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Today Thursday 8th June 2017 saw the requiem service and interment of the father of erstwhile Statistician General of Plateau State , Da Clement Dagyat died on 29th May 2017. At 8:00 am, the corpse left the Vom Christian Hospital, Vom and laid in state at the family compound at Gachas, Kuru ahead of […]

Youths in Plateau State on Thursday dissociated themselves from the directive by Arewa youths that Igbo living in Northern Nigeria should quit before October 1, describing the threat as inimical, retrogressive and irrational. While calling on Nigerians to speak against such threats and work towards national unity, integration, peace, and prosperity of the country, they also […]

The Plateau State Government says it has injected about N250 million to revive the over 70-year-old Hill Station Hotel which once hosted the Queen Elizabeth II. The hotel, established in 1938, is owned by the governments of Plateau, Nasarawaand Benue states, as well as the New Nigeria Development Company and a company known as […]

A Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos North LGA, on Thursday sentenced an 18-year-old carpenter, Aslam Awal, to two years imprisonment for raping a 9-year-old boy. The presiding Judge, Yahaya Mohammed, handed down the sentence after the convict pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of unnatural offence and begged the court for […]

Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau state has condemned in strong terms the Northern Group which issued an ultimatum to Igbos to vacate the North before 1st October 2017. In a communique released by the Director of Press Affairs to the Governor this morning, Lalong stressed the importance of peaceful co-existence and call the group […]

Youths of Ijaw descent said yesterday that they were willing to work with their counterparts from the middle belt to ensure that Nigeria was truly restructured.  While lauding the reaction of the Middle Belt Youth Council to the threat by some northern youths to evict Igbo people from their land, the IYC said no […]

Tarayar Ekklisiyoyin Kristi a Nigeria comprises of 15 Churches in the 19 Northern states of Nigeria and the Federal capital Territory Abuja have resolved and do hereby state as follows: The ultimatum issued by some Northern Youths to Igbos to quit the Northern states is provocative, and a threat to national security capable of […]