The Governor of Plateau state, Da. Jonah Jang has given his backing to a proposal to establish at least 50 microfinance banks across his state. He expressed his support and backing at the opening ceremony of the training of over 25,000 Plateau women on financial literacy, orgnanised by the First Lady of the state. At […]

The Deputy Chairman of the Nigerian Legion, Plateau State council, Captain Jemda Ayuba, has bemoaned the waning welfare of pensioners in the country. He was speaking at the launch of the 2014 Armed Forces Remembrance and Emblem Appeal week that took place at the conference hall of Government house in Jos. The legionnaire said that […]

  VPN: When you were appointed into the office, what structures and systems were in place or what wasn’t? On my assumption of office, I met the special task on Revenue collection –this structure was very important because they achieved a lot by means of formulating and implementing new strategies for revenue collection. However, staffing […]

Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau has explained the reason why Israelis were called upon to train the Special Task Force on Peace and Security known as an arm of Operation Rainbow which is the state security outfit. He also defended the rationale behind establishing the security outfit. Jang who was speaking on Friday at the […]

Christmas was general peaceful in Plateau state as it was celebrated amidst tight security. Worship and public places in Jos had security machinery in place to screen anyone accessing it. Security operatives also patrolled worship centres and were at strategic areas of the state all through the celebration period. The Special Task Force had […]

A father and daughter in Bonkwa village of Madakiya district in Southern Kaduna were killed on Saturday by unknown gunmen. The gunmen whom villages say are Fulanis stormed the village on Saturday night at about 10pm killing the duo and injuring four others. The district head of Madakiya, Dr David Kantiyok called for calm and […]

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 Plateau State Government yesterday said the 1000 trainees of Operation Rainbow, the state government Task Force on peace and security included youths from different ethnic and religious groups contrary to recent allegations that the selection was marred by ethnic and religious bias. Governor Jonah Jang, who spoke at the graduation ceremony of the trainees, […]

The Government of Plateau State has proposed an estimated budget of N228, 742,602,356.00 for the year 2014 to the State House of Assembly. Governor Jonah Jang who made the presentation described it as “Budget of Continuity and Inclusive Growth IV”. Jang said that “the budget will focus on the completion of on-going projects/programmes and the […]

Unknown gunmen struck and killed five villagers on Tuesday night in Foron village of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state. The gunmen whom villagers described as Fulani herdsmen stormed the village at about 9pm and shot the victims who were on the verge of retiring to bed. Plateau state deputy Police Public Relation […]