Friday Bako

Members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday asked the federal government to obey existing court orders on the detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria , Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, to ensure “amicable solution to lingering protests by the group.” ‎ The lawmakers also condemned, in strong terms,‎ Tuesday’s invasion of the National Assembly complex […]

Senator Jeremiah T. Useni has expressed absolute confidence in the Legal Team handling his Petition at the Plateau Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. “I have no iota of doubt about their competence level and legal skill to follow through on my petition to the point of recovering the mandate freely given to us by the people […]

The Pankshin local government legislative arm has passed the 2019 appropriation bill of over N3,974,000,000 into law. The passage followed a report by the house standing committee on appropriation presented during plenary by its Chairman and Councillor representing Wuchembe ward Hon Obadiah Gopep. According to him, his committee in conjunction with other standing committees of […]

Following the demise of the Member-Elect Pengana Constituency to the Plateau State House of Assembly, Late Hon. Ezekiel Afon, the Electoral Umpire, INEC has fixed the bye-election for the constituency for 3rd July, 2019 to fill the vacancy which emanated from his demise. The APC Primary Election held on Tuesday 9th July, 2019 and was […]

According to a new report by UN’s cultural and education agency, UNESCO, Nigeria has the highest number of children out of school in the world. It estimates that at least 10 million Nigerian children, mostly girls, are missing out on education. Despite the country having a law making school attendance compulsory, millions of children still […]