By SUCCESS SOLOMON, Jos – The Director General, Plateau State Contributory Health Care Management Agency (PLASCHEMA) Dr. Fabong Jemchang Yildam has said Nigeria as a country is still very far from achieving the Universal Health Coverage UHC, due to low funding in the health sector, poverty, and lack of...
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By SUCCESS SOLOMON, Jos – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Mr. Peter Obi has assured Nigerians that if elected President of Nigeria come 2023 election, he will end the present challenges being faced by citizens. Mr Obi gave the assurances on Wednesday in Jos, Plateau state...
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has urged Christian to be united irrespective of their denominations. Adeboye gave the advice at the Chapel of Mercy, Dadin-Kowa, Jos, on Sunday. He said he was in Jos to commiserate with the family of...
A Plateau High Court, on Monday in Jos, discharged and acquitted Sen. Jonah Jang and Mr Yususf Pam of N6.3 billion corruption charges proffered against them by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Jang, a former governor of Plateau and Mr Yusuf Pam, a former cashier in the office...
The Plateau Sector of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) says 10 persons lost their lives and 15 others were injured in a multiple accident involving seven vehicles on Jos-Bauchi highway. The Sector Commander, Alphonsus Godwin, said on Thursday in Jos that the tragedy involved a truck and six...
Mr Yohanna Margif, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party(LP) in Plateau, has dismissed claims that he had withdrawn from the race. Margif affirmed his candidature in a letter by his counsel, Munir Abdullahi, addressed to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The letter made available to the...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said a trailer descending from the Secretariat Flyover Bridge had crashed into seven moving vehicles in Jos. Route Commander, Peter Longsan, Public Enlightenment Officer FRSC Plateau State Sector Command Jos, said this in a statement in Jos on Saturday. Longsan stated that...
Concerned citizens note that attacks on residents of Plateau by terrorists have resulted in the death of many people while others have left their destroyed houses, becoming destitute. Investigations have shown that scores of people from different communities across the state have died in such attacks from April to...
Gunmen have abducted Rev. Fr. James Kantoma, the Parish priest of St. Anthony Catholic Church, Angware, Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau. DSP Alabo Alfred, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed the abduction to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Jos....
By MARK JANG, Jos – No fewer than two civilians and a soldier have been killed by unknown gunmen at Rikwe-Chongu village of Kwall District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau. According to locals in the area, the gunmen also injured one person and set various houses ablaze....
As politicians jostle for political parties’ tickets to contest the 2023 general elections, the Plateau chapter of the PDP has said that it would not force aspirants into any consensus arrangement. The PDP Vice Chairman, Mr. Simon Domle, stated this in Jos shortly after meeting with the party’s stakeholders...
A federal lawmaker, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau) has called on the National Assembly to enact laws that will permit Nigerian to bear arms in oder to defend themselves. Hon Gagdi, representing Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam Federal Constituency of the state, made the call in an interview with journalists in...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The State Executive Committee (SEC) of the Plateau chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has zoned the governorship seat to the central senatorial district of the state. A communiqué signed by PDP State Publicity Secretary, Mr John Akans, said that the decision was...
Gunmen have killed 10 persons and injured 19 others during a cultural festival in Chando Zerreci community in Irigwe Chiefdom of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau. Mr Lawrence Zango, the National Publicity Secretary, Irigwe Youth Movement, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Jos. Zango said that...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has said that it received N189 billion as Education Tax collection (EDT) in 2021. Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, the Executive Secretary of TETFUND, announced this at its 2021 Education Development Tax (EDT) forum on Tuesday in Jos. The forum, organised in collaboration with the...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), acting on credible intelligence have killed three notorious kidnappers in Jos, the Plateau State capital. The Media Officer of OPSH, Maj. Ishaku Takwa, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Jos, said...
Da Gyang Balak, the District Head of Vwang, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau, who was abducted by gunmen has regained his freedom from his abductors. Maj. Ishaku Takwa, the Media Officer of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and environs, confirmed the development in a...
Gunmen have kidnapped Da Gyang Balak, the Gwom Rwei (District Head) of Vwang District of Jos-south Local Government Area of Plateau. It was gathered that the traditional ruler was kidnapped few metres before the main gate of the National Institute For Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru in Jos....
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Plateau State Government has warned that it would seal any filling stations hoarding petroleum products in the state . The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Danladi Atu gave the warning in a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday in Jos, the...
By MARK JANG, Jos- The Plateau State Police Command on Thursday said it have commenced an investigation into an incident that occurred on Jan. 1 in Jos where a young lady was killed and her mutilated corpse was abandoned in a hotel. The police spokesman, ASP Ubah Ogaba, disclosed...