The High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of a National Youth Service Corps member, Salome Adaidu. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Simon Aboki found Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide, having killed and dismembered the victim. Justice Aboki said that the prosecuting counsel proved their case beyond a reasonable …

The Federal Government has pledged its full support behind a $400 million foreign direct investment aimed at establishing Africa’s largest rare earth and critical minerals processing plant in Nasarawa State. The project, promoted by Hasetins Commodities Limited, is expected to generate over 10,000 jobs nationwide while adding value to Nigeria’s mineral wealth through local processing. The Minister of Solid Minerals …

The Nasarawa State Government has promised to sustain its efforts in utilising the available lithium resources to ensure the first electric vehicles factory in Nigeria is established in the state. Governor Abdullahi Sule stated this on Sunday, at an event organised by the a group under the aegis of Abdullahi Sule Gidan-Gidan Support Group, to celebrate the two years of …

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani bandits, on Wednesday night, shot a newly-wedded man and kidnapped his wife to unknown destination in a Nasarawa community. An eyewitness, who spoke to Vanguard, said that the assailants invaded the home of the newly-wedded couple at about 11 p.m. They shot the man and abducted the wife. The incident took place at Akaleku village …

The Nasarawa State Government has pledged its support for the Federal Government’s proposed immunisation programme aimed at eliminating measles and rubella, which is set to launch in October this year. The state governor, Abdullahi Sule, made the pledge in Lafia on Tuesday at a one-day stakeholders’ engagement for the introduction of the measles and rubella vaccine into the routine immunisation …

StarTimes is set to commence solar power generation in Nigeria, Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has disclosed. To this end, the company has unveiled plans to establish a mini-grids model in Nasarawa with the support of the World Bank. Speaking in Lafia, Governor Sule said the company was taking advantage of the challenges affecting television broadcasting in the country by …

The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a wheelbarrow pusher, Alfa Ali, in the Lafia Local Government Area of the state for allegedly stabbing his colleague, Hayyatu Ibrahim, to death as a result of unsettled business negotiations. Ali, a 20-year-old man who works at the Angwan Maina Park in the LGA, was …

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has disclosed how government officials sold appointment letters to about 2,277 poor applicants before recruiting them as teachers. He threatened to hand over to security agencies suspended officials of the Nasarawa State Teachers’ Service Commission (NSTSC) over alleged extortion of money from applicants for employment. Governor Sule handed down the threat after he was presented …

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake has emphasized the significance of Nasarawa State in advancing the nation’s mining sector. Speaking while receiving Nasarawa state Governor, Gov Abdullahi Sule and Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru in his office on Friday, Alake affirmed that Nasarawa has been a formidable partner in harnessing the state’s vast Minerals potential for national …

As Nigeria marked its 64th Independence Anniversary, youths from Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Tuesday held a solidarity rally in support of the Bola Tinubu administration, opting out of the ongoing protests in parts of the country. The youths, under the banner ‘I Am Nigeria’, expressed confidence in President Tinubu’s ability to deliver on his promises and …