By Golok Nanmwa, Jos Plateau State Government on Tuesday said it acknowledges President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent directive to the Federal Ministry of Finance that funds spent by the state government on the construction of federal roads be refunded to the state. The statement which was signed by Hon Yakubu Dati, the  Commissioner for Information and […]

FCT High Court in Gudu has found former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye guilty of misappropriation of his state’s funds. Justice Adebukola Banjoko found that Dariye as a public servant entrusted with and having dominion over N1.1billion ecological funds for Plateau state was guilty with the manner the cheque was cleared and disbursed […]

Plateau stakeholders decry Sen Dariye’s jail sentence By Golok Nanmwa ,Jos Some stakeholders in Plateau on Wednesday decried the sentencing of Senator Joshua Dariye to 14 years imprisonment for fraud and  mismanagement of funds while in office as governor of plateau state between 1999 and 2007. A Gudu Federal High Court in  Abuja on Tuesday […]

Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday sacked a Senator representing Kogi West of the People’s Democratic Party senator Atai Aidoko. In his judgement the court held that Aidoko was not property nominated by the PDP for the March 2015 election. He also ordered the immediate swearing of Air Marshall Isaac […]

DIRECTORATE OF PRESS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR, PLATEAU STATE PRESS STATEMENT EID-EL FITR MESSAGE The Plateau State Governor, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong, has felicitated with the entire Muslim Ummah in the State and in Nigeria, on the occasion of Eid-el Fitr celebration, which is being observed as the “festival of breaking […]

EID EL FITRI MESSAGE On behalf of my family and the SHIFT 2019 campaign Organization, I wish to congratulate all Muslims, most especially our brothers and sisters in Plateau State on the conclusion of this years fast in the month of Ramadan. As you celebrate the Eid el Fitri festival I urge you to sustain […]