The National youth council of Nigeria inaugurated its Plateau State chapter, and the officials on Monday 13th October, 2014 at Dadin Kowa youth Centre Jos. The coalition of youth groups on the Plateau selected a 13-man committee to spearhead its activities for the next one year under the platform of the National Youth Council […]
In February, 2012, the Chairmen of the 17 Local Government Council’s of Plateau State were dissolved and replaced with Transition Implementation Committee Chairmen for the LGAs appointed by the Governor of Plateau State. The Chairmen of Shendam, Qua’an Pan and Barkin ladi Local Governments were, however, fortunate to retain their seats. Immediately after dissolving the […]
‘The quality of a job lies in its completion’. This is a loose translation of a Hausa proverb. Shortly after the award of contracts for the construction and expansion of nine roads in 2013, Governor Jonah Jang announced that all projects would be completed before the expiration of his tenure in 2015. His words were […]
On Tuesday 8th October 2013, Hon. John-Clark Dabwan, Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly tendered his resignation from the position of Speaker and has returned to the house as member representing Mangu South Constituency. The circumstances that led to his resignation are not entirely clear; but it is a fact that every […]
The ousting of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the erstwhile active CBN Governor, didn’t come to many Nigerians as a surprise, even though it was mildly referred to as ‘suspension’, but it is quite glaring that the real intention of the president is to terminate the CBN Governor’s tenure. In response, Sanusi has declared that he will […]
Local Government elections were conducted in 17 LGCs on the Plateau on Tuesday, 25th of February, 2014 and the results were not announced until Saturday, 1st of March, 2014. The good of the election was that it was eventually conducted after string of procrastinations and it was done peacefully – atleast Plateau citizens now understand […]
At a time when the dream of most Nigerian youths is to find themselves in Europe, U.S or even China, a young Plateau man is forfeiting all the luxuries of the greener pasture he enjoys in Germany in order to come and serve his home State, or so he wants us to believe. In the […]
A friend of mine was undergoing a rigorous research with the help of a Nigerian University, preparatory to his Ph.D programme and was persuaded by his former supervisor, a white man, to pay him a visit in Sweden but my friend declined on the basis that there was too much work to […]
I must admit that I am not a sports enthusiast, but what concerns the success of my country in any sphere is my responsibility to promote and support, especially when our common resource is involved. Following the Super Eagles’ debut performance in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, many Nigerians threw invectives on the […]
I must have overslept through the so called “democracy day celebrations”, or shall I say “the democracy day imbroglio” –only to wake up confused and perplexed in the typical fashion of our leaders, with a lingering hangover. During this deep sleep however, I found myself in the “birthplace of democracy” -Greece, then I zoomed to […]
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