The Management Committee Chairman of Barakin Ladi Local Government Council, Hon. Ezekiel Mandyau esq led a delegation to Leventis Foundation Abuja to seek partnership toward the rebuilding of destroyed communities and to enhance development in the Local Government Area. Barr. Mandyau said Barakin Ladi being an agrarian area and worst hit by violent crisis, there […]

Gov. Lalong rejoices With General Domkat Bali @80 By Golok Nanmwa,Jos Plateau State Governor and Chairman of the Northern States Governor’s Forum Simon Bako Lalong has felicitated with the former Minister of Defence and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Nigerian Armed Forces, General Domkat Bali, as he clocks 80 years, February 27, 2020. In a […]

In keeping with its promise of ensuring that the welfare of workers in the State is given priority, the Akwa Ibom State Government has commenced the payment of the thirty thousand Naira minimum wage to its workforce. A statement by the Accountant General of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Uwem Andrew-Essien states that the new […]

Plateau Govt Flags off Land Sale in New Layouts By Golok Nanmwa,Jos Plateau State government today flagged off land sale in new layouts in some parts of Jos, the state capital. Speaking at the site of some of the layout toured Commissioner of Lands, Survey and Town Planning, Hon Yakubu Dati, said Governor Simon Lalong […]

ENGINEER SULE SIGNS ANTI-KIDNAPPING LAW, BANS STREET BEGGING Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule has signed into law the state anti-kidnaping prescribing either life imprisonment or death penalty for convicted kidnapper, recently passed by the state House of assembly. The Governor equally signed into law the Child’s Right Protection Executive Order , which bans street […]

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application for review of the judgment which sacked the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa state, David Lyon and his deputy, Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo. According to Justice Amina Augie who read the judgment on Wednesday, the application lacked merit and the decisions of the court […]

The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies Kuru, Plateau State has appointed an erudite Professor of Political Science with the Political Science Department of the Prestigious University of Jos, Prof. Dung Pam Sha as Director of Research to the Institute. Also appointed by the Institute is a new Secretary/Director of Administration Brigadier General […]

Ruga: Adamawa, Plateau, Nasarawa Kick Off Pilot Scheme By Leon Usigbe – Abuja Adamawa, Plateau and Nasarawa States are to begin the pilot implementation of grazing reserves and ranches under the National Livestock Transformation Plan set up by the National Economic Council . The chairman of the NEC sub-committee on NLTP and Governor of […]

…Mandates metering April 30 The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has directed the 11 electricity distribution companies to stop further collection of electricity bill under the estimated billing system. The suspension order signed by NERC’s Chairman, Mr. James Momoh and Commissioner, Legal, Licensing and Compliance, Mr. Dafe Akpeneye, takes effect from February 20, and […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, convicted a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisah Metuh, and his firm, Destra Investments Limited, of the first of the seven counts instituted against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Ruling on the first count in his judgement, Justice Okon Abang […]