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Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has inaugurated the N1.2 billion Ta’al Orange Market site and Services for housing project at Mararaba Gurku, Karu Local Government Areas of the state. Inaugurating the project, Sule said this was part of the activities marking his 100 days in office on Saturday at Mararaba. He said the project was geared towards providing housing ...

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, on Saturday laid the foundation for the construction of 26 classroom blocks at Mararaba Gongon, Wanda Local Area, under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) projects. The governor who spoke said the SDGs projects would be extended to all the 13 local government areas in the state. Sule said the classroom blocks would be constructed ...

The real identity of the man electrocuted in Nasarawa has been revealed and the victim who was earlier reported to be a staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company AEDC is neither a staff nor affiliated with the Power company. Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC has brought to our attention inaccuracies surrounding an electrocution accident which happened in Nasarawa recently. ...

More than 100 classrooms in Nasarawa State constructed in 2014 may soon collapse, an investigator revealed. Reports sow that the classrooms were constructed for the“Taal Modern Primary Schools” introduced by Gov Umaru Al-Makura. The primary schools are cited in Karu, Keffi, Kokona, Akwanga, Nasarawa-Eggon, Lafia, Doma and Obi Local Governments. A correspondent who visited the schools observed huge cracks on ...

Some residents of Nasarawa State have commended the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) for constructing a drainage system for the Kokona-Keffi highway. The residents, who spoke in separate interviews with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, said that the importance of the drainage channels in the area could never be overemphasised. A NAN correspondent, who visited Sabo Gida in ...

More incompetent teachers to be sacked, Kaduna govt. declares OVER 192 residents of Zaria, in Kaduna State, have sued Governor Nasir El-Rufai over threat to demolish their houses. Counsel to the aggrieved parties, Bello Ibrahim, alleged that the government trespassed on the property in contention. He said the houses are located in Nasarawa, also known as Bayan Library, in Zaria ...

Alhaji Kassim Mohammed-Kassim, a member representing Akwanga South Constituency in Nasarawa State House of Assembly, says he is reconstructing the 22-kilometre Gudi-Moroa road in the state. Mohammed-Kassim (APC) said this was to boost socio-economic activities of his constituents. He said that the reconstruction of the road in Akwanga would also boost agricultural activities of his constituents and the state at ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Federal Government will site many projects in Nasarawa State to attract foreign investors in the country. The president stated this on Tuesday in Lafia during a one-day working visit to commission various projects built by the federal and state governments in various locations in the state. He said “Considering the proximity of Nasarawa State ...

Babatunde Raji Fashola, the minister of Power, works and Housing Development has on Monday said that president Muhammadu Buhari administration is slowly but it surely delivered his promises to the Nigerians. Fashola stated this when declared open a one-day stakeholders’ meeting on power sector in Lafia the state capital. According to the Minister, “What brings us here today is to ...

Federal Government has pledged support for the new Nasarawa State cargo airport project. New Telegraph reports that the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, gave the assurance yesterday while receiving Governor Tanko Al-Makura, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja. The minister, who commended the effort of the Nasarawa State government for the project, also ...