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A mechanic named Yahaya Muhammed Galadima (25), who had his two hands amputated by gunmen, described his ordeal to Daily Trust.Galadima is at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital in Lafia right now getting medical attention."We were ambushed before Yelwa while returning.Both of us tumbled from my motorbike before we realised what was happening, and my son suffered injuries to his left leg. My son wasn't injured by them.The command has not yet been alerted of the event, according to ASP Nansel Ramhan, the police spokeswoman for Nasarawa State.

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Monday appointed eight principal officers. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi (APC Umaisha/Ugya), the speaker, said, “Honourable members, the principal officers were reached after due consultation with the stakeholders in the state. 

“They are Hon Mohammed Adamu Omadefu (APC, Keana), majority leader; Hon Danladi Jatau (APC, Kokona West), deputy majority leader; Hon Larry Ven Bawa(APC, Akwanga North), is the chief whip of the house and Hon Suleiman Yakubu Azara (APC, Awe South) is the deputy chief whip of the house.” He further said, “Hon Iliya Luka Zhekaba (PDP, Obi II), is the minority leader and Hon Musa Ibrahim Abubakar (NNPP, Doma South) is the deputy minority leader.

“Hon Solomon Akwashiki (SDP, Lafia Central) is the minority whip and Hon Musa Saidu Gude (SDP, Uke/Karshi) is the deputy minority whip.”

A middle-aged woman reportedly lost her life in Nasarawa State as no doctor was on hand to attend to her, following a five-day warning strike embarked on by the resident doctors at the state government-owned Dalhatu Specialist Hospital in Lafia. The pregnant woman, whose name was not given when our correspondent visited Dalhatu Specialist Hospital, Lafia (DASH), around 3:30pm on Wednesday, was said to have been booked for a caesarean section yesterday. But the operation could not hold due to the five-day warning strike. She died while waiting for doctors to attend to her.