There was palpable fear in the Katapka community of Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State following the alleged killing of three soldiers and two vigilante group members by bandits who invaded the local government on Tuesday. Unidentified gunmen had on February 1, 2024, murdered three persons and destroyed properties worth millions of naira in the Katapka and Okudu communities …

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a fake doctor, Igwe Gift Okechukwu, involved in criminal conspiracy, organ trafficking, fraud, cybercrime, stealing, impersonation, cheating, and identity theft. The arrest was made in Nasarawa State by operatives of the Force Criminal Investigation Department following the suspect’s fraudulent activities in Owerri, Imo State. The suspect, parading himself as Henry Ovie, a neurologist newly …

The Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Monday, nullified the victory of Governor Abdullahi Sule. The three-man panel led by Justice Ezekiel Ajayi, while delivering the judgment via zoom, said Emmanuel Ombudagu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is the winner. Two of the justices agreed that the election was won by the PDP while one judge dissented. Ezekiel …

No fewer than 60 houses and belongings worth millions of naira have been destroyed in Nasarawa State following heavy flooding in two Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency, Zachary Allumaga, disclosed this while speaking to newsmen in Lafia on Saturday. He explained that flood incidents in two LGAs of Lafia …

Favour Williams, a 12-year-old Junior Secondary School II student of Junior Secondary School, Kurmin Tagwaye ll, in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, has reportedly hanged herself. It was gathered that the student’s body was found hanging from a tree in her father’s farm in Kurmin Tagwaye II, along Wamba road, last week Monday. Sources in the community alleged …

The Nasarawa State government said it would soon commence vaccination against Human papillomavirus (HPV) among girls between the ages of nine and 14. HPV is a commonly transmitted infection that can lead to various health issues, including cervical, anal and oropharyngeal cancers. During the stakeholders’ engagement ahead of the exercise in Lafia, the state capital, the Executive Secretary of the …

Heavily armed men, suspected to be kidnappers, invaded the residence of a former Minister of Information, Malam Labaran Maku at the weekend, and left three security guards seriously injured. The suspected kidnappers, who shot sporadically into the air, forced their way into Maku’s residence in Ola, Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, around 7:50 p.m. One of the security …

The kidnapped former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, Prof. Onje Gye-Wado has been released after his family members reportedly paid a ransom of about N4 million to his abductors. The kidnappers, who invaded Gwagi community in Wamba Local Government Area (LGA) of the state last Friday and abducted Gye-Wado, had earlier placed a ransom of N70 million for his release. …

One of the prisoners who escaped from the Kuje Correctional Center during the attack on it last year in the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja has been captured by men from the Nasarawa State Police Command. In a statement made available to journalists in Lafia, the state capital on Sunday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, identified …

Typically, sexually attacked children survivors are reluctant to come forward because they fear being mocked in public. Yet, such is not the case for 15-year-old Binta Isa, a deaf and dumb girl who is accused of being raped by two powerful young boys in the Kyena community of the Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Although she had to …