The Nasarawa state government has been issued a 21 days strike ultimatum by the Nigeria Medical Association, over the poor welfare packages of doctors across the 13 local government areas of the state. Dr Peter Attah, the state Chairman of the NMA, while speaking during a press briefing in Lafia on Tuesday, said that failure…
Following the emergence of two speakers for the seventh assembly, the police sealed off the Nasarawa House of Assembly Complex on Wednesday in a bid to avert a breakdown of law and order in the state. It was learned that the immediate past Speaker, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, who was seeking a third term as…
The inauguration of the seventh Assembly earlier scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed indefinitely by the Nasarawa State Government. In a statement by Mr Ibrahim Musa, the acting Clerk of the House, in Lafia, said that the postponement was based on security advice to Gov. Abdullahi Sule. Musa called on the members-elect and the public…
Suspected gunmen have kidnapped the former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Professor Onje Gye-Wado. The Informant247 gathered that the gunmen stormed his community, Gwagi, in Wamba Local Government Area of the state, and abducted him. It was learnt from a family source that the said kidnappers gained entrance through the fence and broke into the…
Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Nasarawa state by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Prof Ishaya Tanko, the INEC returning officer, while announcing the results said, Sule polled 347,209 votes to defeat his closest and main challenger, David Umbugadu of the…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party has won the presidential election in Nasarawa State. Obi score a total of 191,361 votes to defeats his closest challenger, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, who scored 172,922 votes while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party scored 147,093 votes. The presidential election…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Jonathan Gaza, a member of the SDP as the winner of the House of Representatives for Karu/Keffi/Kokona Federal constituency in Nasarawa state. Professor George Genyi, the INEC Returning Officer for the election, while announcing the result, said that Gaza polled 60,265 votes to defeat the candidates of the…
Twenty eight suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lafia, Nasarawa State. This is contained in a series of tweets on its verified Twitter page, while disclosing that the suspects were arrested on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at a…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has said it will begin drilling of the first oil well in Nasarawa State in March 2023, in continuation of its oil exploration activities in the country’s inland basins. Mallam Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company, who disclosed this when the Governor of the…
Isaiah Ahmed, a medical doctor at the Garaku General Hospital in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, has reportedly died from Lassa fever. The deceased first complained of fever while continued working, only to collapse while carrying out a surgery. Dr Peter Attah, Nasarawa State Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (MNA), confirmed his…
A police inspector, Yusuf Jafaru, has lost his life during a gun battle between police officers and bandits along the Akwanga-Jos road in Nasarawa state. The Informant247 gathered that the incident which also led to the death of two bandits occurred on Wednesday night in Nunku town, Akwanga Local Government Area of the state. The…
The man who was reported to be a native doctor rose up from death when he was about to be buried on Tuesday in Gidan Angalu community in Toto Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. The 59 year old native doctor, Godwin Ugeelu Amadu was reported dead in a private hospital by a medical practitioner around…
The abducted Nasarawa State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Yakubu Lawal, has regained freedom after five days in captivity. Lawal was kidnapped by gunmen who stormed his residence on Monday night and whisked him away to an unknown destination. The incident occurred in the Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of the state. There were…
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have shot to death Mr Auta Nasela, a teacher in Government Science Secondary School Nassarawa-Eggon, Nasarawa State. The incident occurred at about 8:00 pm on Saturday. A staff of the school who commented as an anonymous revealed that the gunmen entered the premises of the school and went straight…
The Nasarawa State Police command has revealed that it has arrested a member of the Book Haram terrorist, identified as Hassan Hassan, who recently fled the Kuje correctional centre. The Informant247 recalls that some terrorists on Tuesday launched an attack on the Kuje medium custodial centre and set free over 800 inmates who included members…
The Nasarawa Government has earmarked N31.9 billion for the education sector, representing 30 per cent of the 2022 budget, The Informant247 gathered. Mr. Daniel Agyeno, Commissioner of Finance, Budget and Planning, made the disclosure on Friday in Lafia during the 2022 budget breakdown. The commissioner explained that education was the topmost priority of the state…
The Nasarawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) says it has vaccinated more than 51 per cent of the population in the state. Dr. Mohammed Adis, Executive Secretary of the Agency, made the claim on Thursday in Lafia at a stakeholders engagement meeting on COVID-19 mass vaccination campaign. Adis who was represented by the Director,…
The Police in Nassarawa State on Friday ordered strict enforcement of the ban on the sale and use of fireworks and other explosives. This they say will prevent hoodlums from taking cover to perpetrate nefarious activity. The Commissioner, Adesina Soyemi, in a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Ramhan Nansel also directed…
