The Independent National Electoral Commission has called on politicians nationwide to respect the outcome of the 2015 elections because all electoral laws and procedures would be put in place to ensure credible polls. Speaking on behalf of INEC, the Plateau state’s resident electoral commissioner, Godwin Kwanga cautions politicians against heating the polity. Akwanga who made […]

The Plateau Government has launched its National School Agriculture Programme to build technical skills in students interested in agriculture. The Tide source recalls that the Federal Government had earlier launched the same programme in October 2014 with Plateau as one of the pilot states. Flagging-off the programme in Jos, Governor Jonah Jang said it […]

The APC on Saturday during their Presidential rally in Jos received some politicians who claimed to have defected from the PDP in the state to the APC. The defectors led by a former deputy governor who contested the governorship of the state under the Labour Party in 2011, Dame Pauline Tallen, claimed that they defected […]

With less than six weeks to the gubernatorial elections, the Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in Plateau State, Amb. Bagudu Hirse has described as criminal; the rumours making rounds in the state that he was being sponsored by the PDP led administration. Crying foul over what he refers to as “blackmail”, he challenged the Governor, […]

The Plateau State Campaign Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress presidential flag bearer, Muhammadu Buhari, Hon. Alex Kwapnoe, has proclaimed the death of the Peoples Democratic Party in Plateau State. Kwapnoe also alleged plans by the PDP to hire thugs to disrupt the presidential election holding on February 14, 2014.Kwapnoe stated this on Monday Jos. […]

The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Plateau State, Godwin Kwanga, has said most election observers are obstacles to the success of polls. Mr. Kwanga said this on Tuesday at a meeting of the heads of security agencies, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, candidates of some political parties, traditional rulers and the public, held at […]

The Plateau State chapter of People’s Democratic Party has accused the All Progressives Congress of playing game of deceit as regards the defection of some politicians in the state. The State Acting chairman of the ruling party Chief Raymond Dabo said the main opposition party only brings together disgruntled forces that have worked […]

Reports from Premium times suggest that at least 44 soldiers of the Nigerian army are currently being held and are languishing in an underground cell in Jos. An army source told this newspaper that the soldiers were part of those stationed in Mubi, Adamawa State, when the town was over run and captured by Boko […]

          Lately, President Goodluck Jonathan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, governors, individuals, and groups have been visiting former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s residence in Abeokuta. The visits are, apparently, for political reasons ahead of next month’s general election. count | 67