Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state after securing an overwhelming victory in the party’s primary election conducted across the 17 local government areas of the state. Governor Mutfwang defeated fellow aspirant, Yilchini Bida, in the...
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Plateau State Governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yilcini Jan Bida, has declared that he remains firmly in the race ahead of Thursday’s primaries, insisting he would defeat Governor Caleb Mutfwang if the process is free and fair. Bida made the declaration during a...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has announced a series of tough security measures following renewed attacks in parts of the state, declaring that his administration would not allow communities to be overrun by violence. The governor made the declaration on Sunday during sympathy visits to attacked communities in Barkin...
Plateau State government on Thursday arraigned four suspects arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) in connection with the April 2026 killings in Angwa Rukuba, Jos North LGA of the state. The matter was, however, adjourned till April 30. Justices Danladi Longden and Gegeliah Fwomyon, who presided over...
Youth groups from Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State have called for the Plateau Central senatorial seat to be zoned to the area ahead of the 2027 general elections, even as they declared support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang for second terms. The...
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National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has commended the visit of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to Plateau State to commiserate with the government and people of the state over the recent horrific and senseless killings of innocent residents of Angwan Rukuba in Jos North...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Thursday, 2 April 2026, led heads of security agencies on an on-the-spot assessment of the security situation in Jos, Plateau State. A statement by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Appolonia Anele, said the visit forms part of...
Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has announced that the Federal Government has approved the recruitment of 1,000 forest guards to strengthen security across the state. The governor made this known on Thursday in Jos while expressing appreciation to Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his visit and intervention in addressing the...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, on Wednesday met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he briefed the President on the recent Palm Sunday night attack in Angwan Rukuba community of Jos North Local Government Area and the steps taken to restore calm. Governor Mutfwang...
In light of the relative calm recorded after the recent violent attack on citizens of Angwan Rukuba in Jos North Local Government Area, the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has announced the relaxation of the 48-hour curfew earlier imposed on the area. Commissioner for Information and Communication, Plateau State,...
A high-powered delegation from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), during the week, paid a courtesy visit to the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang in Jos, the state capital.
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has called on citizens to embrace unity and peaceful coexistence as the Mupun people celebrated the annual Vwang Cultural Festival in Lankang, Pankshin Local Government Area of the state. Mutfwang, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Ngo Josephine Piyo, said cultural festivals play...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Plateau State Governor, Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, on his birthday, March 12. The President in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, celebrated the lawyer and politician, who, through responsible leadership, has stabilised Plateau State and is gradually returning the state to its glory days...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has commissioned 70 electricity transformers for distribution to communities across the state and announced the conclusion of financial mobilization for the installation of a 132KVA transmission line to serve the Southern and Central Senatorial Zones. The governor flagged off the distribution exercise on Tuesday,...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said Nigeria has the potential to be one of the greatest countries on earth if its citizens learn to tolerate and live in peace with one another. According to him, all Nigerians are one people tied to a common heritage, and what binds...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has recorded a historic political milestone with the formal reception of His Excellency, Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State, into the party, a development that underscores the APC’s growing national strength and its unifying appeal across political divides. Speaking on the occasion, the National Chairman...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima , has said the formal entry of Plateau State into the All Progressives Congress (APC) is an affirmation that the governing party is truly a national platform that open to all Nigerians committed to unity, peace and inclusive development. He described the party as...
Director General of the Plateau State Information and Communication Technology Development Agency (PICTDA), Engineer Dominic Datong Gwaman, has formally resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Gwaman’s defection was confirmed on Saturday at Namu Ward in Quanpan Local Government Area...
A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dachung Musa Bagos, has formally resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State. Bagos, who represented the Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency from 2019 until November 2023, submitted his resignation...