Eight killed in Nasarawa

The Nasarawa State Police have confirmed the killing of eight persons by unknown gunmen, who attacked Tse Yaji Village near Kadarko Town in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Sunday night. Its spokesman Cornelius Ocholi, confirmed the killing in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia yesterday. NAN […]

N15bn fraud: Court remands Doma, 8 others in EFCC custody

A Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has ordered a former governor of the state, Aliyu Akwe Doma and eight other accused persons arraigned by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over money laundering charges to be remanded in the commission’s custody till tomorrow. The order by the court, presided over by Justice […]

Doma laundered N15bn stolen funds –EFCC

A Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State has ordered former governor of the state, Aliyu Akwe Doma and eight other accused arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over money laundering charges to be remanded in the Commission’s custody till tomorrow. The order by the court presided over by Justice Marcel […]

How security votes landed Daniel, Akala, Goje, Doma in trouble

  THERE were strong indications on Saturday that former governors of Ogun, Oyo and Nasarawa and Gombe States, Messrs Gbenga Daniel, Adebayo Alao-Akala and Aliyu Akwe-Doma and Danjuma Goje respectively, might have landed in trouble as a result of how they used their security votes while in office. The first three have been detained by […]

Breaking News: EFCC Arrests Ex Governors, Gbenga Daniel, Akala and Doma

Femi Babafemi, EFCC spokesperson, told SaharaReporters this morning that the former governors are currently undergoing interrogations surrounding corruption allegations in Abuja.  The anti-graft agency is targeting some nine ex-governors who may have mismanaged billions of naira within their respective states. Those arrested today include Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State, Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State and […]

Nasarawa govt withholds LG workers’ pay

Local governments in Nasarawa State are yet to get their August and September salaries as the state government refused to allow local government’s directors of personnel managements to implement the N18,000 minimum wage to that level of government. Daily Sun investigations revealed that although Governor Umar Tanko Al-makura has commenced the payments of N18,000 minimum […]

Robbers kill Rev Father, 5 others in Nasarawa

No fewer than six persons including a Reverend Father in-charge of Wamba Catholic Church were killed over the weekend in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. According to an eyewitness account, the Reverend Father was coming from Wamba to Akwanga town when he stormed into the robbers who were operating along Wamba-Akwanga Road and […]

New minimum wage: Nasarawa NLC gives gov 48-hr ultimatum

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Nasarawa State has given Governor Umar Tanko Al-Makura 48 hours to implement the N18, 000 minimum wage or else they would embark on indefinite strike. State Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Asoloko Maku, who disclosed this to Daily Sun yesterday, also said Governor Al-Makura had betrayed the confidence reposed […]

8 killed in Tiv, Fulani crisis in Nasarawa

No fewer than eight persons, including two elders, were killed in a fresh crisis between Tiv farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Nasarawa South Senatorial District, Nasarawa State. President, Tiv Youth Organization (TYO) Peter Igbacher Kwembe who disclosed this yesterday at a press conference in Lafia alleged that the crisis started on Saturday, June 18 when […]

Ministers: Jonathan rejects defeated govs, others

  Attempts by some defeated governors and governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party to become ministers may have hit a brick wall. Top among them are Imo State Governor Ikedi Ohakim, his Nasarawa State counterpart, Akwe Doma, and the governorship candidate in Lagos State, Dr. Ade Dosunmu. Their names were said to have been […]

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