon, HRH Justice Ahmed Ubangari Alaku (Rtd) pegged N5,000 as the bride price with four basins of traditional butter beans known as Ebyekpyen as the maximum requirements to be met by the groom in order to marry an …