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The Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin-Ladi has held its inaugural lecture, 35 years after it was established. The Inaugural lecture, held at the institution’s campus, Jos on Friday, had its main theme as “Entrepreneurship and the challenges of unemployment in Nigeria”. Chairman of the occasion, Prof. Krisim Fwa,Vice Chancellor, Bingham University, Karu in Nasarawa State, while declaring the […]

Five soldiers on Saturday assaulted some policemen in Jos shortly after a security meeting convened by the Plateau State Commissioner of Police on the renewed violent clashes in the state. The policemen were allegedly trying to prevent the soldiers from harassing a community leader who attended the meeting and was about leaving the venue. An exchange […]

A feat has been achieved in Plateau as the first ever security watch tower in the country has been constructed at the Yakubu Gowon airport Jos. The watch tower at about 5.1 m high at the runway-28 end was constructed for the Police Counter Terrorism unit . The Regional Manager North Central zone of the […]

The Defence headquarters has effected the change of leadership of the Special Task Force operating in Plateau. The move saw the STF commander, Major General Henry Ayoola being redeployed to the defence headquarters as Chief of Research and Development while Major General David Eniete takes over as the new STF boss. General Eniete who […]

The Plateau state chairman of the Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board , Alhaji Ado Ismaila has said that Plateau state sponsors more Muslims to pilgrimage compared to other Christian dominated states. He debunked the allegation that Governor Jonah Jang led Government does not like Muslims. The Muslim Pilgrim boss was speaking in Jos during a press […]

The Hausa/Fulani community in Dorowan Babuje, Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, have petitioned the STF command, accusing the soldiers stationed in the area of ignoring earlier complaints of an impending attack on the community. Leaders from the community claimed that last Friday during their weekly prayers an attack was launched on them, leading […]

The Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission has formally released the timetable for the long awaited local government elections in the state.  In an interaction with newsmen in Jos on Monday 2nd September 2013, the chairman of the commission, Mr Peter Dalyop presented the timetable and stated that the commission had commenced the process of […]