No fewer than three persons have been arrested by the operatives of the Nasarawa Police Command parading as personnel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to reports, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ramhan Nansel, while disclosing this in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia, said…
The Mining Marshals of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC have arrested no fewer than four Chinese, at an illegal mining site where lithium is sold at Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Babawale Afolabi, the spokesman of the NSCDC, while disclosing this in a statement on Saturday, said, “Following the commissioning…
The Nasarawa state government has banned the activities of all ethnic vigilante groups operating across the 13 local government areas of the state. According to reports, the ban was followed by the emergency security meeting convened by State Governor Abdullahi Sule while issuing a two-week ultimatum to all ethnic vigilante groups affected by the order…
No fewer than two female students of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, have been killed following a stampede at the university’s convocation square on Friday morning. The Informant247 gathered that the convocation square was used as the venue for the distribution of palliatives to the students by the Nasarawa State government. An eyewitness said the…
A suspected militia group in Umaisha District, Toto Local Government Area of the state, has killed no fewer than three soldiers and two vigilantes. According to reports, some yet-to-be-identified gunmen on February 1, 2024, murdered three persons and destroyed property worth millions of naira in an attack on the village. It was learnt that gunmen…
Following the Supreme Court verdict affirming the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has duly elected governor of the state, a call has been made by the governor to the people protesting the apex judgment to learn from the maturity displayed by members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) who heeded the…
The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, affirmed the election of governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as duly elected governor in the state The Informant247 had earlier reported that the state election petition tribunal had sacked Governor Sule and declared David Ombugadu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, the winner…
Following the emergence of a threat letter believed to be from bandits, the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) community in Nasarawa State is gripped with fear of the gunmen operation in the area The Informant247 gathered that the unsettling development comes on the heels of a similar incident in November 2023 after the bandits abducted…
No fewer than two persons have been arrested by the operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command for allegedly locking up their 35-year-old cousin and starving him to death over allegations of witchcraft. According to acting commissioner Shettima Muhammad, police received information on November 30 that the deceased, Mohammed Sani, had his hands and legs…
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Friday unanimously elected Danladi Jatau, representing Kokona West Constituency, as Speaker of the House while elected Mohammed Oyanki, member representing Doma North Constituency, as the Deputy Speaker. The Informant247 had earlier reported that the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, sacked Mr Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, the…
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, sacked Mr Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, the Speaker of Nasarawa State House of Assembly and the member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) while declaring Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi Sa’ad of the People Democratic Party (PDP), as the authentic winner of the March 18, 2023, House Assembly election…
Following the Appeal Court verdict affirming the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has concluded plans to appeal the judgement of the Court of Appeal, which upturned the decision of the tribunal. It would be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission…
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday upturned the tribunal’s decision to affirm the victory of Abdullahi Sule, the Nasarawa state governor. The Informant247 reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Sule of the All Progressives Congress as the winner, while David Ombugad of the Peoples Democratic Party came second. Meanwhile, Justice…
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has announced Thursday, 22nd November 2023, to deliver judgment in the appeal arising from the Nasarawa State governorship election. This is contained in a notice issued by the court, which the newsmen sighted. It would be recalled that the state election petition had earlier sacked Governor Abdullahi Sule of…
No fewer than 27 persons have been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nasarawa State Command, over alleged cult-related activities in Lafia, the state capital. According to Mr Bappa Abbas Muhammed, the commandant of the corps in Nasarawa, who stated this on Monday while parading the suspected cult members, said one…
No fewer than four persons have been killed in a boat mishap that occurred in the Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. According to a report, the boat which was conveying Rice Farmers from Ubbe District in the Nasarawa Eggon LGA, had a tragic accident while crossing a river at Hunki village of Awe…
No fewer than four students of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), were on Monday night kidnapped by some armed men near Angwan Kare after BCG. According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. The Informant247 gathered that the kidnapped students had been identified as Rahila Hanya – SLT 100Level; Josephine Gershon –…
The Nasarawa State Gov. Abdullahi Sule, has reacted to Monday’s judgment of the Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Lafia, annulling his declaration as the winner of March 18 election, saying he will appeal the judgment The governor said that the judgment was a temporary setback that they would learn from in order to restrategise…
Taye Ajoke, a National Diploma student of the Nasarawa State-owned Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia, whom gunmen on Monday abducted, has regained freedom after her abductors collected a ransom of N300,000. The Informant247 reports that the student was abducted after heavily armed men attacked her residence, Ombi 1, two kilometres from the Polytechnic. The incident…
Suspected gunmen on Tuesday abducted a student of Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The Informant247 gathered that the student, Ajoke, is a National Diploma ll student of Science Laboratory Technology. The incident said to have occurred on Monday night, also recorded some institution students who sustained a series of gunshots. However, the…
