Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State last Thursday charged the 2017 pilgrims to Jerusalem to pray and be a good ambassadors of Plateau and Nigeria as a whole while in the Holy Land. According to him, government has resumed the sponsorship of pilgrims to Israel following it’s suspension and enjoined them to reciprocate the […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission said on Thursday it has arraigned a former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Istifanus Mwanswat and seven others for allegedly diverting N40million Assembly votes into personal use. The others are – Mrs. Joyce Ramnap, Emmanuel Goar, Joe Dawan, Dio Lamul, Michael Jubrin, […]

FUEL SCARCITY DURING CHRISTMAS SEASONS: A CALL FOR MORE COMMITMENT FROM NIGERIA GOVERNMENT. The Christians Association of Nigeria is worried at the resurfacing of long queues at filling stations in Nigeria  after several increase in fuel price to ensure the availability of the product to all citizens in recent past. We are not only […]

Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday declared that it was not ideal on the parts of Nigerians to reduce governance in the country to the payment of salaries to workers in the public sector, saying civil servants in Osun constitutes only two per cent of the state’s population, while their dependants occupies three per cent. […]

THE BEATING OF THE DRUMS OF WAR BY MACBAN AND THE CALL FOR DECISIVE ACTION While enjoying the freedoms that our democracy bestows on us by freely holding and expressing diverse points of view on topical issues of governance, it should be noted that no group or interest, should be allowed to intimidate, harass or […]

Plateau PDP Chairman abducted by gunmen. 07/12/17 Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Wednesday evening struck on the Kafanchan- Abuja high way and abducted the PDP Chairman in Plateau State, Damishi Sango. The former Minister was said to have left Jos around 2pm en route to Abuja for the party’s National Convention when the incident […]

The Group, Plateau Youth G-17 Peace and Progressive Forum today 5th Novemember, 2017 presented a citizen’s Bill on Ban to Open Grazing to the Plateau State House of Assembly. Members of the group and supporters all across the State were warmly received by the Honorable Speaker Plateau State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Peter Azi, […]

The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Mounir Gwarzo, has been suspended from office. Mr. Gwarzo was suspended on Wednesday by the finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, “to allow for an unhindered investigation of several allegations of financial impropriety levelled against the Director-General.” According to a statement by Patricia Deworitshe, Deputy Director, Press, […]

By Nanmwa Golok The Executive Governor of Plateau State, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong has been conferred with the Prestigious Fellowship Award of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators at the National Induction Ceremony of the Institute held at the National Judicial Institute , Abuja on Tuesday, November 28th, 2017. The Institute of […]