News Desk

28/10/2022

https://faithawamajiblog.com/index.php/2022/10/28/eggon-carnival-2022-organisers-canvas-govt-corporate-sponsorship/

Eggon Carnival 2022: Organisers canvas govt, corporate sponsorship … Event features cultural displays, Gala Night, boosts economic activities By Faith Awa Maji Organisers of the planned 2022 Eggon annual carnival in central Nigeria are soliciting government support and sponsorship for a successful...

25/10/2022

https://eggonnews.com/governor-sule-mourns-passage-of-close-aide-hon-lamus/

n a press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mallam Ibrahim Addra, Governor Sule expressed “deep pains and sadness” over the demise of Hon. Lamus who can best be described as one of the closest aides of the Nasarawa State Governor

25/03/2022

https://eggonnews.com/nasarawa-state-government-commiserates-with-nysc-over-demise-of-corps-member/

Nasarawa State Government has commiserated with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) over the demise of one of its corps members who was serving in Nasarawa State

29/01/2022

https://eggonnews.com/n-power-nexit-training-for-batch-a-and-b-beneficiaries-commences-february-2022/

The Federal Government’s NEXIT plan for the batch A and B beneficiaries for the social investment programme N-Power is set to commence with a training in February 2022

01/01/2022

https://eggonnews.com/peter-enna-and-family-hold-thanksgiving-celebrate-new-year-with-widows/

Business mogul and political stakeholder in Nassarawa Eggon, Hon. Peter Patrick Enna and his family have held a thanksgiving mass to celebrate God’s faithfulness on them

06/10/2021

https://eggonnews.com/the-family-with-highest-number-of-bishops-in-nigeria/

The Joseph George Masin family in Nasarawa State may easily pass as the family with the highest number of Bishops in Nigeria. The patriarch, Joseph George Masin, the immediate past Nasarawa State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), is the Archbishop and General Overseer, The Word...

14/09/2021

https://eggonnews.com/nasarawa-assembly-gets-new-minority-leader-dissolves-all-other-minority-positions/

Hon. Abel Yakubu Bala (PDP), Member representing Nasarawa Eggon West constitency has been announced as the new Minority Leader of

20/08/2021

https://punchng.com/plateau-crisis-four-unijos-students-killed-says-union-leader/?amp

James Abraham and Collins Sunday Published 20 August 2021 Students of the University of Jos, Plateau State on Thursday raised the alarm over the continued attacks on them by hoodlums, whom they said had killed four students in the last five days. The alarm came just as the co**se of a 100-level stud...

19/08/2021

https://dailytrust.com/nasarawa-records-800-cholera-cases

Nasarawa State has recorded at least 800 cholera cases across 13 local government areas. The Director of Public Healthcare in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr Ibrahim Alhassan-Adamu, disclosed this in an interview with Daily Trust on Thursday in Lafia, the state capital. NiMet, US firm to deploy...

15/07/2021

https://eggonnews.com/spotlight-the-aren-eggons-palace-taking-a-new-shape-thanks-to-dhe/

Since his return home after meritorious service in government, he has been initiating and executing projects that have direct and positive impact generally, but particularly in his Local Government Area of origin

19/06/2021

https://eggonnews.com/nigeria-to-receive-additional-3-92m-doses-of-oxford-astrazeneca-covid19-vaccine-july/

Nigeria is set to receive an additional 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/Astrazeneca COVID19 vaccine by end of July or

08/06/2021

https://eggonnews.com/nasarawa-state-government-minimum-wage-implementation-a-mirage-nlc/

The Nasarawa State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described as a mirage, the implementation of minimum wage

21/05/2021

Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi A Sule has said the Keffi neighborhood market and Keffi square are scheduled to be

21/05/2021

Political bigwigs from Keffi Local Government Area have told Governor Abdullahi Sule not to be bothered by the political intrigues

28/01/2021

You could be jailed for up to six months for violating any of the COVID19 prevention protocols. President Buhari signed this into law yesterday.
This is what I call carrot and stick strategy.
If you won't wear a face mask, maintain social distancing, avoid crowded places amongst others for your own good, at least you will now do it to avoid jail term.

https://nairametrics.com/2021/01/28/president-buhari-signs-covid-19-health-protection-regulations-2021/

President Buhari signs COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations 2021 Coronavirus

28/12/2020

https://eggonnews.com/covid19-nasarawa-state-records-31-new-cases/

This is according to the latest figures released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday (December 27, 2020) evening.

27/12/2020

https://eggonnews.com/eggon-carnival-2020-organizers-explain-decision-to-cancel-event/

18/12/2020

I know you may be getting tired of hearing this but COVID19 is still very much around. Protect yourself and your loved ones by:
* Staying indoors when you can.
* If you must go out, avoid crowded places and maintain social distancing.
* Use your face mask properly.
* Keep good personal hygiene - wash your hands frequently with soap and running water, avoid touching your face with your hands.
* Make use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

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15/12/2020

https://eggonnews.com/kano-state-assembly-speaker-majority-leader-resign/

The Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Abdulazeez Garba-Gafasa, and the Majority Leader, Kabiru Dashi, have resigned their

13/12/2020

https://eggonnews.com/333-kankara-students-yet-to-be-accounted-for-governor-masari/

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari has said that his government is still yet to account for 333 students of

01/12/2020

https://eggonnews.com/im-ever-ready-to-serve-the-people-again/

Hon Aminu Muazu Maifata currently wears two caps. He is the current Chairman of Lafia Local Government Area (comprising Lafia Municipal, Lafia East Development Area and Lafia North Development Area) and the Chairman of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria – ALGON, Nasarawa State chapter

01/12/2020

https://eggonnews.com/eggon-land-is-home-to-igbos-we-are-comfortable-in-eggon-land-igbo-leader/

This was the disclosure of the leader of the Igbo in Eggon land, Chief Amaechi Stephen Onu when he spoke at an occasion of Eggon stakeholders at the palace of the Aren Eggon, Nassarawa Eggon

01/12/2020

https://eggonnews.com/fear-of-destruction-by-herds-forces-farmers-to-embark-on-premature-harvest/

According to observers, even though the farmers-herdsmen clashes are a national issue, that of Nasarawa State has become more serious in the recent years

05/11/2020

Reports reaching us indicate that Governor Abdullahi Sule has directed the immediate payment of 100 percent salaries of local government

17/09/2020

https://eggonnews.com/justina-kotso-takes-over-as-nasarawa-state-polytechnic-rector/

Dr Justina Anjide Kotso has taken over as substantive Rector of the Isa Mustapha Agwai I Polytechnic, Lafia, Nasarawa State.

12/09/2020

https://eggonnews.com/army-will-ruthlessly-deal-with-banditry-in-north-west-buratai/

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai, on Saturday (September 12, 2020) vowed at the Army Super

12/09/2020

https://eggonnews.com/ncpf-not-breakaway-from-acf-former-acf-sec-gen/

Contrary to widely held view implying that the recently formed North Central People’s Forum was a break away from the

09/09/2020

https://eggonnews.com/un-declares-september-9th-as-international-day-to-protect-education-from-attack/

From Bodunrin Kayode in Maiduguri The United Nations in Nigeria has declared today 9th September as theinternational day to protect

08/09/2020

https://eggonnews.com/breach-of-covid-19-protocols-investigating-committee-submits-report-to-nasarawa-state-fa/

The investigative committee set up by the Nasarawa State Football Association to investigate the breach of the Covid-19 rules on

04/08/2020

Nasarawa State woke up on Tuesday August 4, 2020 to the shocking news of Chief Benjamin Y Ekom. Chief Benjamin

13/07/2020

https://eggonnews.com/russian-scientists-complete-clinical-trials-of-worlds-first-covid19-vaccine/

Russian scientists have on Monday (July 13, 2020), claimed to have ‘successfully’ completed clinical trials for the world’s first COVID19 vaccine on human volunteers

09/07/2020

A primary school headmaster posing as a native doctor has poisoned a 70-year-old woman in Okpaika, a suburb of Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State

08/07/2020

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed plans to establish a molecular laboratory in Nasarawa State to enable medical experts carry out test for the dreaded COVID-19

02/06/2020

https://eggonnews.com/n1bn-school-projects-scandal-nasarawa-assembly-directs-governor-sule-to-sack-ssg/

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has directed Governor Abdullahi Sule to relieve the Secretary to the Government of the State, Alhaji Aliyu Ahmed Tijani of his appointment over N284.5m unaccounted school projects fund when he was Commissioner of Education in the State

19/05/2020

https://eggonnews.com/nasarawa-state-govt-suspends-ban-on-religious-gatherings-commercial-tricycles/

The Nasarawa State Government has suspended the ban placed on religious gatherings and the operations of commercial tricycles (also called Keke NAPEP) in the State

05/05/2020

https://eggonnews.com/three-day-lockdown-imposed-on-nasarawa-lga/

22/04/2020

The Nasarawa State Government has placed a ban on the operations of commercial motorcycles and tricycles commonly referred to as going and keke respectively