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The seven-member investigative panel constituted by the acting Chief Judge of Adamawa State, Ambrose Mammadi, to investigate allegations of gross misconduct by Governor Murtala Nyako, commenced sitting on Monday. The panel ignored the directive of the state government which had on Sunday declared Monday and Tuesday as public holidays.Mr. Nyako had declared the holiday to […]

A group under the aegis of Conference of Autochthonous Ethnic Nationalities Community Development Associations has appealled to the Federal Government to establish National Commission for the Protection of the Rights of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples. CONAECDA said the commission shall have the power to enforce the individual and collective rights of ethnic, religious and […]

The Plateau House of Assembly says it is not probing Governor Jonah Jang over an alleged N50bn scam as being peddled in some quarters. Its Majority Leader, Mr Dem Daniels, PDP-Riyom, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos on Friday. He said that the mere receipt of a petition […]

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has redeployed its Resident Electoral Commissioners in the 36 states of the federation and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. As has been the norm, each REC has been posted to a state other than his state of origin but within his geopolitical […]

The airlift of the 1,300 Muslim pilgrims from Plateau to Saudi Arabia is to begin on Thursday, September 18, an official said in Jos. The Executive Secretary of the Plateau Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Salisu Musa, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos that the pilgrims would be lifted in segments. Musa said […]

In another very sad development, up to 29 people have been killed in a Saturday morning attack on Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. In addition to the dead, approx. 17 others were said to have been injured in the attack, believed to have been orchestrated by suspected Fulani herdsmen. According to the head […]

Responding to the agitations by both the Southern and Northern Senatorials zones to produce the next governor, PDP stakeholders of the Central zone are demanding that they produce the next governor.  In a communique issued after a lengthy meeting in Pankshin town, the stakeholders argue that since all three zones have had a shot at […]