Some women farmers in Jos, the Plateau State capital, have said it has been impossible for them to access the federal government’s agriculture fund. The women said they have been marginalised by government agencies. Operating under an organisation known as Small-Scale Women Farmers of Nigeria , Plateau State chapter, the women growers said they were […]

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday approved N20.6 billion for the reconstruction of two road projects in Plateau and Kwara. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council’s meeting held at the […]

The police in Lagos State have arrested a 45-year-old married man with five children for allegedly beating his secret lover to death after suspecting she was still seeing her ex-boyfriend. The suspect, Victor Umeh, a trader at the Ladipo Market in Mushin area of the state, was arrested by police operatives attached to the Ago Division […]

The Police Public Relations Officer in Plateau State, Tyopev Terna, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Pankshin. The Police in Plateau State have arrested three persons in connection with the alleged murder of a Catholic Priest, Raphael Pankyes. The Police Public Relations Officer in Plateau State, Tyopev Terna, disclosed this […]

A mother of 10 has been arrested for assisting her son’s armed robbery gang by hiding his stolen items and getting buyers for them. A 41-year-old woman, Jummai Buba, has been arrested by the Borno State Police Command for allegedly aiding and assisting an armed robbery gang led by her son by hiding their stolen […]

The controversy and legal tussles over the appointment of 17 Management Committee Chairmen and Councilors to run affairs of the seventeen local government areas of Plateau State has taken another dimension following the pronouncement of the State High Court sitting in Jos that Governor Simon Lalong has no power to sack the councilors, he sacked […]