Tag: Plateau State
Jos: Muslim youths provide security for Christians during Xmas service
A group known as Muslim Youth for Peace Initiative offered voluntarily to secure the road leading to Evangelical Church of…
Plateau governor swears in 17 commissioners
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau swore in 17 commissioners for the 17 ministries in the State. His Deputy, Prof. Sonni…
Plateau Attack: 12 killed, several injured, STF spokesman confirms
The Special Task Force (STF) in charge of security in Plateau on Monday confirmed the killing of 12 persons in…
APC’s Dakogol wins Plateau bye-election
Mr Eric Dakogol, the APC candidate, has won Saturday’s bye-election to fill Qua’an Pan North Constituency’s seat in the Plateau…
Plateau: INEC says no shaking on Nov 28 bye-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that its Nov. 28 date for an election to fill the vacant…
Bye Election: PDP cede assembly ticket to late member’s relation
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau, has given its ticket for upcoming House of Assembly bye-election for Qua’pan North…
3 jailed for impersonating Plateau State Speaker, Gov’s wife
A Jos Magistrate’s Court on Friday sentenced three men to one month imprisonment each for impersonating and duping Speaker and…
Honour: Gov Lalong to inculcate late Pwajok’s blueprint
Plateau Governor Simon Lalong of the All Progressives Congress has said that the Plateau government would inculcate the blueprint of…
Senator Pwajok’s death, a great loss – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari is saddened over the death of the immediate past senator representing Plateau North senatorial district and Peoples…
Senator Pwajok died of liver cancer, says Jang
Senator Gyang Pwajok, the PDP governorship candidate in Plateau State, who died Wednesday in India, succumbed to liver cancer. His…
UBEC constructs N255m e-Library in 3 public schools in Plateau
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) is constructing E- libraries worth N255 million in three public schools in Plateau, an…
Gov Lalong, his deputy, others turn part-time teachers
Governor Lalong promises to become ‘part-time teacher’ to boost education in Plateau State and has compelled his deputy, Prof. Sonni…
School building collapses in Jos, kills four students
An Islamic school building collapsed in the town of Bukuru in Nigeria’s Plateau state on Sunday afternoon, killing at least…
Go for medical check-up regularly, Lalong tells public officials
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau on Tuesday advised public office holders in the state to embark on regular medical check-up…
I’m yet to receive salary as governor – Lalong
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau says he has not received salary as the governor since he assumed office on May…
I’ll complete critical projects initiated by Jonah Jang, says Lalong
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau on Sunday said that he would complete all critical projects initiated by his predecessor, Jonah…
Tribunal confirms Jang’s election as senator
The Legislative Houses Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Jos, Plateau state on Saturday upheld the election of Senator Jonah Jang…
Lalong appoints Longyen as Senior Special Assistant, Media
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has appointed Mark Longyen of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as his Senior Special Assistant…
DHQ moves to stop ceaseless killing in Plateau
Nigeria Defence Headquarters has reorganised the Special Task military Force operating in Plateau State, North Central Nigeria where clashes between…
No N2bn contract to renovate Plateau Govt. House – Spokesperson
Emmanuel Nanle, the Director of Press and Public Affairs to Plateau Governor Simon Lalong, has said that the governor is…
Police recover 42 cows in Plateau
The police in Plateau on Thursday said it recovered 42 of the 500 cows rustled in Kadunung village in Mangu…
Plateau imposes curfew in Riyom, Bakin Ladi LG
The Plateau Government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Riyom and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas following a resurgence of…
Jonah Jang left Plateau State in N222.3bn debt
The Transition Committee set up by Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau says the immediate past administration of former governor Jonah…
Gunmen injure six in Plateau
A member of the Special Task Force (STF), and five other persons, were attacked by gunmen in Barkin Ladi Local…
Flood kills 2, washes away farm lands, crops in Plateau
Two persons on Wednesday died while one was missing following floods caused by a heavy downpour in three communities in…
Bomb blast rocks ECWA Church in Jos
The Boko Haram bombers have hit Jos in Plateau state, again. Right in the middle of service, a bomb blast…
N600k worth of pornographic movies confiscated in Plateau
Mr Ailewon Danlami, the Zonal Coordinator, North Central, National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), said the organisation confiscated 4,182…
Bomb Blasts: Restore checkpoints in Plateau, Lalong tells FG
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has appealed to the Federal Government to restore checkpoints in the state to check the…
Plateau dissolves local councils, woman gets SSG job
Governor Simon Lalong of the central Nigerian Plateau state, on Monday dissolved the 17 Local Government Councils in the state.…
UPDATE: Over 40 killed in twin blast in Jos
JOS, (AP) — Two bombs blamed on the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram exploded at a crowded mosque and an…