Nasarawa

Three suspected rice thieves, 12 others paraded in Nasarawa

5 months ago955 min

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly stealing 96 bags of 50 kilograms of rice from a businessman in the Nassarawa Eggon Local Government Area of the state. The businessman was said to have bought 700 bags of rice in Nasarawa State to transport them to Abia State when the hoodlums numbering about 15 attacked his vehicle on the road and carted away with the foodstuffs. The Commissioner of Police, Umar...

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Police nab three rice thieves in Nasarawa

5 months ago1005 min

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly stealing 96 bags of 50 kilograms of rice from a businessman in the Nassarawa Eggon Local Government Area of the state. The businessman was said to have bought 700 bags of rice in Nasarawa State and transported them to Abia State when the hoodlums numbering about 15 attacked his vehicle on the road and carted away with the foodstuffs. The Commissioner of Police, Umar...

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Metro

Two farmers killed in Nasarawa community land dispute

5 months ago10611 min

Two Tiv farmers have been reportedly killed in a recent attack in the Obosidima community over a land dispute in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. PUNCH Metro had reported that a crisis broke out around the Nasarawa-Benue border communities housing the indigenous Alago and Tiv farmers in the area, leaving four dead and several others injured. In a press statement in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, on Thursday, the President of the...

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News

Students Feared Dead, Several Injured At Nasarawa University Stampede During Rice Distribution Amid Hunger, Hardship

9 months ago825 min

Some female students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, are feared dead after a stampede at the university’s convocation square on Friday, during the distribution of palliatives to the students. Several other students reportedly sustained varying degrees of injury as a result of the stampede. The National President of the Nasarawa State Students Association, Yunusa Baduku, who confirmed the incident to journalists, described it as horrible. Baduku said that all the students involved in the stampede...