Nigerian states have no powers to reject requests filed under the Freedom of Information Act , the Court of Appeal has ruled. In a March 27 decision at the Akure Division, the Court of Appeal ruled that the requests for information, especially around public expenditure, under the FoI, are made in public interest and should […]

The Plateau State Government has threatened to sack 155 teachers recently found to be holding appointments in both the local and state governments. Vonjen Lar, Chairman, Plateau State Teachers Service Commission, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Jos that the teachers were among the 834 engaged in February 2017, to teach […]

The first private tertiary institution in Ondo State, Achievers University , Owo, will tomorrow hold its 7th convocation. Eminent people, including Emeritus Professor David Ijalaye, who is the first Nigerian Professor of Law, Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong, former Minister of State for Education and Member, House of Representatives, Aishatu Jibril Dukku and Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue […]

Women from Bokkos local government of Plateau State who were displaced during the recent attacks on several communities of the council area, stormed the Plateau State House of Assembly appealing for proper compensation and rebuilding of their damaged communities destroyed by the unknown gunmen. The displaced women, in their hundreds, wore black dresses and arrived […]

Mr. Biello Nuhu has decried the influx and infiltration of some parts of Jos, Plateau State by terror groups who he said potent great threat to peace and security in the State Capital and the entire State. The named one of the groups as “Sara Suka” which he said has been terrorizing people of Jos […]