Prof. Suleiman Bala-Mohammed, Acting Vice Chancellor, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, has appealed to the state House of Assembly to increase the subvention to the institution to enable it pay salaries and tackle other challenges. Bala-Mohammed made the appeal on Thursday, when the management of the university appeared before the state House of Assembly Committee on…

Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has announced a major cabinet shakeup in which nine Commissioners and two Special Advisers lost their jobs. This is contained in a statement signed by Alhaji Mohammed Abdullahi, the Secretary to the State Government, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lafia. Abdullahi…

Hon. Godiya Akwashiki, the Deputy Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has declared his intention to contest in the 2019 governorship election in the state. The lawmaker, who represents Nasarawa-Eggon West constituency at the state assembly on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), made the declaration in Lafia on Monday at the APC Secretariat…

Gov. Tanko Al-Makura and other stakeholders in Nasarawa State have denied the allegation by Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue that Nasarawa State is habouring killer herdsmen in Tunga, Awe local Government Area. Al-Makura, while making a presentation at a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris in. Lafia on Thursday,…

Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Saturday condemned the shooting of workers during a joint visit of the organised labour to Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State in Lafia on Friday.