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Gov Jonah Jang of Plateau has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to endorse the use of temporary voter cards in general elections in February.Jang made the call at Jonathan’s re-election campaign in Jos on Monday. He explained that the call became imperative as many eligible voters were yet to get Permanent Voter Cards . ”If INEC […]

Buhari set to win APC nomination as Rabiu Kwankwaso, Rochas Okorocha and Sam Nda-Isaiah step down for him. At a meeting said to be hosted at Fashola’s residence in Marina, Lagos -these personalities agreed to step down for him and therefore pave way for his emergence. This would be the fourth time Buhari would be […]

Gov Jonah Jang and the PDP in Plateau will be “very happy” to welcome returnees to its fold, Dr Haruna Dabin, the state Chairman, declared in Jos on Wednesday. “No politician plays with numbers; we shall be very willing to receive old members that want to return after their sojourn to other political parties,” Dabin […]

Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission chairman, Mr Peter Dalyop has said that six political parties have been cleared to contest in the January 30th Local Government elections. The chairman said that the political parties cleared include; All Peoples Grand Alliance , Democratic Peoples Party , Peoples Democratic Party , Labour Party , Peoples Democratic […]

A new video released by Islamist militants Boko Haram claims to show around 100 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria last month. The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, said they would be held until all imprisoned militants had been freed. He said the girls had converted to Islam. The video, released on Monday, claims to […]

Men of the Plateau State Police Command on Tuesday foiled a reprisal attack on Rukuba community in Bassa Local Government Area of the state by their Irigwe neigbours, over alleged killing of an elderly Rukuba woman and 10 others by suspected gunmen from Irigwe.The incident was said to have exacerbated the communal rift between the […]

Jos–Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang has called on residents of the state irrespective of tribe and religion to embrace peace during and after the elections stressing the future of Nigeria depended largely on peace between Muslims and Christians in the country. Jang spoke in Jos on the occasion of the Inter-faith dialogue organized by the […]

Count down to the Plateau PDP primaries has started……only a few hours to the commencement of proceedings of delegates registration and the subsequent casting of ballots. All appears to be set for the much awaited primaries -even as several interest groups have attempted to stop the primaries from going ahead, with a litigation filed at […]

A 16-member Ramadan Committee set up by Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State and given N45 million to purchase and distribute millet, rice and sugar to members of the Muslim Ummah in the state to assist them with the Ramadan fasting, says it has acquired much of the items and started the distribution process. count […]