Some soldiers are to face death penalty while others will go to jail for their alleged links to Boko Haram. The soldiers affected are one lieutenant, one warrant officer and 16 others. The General Court Martial has been trying them since July 1 of this year. Their offences range from communicating with Boko Haram members, […]

While presenting gift items to inmates of the Jos prison and some disabled persons at the city’s central mosque, the commissioner of water resources Mallam Idi Waziri said the Plateau state government had spent more than N42 million to purchase some items, which were distributed to the Muslim community as Eid-el-Kabir gifts. count | 28

Security operatives will be deployed to search and monitor visitors at recreation centres in Plateau state during the festive period. This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Task Force maintaining security in the state. The statement which was signed and released by the STF spokesman Captain Salisu Mustapha on Saturday in Jos […]

The senator representing Plateau North, Gyang Pwajok has applauded the Special Task Force maintaining peace in Plateau for arresting 16 cattle rustlers in the state recently. He was reacting to the recent arrest by the STF in the zone which he represents. Pwajok said that bursting the racket would “certainly reduce future excuses for […]

Kano State governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso yesterday alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan gave the 16 governors who voted for Plateau State governor Jonah Jang at last year’s Nigeria Governors’ Forum election N2 billion each. According to him, while the 16 pro-Jang governors were financially gratified to do the presidency’s bidding, the other 19 governors who […]

In a new turn of events, the Plateau Peoples Democratic Party says it will “severely deal with” any members identified to have engaged in anti-party activities during the just concluded Feb. 25 local government elections. In the development, the PDP directed its chairmanship and councillorship candidates to write reports on how and why they won […]

Soldiers from the One Division of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna have arrested about 18 suspected Fulani herdsmen and recovered several arms including AK47 rifles from them. The suspects were arrested in Laduga village, a Fulani settlement in Kachia Local Government Area in the southern part of Kaduna State. The army stormed the village in the early […]

A startling revelation has been made by concerned citizens of Borno and Yobe, two of the troubled states in North-Eastern Nigeria.Elders in both states are said to have disclosed that Boko Haram militants get supplies delivered to them by helicopter. They also wondered how convoys of vehicles used by the militants could move freely within the […]

A 38-year-old man was on Friday evening electrocuted at Payanm, Mangu Local Government Area of Central Plateau state at about 8:30 pm, a family member said. This victim’s niece, Loveling Nanlop, told journalist on Sunday that her uncle died while “changing over” to a power generating set that had high voltage. count | 28

Plateau Gov. Jonah Jang has advised residents in the state to come out en mass to collect their Permanent Voters Cards whenever INEC started issuing the cards. Jang made the call in Jos on Thursday at a stakeholders’ forum organised by INEC to herald the distribution of the PVCs . The governor urged those […]