A bullion van belonging to a commercial bank has crushed two persons to death and injured three prospective Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates waiting for their PIN number at a Skye Bank branch in Lafia. It was gathered that driver of the van said to be on high speed lost control and rammed into a…
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NPFL MatchDay 9 Results: Nasarawa Utd held To A Draw At Home By Sunshine Stars
Nasarawa United tried all they could in their Matchday 9 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) game against Sunshine Stars in Lafia on Sunday, but Emmanuel Makama’s missed 86th minute penalty ensured the visitors held their ground and, in the end, forced a sharing of the points via a 1-1 draw. The game began with the…
Progress of Work At The Airport Road and Lafia Airport – Gov. Almakura
His Excellency Umaru Tanko Almakura has made it known that there is a large volume of work going on at the airport road and the road itself stating the projects were going at the same time. Gov. Almakura made it known while speaking to the press during an inspection of the Lafia Airport road where…
Gov. Almakura Visits FG Mass Housing Site in Lafia, Hails FG on Providing Mass Housing
Umaru Tanko Almakura, Governor of Nasarawa State has made it known that the effort of the Federal Government towards meeting the housing deficit in the country will check the excesses of landlords and provide relief in the housing sector. Gov. Almakura made this known when he visited the earmarked site for the federal government mass…
NTA DG Ibn Mohammed In Lafia, Almakura Lauds Africa’s Largest Network
His Excellency Umaru Tanko Almakura has lauded the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) for its wonderful broadcasting at the national and state level which has made it the flagship of the Nigerian broadcasting industry. Governor Almakura made this known when he received the Director General of the NTA Alhaji Yakubu Ibn Mohammed at the Government House…
Solid Miners Ground Goes AstroTurf In Lafia
The Promise Fulfilled: The Laying of Astroturf At Solid Miners Ground In Lafia City Stadium True to the words of His Excellency Umaru Tanko Almakura the Lafia City Stadium, the home of our sporting sweethearts Nasarawa United FC, Solid Miners as they fondly called will be one of the sweetest stadiums in the North Central…
President Buhari To Officially Open Comprehensive Special School In Lafia
Disabled Students get Wowed as Gov. Almakura Takes Them on a Tour of Comprehensive Special School Lafia. His Excellency Umaru Tanko Almakura has called on physically Challenged Students to remain in school and to work hard so as to achieve their dreams and desires, challenging them to see themselves as the persons that will provide…
Gov. Al-Makura and NAFDAC Destroys Illicit and Counterfeit Drugs In Lafia Worth Millions
Gov. Almakura calls for more Action as NAFDAC Destroys Millions of Naira Worth of Illicit and Counterfeit Drugs In Nasarawa. His Excellency Umaru Tanko Almakura has called for more action against the use of Illicit and counterfeit drugs , calling on other agencies like NDELA to collaborate with NAFDAC so as to clamp down on…
Teenage girl claims ownership of abandoned day-old baby in Lafia
The Police in Nasarawa State on Thursday said a teenage girl has turned herself in to claim ownership of a one-old-old baby abandoned along the road, in the state capital, Lafia. The 17-year-old unnamed girl, who hails from Doma, abandoned the baby along Shendam road in Lafia on Tuesday and reported herself to the ‘A’…
Teen mum of abandoned day-old baby suffaces
Nigeria-police The Nasarawa State Police Command, on Thursday, said the mother of a day-old baby, abandoned along the road in Lafia, had submitted herself to the police. The command’s spokesman, DSP Kennedy Idrisu said the 17-year-old mother reported herself to the ‘A’ Division in Lafia. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the…
Recession: Federal university sacks retained ex-corps members, 24 staff
The Federal University, Lafia, has terminated the appointment of 11 National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members, who were retained after their service year and 24 others over the institution’s inability to pay their salaries. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mohammed Sanusi-Liman told newsmen on Sunday in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital, that the university’s council took the…
Flamingoes play goaless draw with Nassarawa Amazons ahead FIFA U-17 World Cup
The National under 17 female football team, the Flamingoes, on Friday, played a goaless draw with Nassarawa Amazons Football Club of Lafia in a friendly match . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match played at the asto-turf pitch of the FIFA Goal Project at the package B of the National stadium…