The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday declared a two-week warning strike against non-payment of salaries of lecturers not enrolled in the Federal Government’s Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System. National President of the union, Biodun Ogunyemi, who read the declaration after the ASUU National Executive Council meeting held in Enugu, said the warning […]

Lalong a friend of the Tarok Nation – Commissioner Housing Zulfa Urges Dalung to stop playing politics of bitterness * By Golok Nanmwa,Jos Plateau State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Barrister Zulfa Rimven has charged citizens of the state to cooperate and give the needed support to the state Governor Simon Lalong because he […]

Press Statement PLATEAU BLOGGERS/ONLINE MEDIA SET UP FIRST INTERIM EXCOS Bloggers and Online Media Practitioners in Plateau State have come together to forge a common cause with the setting up of an association and state executives to pilot their affairs and sanitize the social space within Plateau State. In a meeting held at Avis Restaurant […]

Oyo State Governor Engineer Seyi Makinde, has signed into law the bill backing the establishment of the Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps. This came barely two weeks after the House of Assembly passed the bill. At the signing ceremony held at the Executive Council Chambers of the Governor’s Office, Governor Makinde said: […]

ABUJA- THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to “reconsider its decision on the on-going strike in the interest of the nation.” A statement by the Minister’s Special Adviser on Media, Nwachukwu Obidiwe in Abuja yesterday also said the union has been invited […]

Gov. Lalong Flags off Distribution of Irrigation Water Pumps in Plateau State By Golok Nanmwa,Jos Plateau State Governor Hon. Simon Lalong, on Wednesday flagged off the distribution of irrigation water pumps to farmers under the Plateau State Potato Value Chain Support Project, supported by the African Development Bank. Speaking at the occasion ,Lalong charged the […]

The Plateau State Deputy Governor, His Excellency Prof. Sonni Gwanle Tyoden has commended the President of Berom Educational and Cultural Organization , Da Gyang Dudu Dalyop and the EXCO for the deliberate efforts in restructuring and renovating the BECO comprehensive school Kwi Riyom LGa into a Model School. According to the Deputy Governor, such bold […]

The Senate, on Thursday, passed for second reading, a constitution amendment bill which prescribes Higher National Diploma or its equivalent as the educational qualification required for anyone seeking to contest the office of the Nigerian President or State Governors. Details soon…. count | 184

Senate to strip President, Vice President, Governors, Deputy Governors of immunity Mar 12, 2020 … to legalise six geo-political zones …Provides minimum educational qualification for elective offices Senate President Sitting Presidents will no longer enjoy immunity in criminal matters if the alteration being proposed to the 1999 Constitution by the Senate sails through, The Nation […]

All the 43 persons quarantined in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State have been declared free from the Coronavirus . The state’s Health Commissioner, Dr. Nimkong Ndam, revealed this to newsmen at the end of the State Executive Council meeting in Jos on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. “After the 14 days period given to […]