Thursday 21st March 2013 – The Governor of Plateau State Da Jonah Jang has requested the Defence Head Quarters to closely monitor activities of the Special Task Force in Plateau State to ensure that the operate within established rules of engagement. Represented by his Deputy, Mr. Ignatius Longjan, he made the request in Jos when […]

Few hours ago, a suicide bomb killed a very popular senior cleric in Damascus, Muhammad Said Al-Booti, while he was delivering a regular lecture in his mosque. Twenty other worshippers lost their lives along with the 84-year-old cleric. The cleric was a Sunni supporter of the Assad regime. Three days ago, a suicide bomb killed […]

Nigeria’s literary icon and publisher of several novels, Chinua Achebe, is dead. Reported by Premium Times Mr. Achebe, 82, died in the United States where he was said to have suffered from an undisclosed ailment. PREMIUM TIMES learnt he died last night in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. A source close to the […]

The Plateau state commissioner for Information, Mr Yiljap Abraham has disagreed with the Transitional Chairman of Riyom Local Government Council , Mr Gyang Audu on the call for total withdrawal of the Special Task Force from Plateau. Abraham said the withdrawal of STF will not accomplish the desired peace in the state while calling […]

Tuesday 26th March 2013 – The Governor of Plateau State, Da Jonah Jang has sworn-in a new head of service, Mr Ezekiel Dalop and 14 new permanent secretaries for respective ministries. At the official swearing-in ceremony held at the conference room of the Government house in Rayfield, he urged them to eschew corruption and activities which […]

Jesus Christ told the Pharisees in many words that he was the divine Son of God. But the psychiatrist in the town then might have pinned such statements down to a “severe and delusional ranting of a disgruntled carpenter” or to ‘psychogenic amnesia’. Then Jesus went a step further, he began to forgive sins; then […]

Saturday 23th March 2013 — Following the decade-long religious and ethnic crisis’s which have be-devilled Plateau State, certain areas of Jos have become no-go-areas for both Christians and Muslims. For instance Angwan Rogo which has a largely Muslim population has a reputation for maiming and killing innocent Christians and University students who enter the neighbourhood, whilst […]

Plateau state Governor Da Jonah Jang has called on citizens of Plateau to live in peace with one another. A statement signed by the director of Press Affairs Government house Jos, Mr James Mannok urged Christians to use the Easter season to focus on the teaching of Christ and live an exemplary life worth emulation. […]

Fulani herdsmen are fleeing Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau state as a result of retaliatory attacks on them. The retaliatory attacks are coming after an earlier attack by suspected Fulanis on the natives of the LGA. About 200 Fulani herdsmen mostly made up of women and children from Challa community fled the LGA […]

The Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Gyang Buba has advised the National Assembly to tread carefully while handing the grazing reserve bill. He made the call while speaking to newsmen over the Easter period. The traditional ruler said the intended bill may cause more problems than providing solutions. Buba said “Before now, herdsmen used to live […]