Thirty-nine inmates awaiting trial for over 10 years at Keffi Custodian Center in Nasarawa State, North-central Nigeria have been released. Their release was facilitated by the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, according to a report by Voice of Nigeria. Aliyu Abubakar, the Director General of Legal Aid Council, disclosed the development to staff of Nasarawa […]
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Five persons were confirmed dead in an attack by suspected terrorists on Gidan Sule village in Nasarawa State, North-central Nigeria on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Details of the attack were not immediately available but Rahman Nansel, police spokesperson in the state, said four bodies were recovered by the police after the attack while three injured […]
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Some 22 underage children who the military rescued in an anti-human trafficking operation in Nassarawa State, North Central Nigeria, have been handed over to the Kaduna State Government, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) said. In a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, the Director-General of NAPTIP, Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, said the […]
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Some of the residents of communities surrounding Uttu forest in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Northcentral Nigeria, who fled their homes due to the presence of terror group, Darul Salam have started returning, HumAngle can report. This comes three months after troops of the Nigerian Army neutralized the terror cells in the forest. […]
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The Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Nassarawa State, Philip Tatari Shekwo, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Lafia on Saturday evening. The Leadership newspaper reported that the house of Shekwo was stormed by gunmen near Dunamis Church, Bukan Sidi, in Lafia, Nassarawa State. The Police Commissioner, Nassarawa Command, Emmanuel Bola Longe, confirmed […]
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The Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by Nasarawa State Government, Northcentral Nigeria to investigate cases of police brutality strikes out a petition filed by Professor Amos Awodiya, a human rights activist over the alleged extra-judicial killing of one Murtala Abdullahi by one of the operatives of the now-disbanded Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in […]
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Gunmen have killed Mr Benjamin Ekom, a former Treasurer of National Union of Journalist (NUJ), Nasarawa State Council. The journalist, before he was murdered, served as Information Officer with Akun Local Government of the state. Ekom, who also worked as Secretary-General of Eggon Cultural and Development Association (ECDA), was killed late on Monday, August 3, […]
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The governor of Nasarawa State Northcentral Nigeria, Sule Abdullahi, has condemned the attack on Dausu community in the Umaisha Development Area of the State, describing it as barbaric and inhuman. The attack which occurred on July 27 by an unnamed armed group in the area, left five people dead, 14 persons abducted and many houses […]
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