The 140 judges of the Sharia, Area and Customary Courts of Nigeria serving in Plateau State have commenced an indefinite strike over non-payment of dressing allowances owed them since 2009. The judges said they recently gave the Plateau State government a 14-day ultimatum to pay the arrears, but the government did not. Addressing journalists shortly […]

The management of the Low Land Micro Finance Bank in Langtang had dragged Dadi to court for allegedly defrauding it of well over N1.7 million while serving as the Chairman of Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau State Justice S. J. Bukur, the presiding Judge of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Langtang […]

Jos—TWO women have been raped to death in Plateau State, even as the state’s chapter of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, has appealed to the state government to address the increase in rape cases. NAWOJ, in a statement issued yesterday in Jos by its Chairman, Mrs. Jennifer Yarima, condemned the act, noting “NAWOJ in […]

The lawmaker representing Gwer/East  Gwer/West federal constituency of Benue state in the House of Representatives, Mr. Mark Terseer Gbilah has called for the creation of a middle-belt development commission that would take care of victims of herdsmen attacks. Mr. Gbillah said the middlebelt should not relent in the call  for creation of the commission because […]

Abuja — Acting President Yemi Osinbajo Tuesday met with some Northern leaders in the Presidential Villa, Abuja and strongly warned against making hate and divisive speeches capable of snowballing into a conflagration. The acting president, who said the federal government was committed to the course of unity and peace of Nigeria, said anyone caught in […]

Jos-A multiple-vehicle crash at the Polo Roundabout in Jos, Plateau State Capital left two people dead and several others injured. The crash, which involved a truck containing bottled drinks, a bullion van belonging to a first generation bank and two other vehicles, occurred on Wednesday evening. Eyewitnesses said the vehicle loaded with supplies was headed […]

The Nigeria Union of Teachers , has given a 30-day ultimatum to the Plateau state government and 18 other states within which they are expected to pay up its members being owed several months of salary or face an indefinite strike. Revealing the alarming statistics, the National President of the union, Mr Michael Alogba Olukoya, […]

The Plateau State Government has debunked the report that judges in the state are on strike following its ability to meet up with their demands. Mr Geofrey Kamyai, Plateau Chief Registrar , made the pronouncement while addressing pressmen in Jos at the State High Court premises. “The Government and people of Plateau have been taken […]