Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday challenged political, traditional and community leaders in Plateau State to set aside differences and work together to build lasting peace, saying the state’s enormous agricultural, tourism and economic potential can only be realised in an atmosphere of unity. Shettima spoke in Jos during...
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Plateau State Sustainable Development Goals Project Support Unit (SDGs-PSU) has empowered artisans and traders across the state with business training, equipment and financial support aimed at strengthening micro-enterprise, creating jobs and reducing poverty. The empowerment programme, held on Thursday at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Little Rayfield, Jos,...
Peace is one of the few public policies that can not be legislated into existence. It can not be imposed by executive orders, negotiated solely in conference halls, or sustained through military deployments. Lasting peace grows from trust, and trust grows when people believe that the process leading them...
Plateau State Government has reduced the number of stages required for processing Rights of Occupancy (R of O) and Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) from 46 to 25 as part of far-reaching reforms aimed at modernising land administration and improving ease of doing business in the state. Commissioner...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang on Friday ruled out negotiations with criminal elements terrorising communities in the state, saying recent arrests have yielded critical intelligence capable of exposing criminal networks behind attacks across Plateau. Mutfwang made the declaration at a Democracy Day Town Hall Meeting organised by Verified Conversations...
Plateau State Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sunday Garba Biggs, has pledged to serve only one term if elected governor in 2027, saying he would respect the state’s zoning arrangement and complete only the remaining four years allotted to the Central Zone. Biggs made the declaration...
Governor Caleb Mutfwang and eminent scholars on Tuesday described late former Deputy Governor of Plateau State and ex-Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Prof. Sonni Tyoden, as a symbol of integrity, intellectual depth, and responsible leadership whose life remains a moral compass for public office holders in Nigeria....
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...
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...