The Forum of Former Youth Leaders (Veterans) in Plateau has urged the Supreme Court and the National Judicial Council (NJC) to wade into the legal precedence against the legislators in the state. NAN reports that the Court of Appeal sitting Abuja nullified the election of three National Assembly...
PLATEAU STATE
By MARK JANG, Jos – Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi States, have arrested 13 suspects over alleged kidnapping, banditry, rustling and other criminal offences. The Media Officer of OPSH, Captain James Oya, who...
Plateau Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr Lawandi Datti has warned youths against jungle justice and advised them to report their concerns to constituted authorities. Datti stated this when he visited the family of late Fwinbe Gofwan who gruesomely murdered by a mob in Jos on Sept. 25. It...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has pledged to ensure justice for victims of alleged illegal human organ harvesting in Plateau, involving one Noah Kekere and two other suspects. Kekere and his accomplice were alleged to have harvested a woman’s kidney during a...
The Police Command in Plateau, has arrested two other medical doctors in connection with the alleged harvest of vital human organs by one Noah Kekere, a suspected quack doctor. DSP Alabo Alfred, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
The Executive Chairman, Plateau Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Mr Sunday Amunahas appealed to primary school teachers in the state to have a rethink on their plans to embark on strike. Amuna made the appeal on Monday, shortly after monitoring resumption of pupils in some primary schools in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau has rejected the judgement of the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal that gave the Plateau South Senate seat to Mr Simon Lalong. Its Chairman, Mr Chris Hassan, rejected the judgement while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Jos. The...
The Plateau state Election Tribunal Court has declared the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, winner of the February 25 Senatorial election. The former Plateau State governor, who was Director-General of Tinubu/Shettima Campaign, was among the seven governors declared as losers of senatorial elections. He was later...
Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Navy, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi, has urged new Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, to brace up to address civil servants’ minimum wage issue in the country. Gagdi who represents Pankshin, Kanke, Kanam Federal Constituency of Plateau State made the call in a...
A devastating windstorm hit the Dauda Mafala and Sons Poultry Farm at Rapomol, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau on Saturday, killing over 3,600 birds. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited the farm on Sunday, learnt that the incident was caused by a heavy...
Rep. Musa Bagos (PDP-Plateau) has called on the security agencies to arrest and prosecute those behind the recent attacks and killings at Heipang in Barkin Ladi Local Government of Plateau. Bagos, representing Jos South/Jos East Constituency of the state, made the call in a statement on Friday in...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The All Progressives Congress (APC), has congratulated former Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, on his nomination as minister-designated. The APC Chairman in the state, Mr Rufus Bature, in a statement signed by State Publicity Secretary, Sylvanus Namang, described Lalong’s nomination as “well deserved”. The...
The Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) maintaining peace in Plateau and environs, said it recovered 130 illegal weapons in the state and other areas of its joint operation. Maj.-Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar, the Commander of Operation, disclosed this when he handed over the recovered weapons to the...
The Resident Pastor, Shepherd House Assembly International, Jos, Rev. Tajan Moltok, has urged Christians to emulate the sacrificial lifestyle of Mother Teresa. Moltok gave the advice in his sermon titled ”Living a Life of Impact” on Sunday in Jos . He explained that Mother Teresa, an Albanian-Indian...
Mrs Martha Paul, a 60-year-old resident of Tudun Wada Community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau, has decried the rising intake of local dry gin, popularly known as “Goskolo”, among youths in Plateau. Martha told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Jos that the...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has inaugurated a special operation code-named ”Operation Hakorin Damisa IV” to tackle insecurity in Plateau State. Lagbaja inaugurated the special operation on Saturday in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau. The COAS explained that the special operation was aimed at...
The Federal Government has given the Plateau State Government an order to prosecute perpetrators of attacks on the state. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Samuel Jatau, made this known while addressing newsmen shortly after the State Security Council meeting on Wednesday at Government House Jos. The...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and environs, have arrested 1,000 cows and sheep grazing on farmlands in Mangu LGA of the state. The Spokesman of OPSH, Capt. James Oya, confirmed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in...
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau says his administration inherited a debt burden of N307 billion from the immediate past administration in the state. The governor disclosed this shortly after receiving the reports of the committees on Transition and Strategic Development Framework for Plateau, on Monday in Jos. The two...
Gunmen have killed eight villagers at Farin Lamba community in Vwang District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau. Mr Rwang Tengwong, National Publicity Secretary, Berom Youth Movement (BYM), a socio-cultural group, disclosed this in statement on Monday in Jos. Tengwong said that the criminals invaded the community...