Tag: Nasarawa

Gospel Singer ‘Beheads Girlfriend’ In Nasarawa

Ganiyu Amodu

A gospel singer identified as Timileyin Ajayi has been arrested after he was allegedly caught with the severed head of his girlfriend in Nasarawa. The incident occurred on Sunday in Agwan Sarki, Orozo, near the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The suspect’s arrest was facilitated by an intelligence tip-off, leading security agents to an uncompleted building in the area. The severed head was found in a polythene bag. During interrogation, Ajayi, who also poses as a motivational speaker on TikTok, confessed to the crime. In a now-viral video, he revealed that…

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NALDA Distributes Agricultural Inputs To 1,000 Farmers In Lagos, Nasarawa

Ganiyu Amodu

In line with ongoing efforts to ensure the availability of staple food for Nigerians, the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has distributed agricultural inputs to farmers in Nasarawa and Lagos states. The distribution of agricultural inputs is aimed at assisting farmers across the country in maximizing crop cultivation for improved yields and increased food production. Accredited beneficiaries of the empowerment programme received a NALDA-branded bag containing maize seeds for Lagos, beans seeds for Nasarawa, herbicides, Pesticides, Fungicides, and fertilizer in each pack. The inputs were distributed with each State’s…

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Palliatives: Two Nasarawa Varsity Students Die In Stampede

Ganiyu Amodu

A stampede at the convocation square of Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK) has claimed the lives of at least two students. It was gathered that the authorities had asked the students to go to the convocation square for the distribution of palliatives. The state government had recently flagged off the distribution of 2 bags of 7.5 kg of rice and ₦5,000 each as palliative to students of the state in tertiary institutions. However, on Friday morning, the distribution of the rice bags to the beneficiaries at NSUK took a different…

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Meet Abdul Tareeq, 14 Yr-Old Winner of NNPC Zonal Science Competition

Abibat Babalola

14-year old, SSS 2 student of Champion Group of Schools, Otite, Okehi Local Government Area, has emerged winner of the Zonal finals of the 2022 Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) National Science Quiz Competition of Secondary Schools in the North Central zone. The Secondary School Students from Kogi, Kwara, Benue, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau and the FCT Abuja, participated in the quiz competition, held on Monday at Baptist High School, Lokoja. Abdultareeq, who represented Kogi State at the competition emerged winner by scoring 65 points while Representatives of FCT came second…

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2,340 APC Delegates Decide Tinubu, Osinbajo, Lawan Fate

Abibat Babalola

Fake delegates’ list emerges, stirs controversy, confusion among party members   Over 2,340 delegates of All Progressives Congress (APC) will Tuesday, (today) decide the fate of the party’s presidential aspirants. This is as president Muhammadu Buhari on Monday threw the contest open. The delegates from the 774 local government areas in the country and area councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will cast their votes to elect a presidential candidate of the APC. Platforms Africa reports that fake delegate list emerged on Tuesday and was being shared when loyalists…

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3-day Thunderstorms, hazy weather To Rock Lagos, Abuja, Others – NiMet

Dawud Rabiu

Vital weather information about your state and 35 other Nigerian states in the next three days, according to NiMet   The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, outlook, released on Saturday in Abuja, has predicted sunny and hazy atmosphere from Sunday to Tuesday across the country. “Except southern parts of Adamawa, southern Kaduna and Taraba state where isolated thunderstorm are expected during the afternoon and evening hours, cloudy skies with intervals of sunshine should prevail over the North central states during the morning. “Later in the day, isolated thunderstorms are anticipated over…

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