BENUE, TARABA DEEPEN PARTNERSHIP ON SECURITY By Terna Injua Benue and Taraba States Government have resolved to forge a common front against the reported plot by Fulani pastoralists to takeover lands belonging to indigenous people of the two states. Governors Samuel Ortom of Benue and Architect Darius Ishaku of Taraba gave the assurance today in […]

Plateau Govt  Urge  Parents to be Conscious of Human Traffickers  By Golok Nanmwa Plateau State Commissioner of Woman Affairs and Social Development, Hon. Mrs. Rufina Gurumyen, has urged parents in the state to be conscious of human traffickers who export women abroad for prostitution. Hon. Gurumyen stated this on Tuesday in Jos while receiving Gloria Elisha […]

A former minister and convener of the BringBackOurGirls group, Oby Ezekwesili, has been arrested and is being detained by the police in Abuja. Her arrest is believed to be connected to the activities of the group. In a series of posts on her Twitter handle, @obyezeks, the former Minister of Education, said she was arrested […]

Lagos—A 14-foot container loaded with military camouflage uniforms and other suspected dangerous weapons has reportedly disappeared from Apapa Port, Lagos. Already, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos Ports Command, Celestine Okoye, yesterday, directed his detectives to trace the location of the missing container and arrest both the importer and others connected with the importation within 24 […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday, in a blistering and excoriating 13-page statement has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019. Mr. Obasanjo, in a special press statement entitled, “The Wat Out: A Clarion Call for Coalition for Nigeria Movement” said Mr Buhari has performed far below expectation and should honourably “dismount […]

People of the Middle-Belt, spearheaded by the Benue People’s Congress today 22nd January 2017 staged a protest in London, condemning the carnage by Fulani herdsmen and the attendant silence of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Starting at the Nigerian High Commission at 9 Northumberland Avenue, Westminster London, the group camped outside the High Commission to […]

Philanthropist Ropshik  help 43 inmates regain freedom in  Jos Prison. By Golok Nanmwa, Jos Kefas Ropshik, Chairman/CEO Kefiano Global Concept on Monday  helped 43 inmates of the  Jos Prison to regain their freedom. Our Correspondent reports that Ropshik, a philanthropist paid the fines and compensation of the convicts who were wallowing in overstreched prison facility […]

The Plateau House of Assembly Committee on Labour and Security has urged the state’s Peace Building Agency to develop empowerment programmes for Internally Displaced Persons in the state.Chairman of the committee, Mr Daniel Dem, made the call on Monday in Jos when the management of the agency appeared before it to defend its 2018 budget […]

Jos – As Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission continues to maintain silence over whether it would conduct the local government poll on February 18th or not as scheduled, the Peoples Democratic Party has urged the commission not to shift the election. Hon Aminu Zang, the Jos North PDP candidate in the forth coming election challenged […]

The pogrom in Plateau continued on Saturday with the killing of a hunter identified as Daniel Wallam in Maijankhai village, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area. The deceased was said to have been gunned down by suspected Fulani herdsmen who were allegedly destroying some farmlands with their cattle. Several calls to the spokesperson for the Plateau […]