Tag: Plateau State
Bomb blast rocks muslim gathering in Jos
A bomb has exploded in Jos, Plateau state, central Nigeria, in the midst of a gathering of muslims listening to…
Senatorial Seat: Court finds evidence against Jonah Jang
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos, on Friday, admitted evidence against the election of ex-governor Jonah Jang…
Gov. Lalong urges Church not to compromise
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau, on Saturday urged the Church not to compromise its position as an agent of change.…
63,000 IDPs taking refuge in Plateau – SEMA
More than 63, 000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are taking refuge in various camps in Plateau, Alhaji Alhassan Barde, Executive…
Lalong appoints SSG, Chief of Staff
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau on Monday made his first set of appointments with Mr Rufus Bature, former Minority Leader,…
Suspend strike, Gov. Lalong begs Plateau workers
New Plateau Governor, Simon Lalong, has appealed to striking workers in the state to suspend the action. The governor made…
Jang leaving only N18bn debt – commissioner
Plateau State Government on Friday said its current debt profile was N18 billion and not N200 billion as being speculated.…
Plateau workers begin strike, seal up schools over salary arrears
Schools and local government secretariats in Plateau were sealed up by labour leaders on Tuesday following the commencement of strike…
APC’s Lalong wins Plateau guber election
Rt Hon Simon Lalong of All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged as the winner of the gubernatorial election in Plateau,…
APC form coalition with LP, MPPP to defeat PDP in Plateau
The Labour Party (LP), Mega Progressives Peoples Party (MPPP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau have joined forces to…
PDP winning polls in Plateau
Simon Ateba/Plateau President Goodluck Jonathan’s Peoples Democratic Party is coasting to victory in Plateau state following results released by the…
Election in 20 polling units in Plateau State
By Simon Ateba/Jos Voting is ongoing on Sunday in 20 polling units scattered across nine local government areas of the…
No Election in 14 polling units in Plateau, says REC
Simon Ateba/Jos The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Plateau state, Dr. Godwin Kwanga, said on Saturday that there will be…
Plateau State Ready For Election
Simon Ateba/Jos Thousands of people in Jos, the capital of the central Nigerian state of Plateau, stormed banks on Friday…
2015: Ex-deputy Gov, 6 commissioners, others defect to APC
Mrs Pauline Tallen, former Plateau Deputy Governor, and six former Commissioners and Special Advisers (SAs), on Wednesday announced their decision…
PDP is only political party with no landlord and tenant, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday described his political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the “only truly democratic party…
Plateau Deputy Governor says he’s still in PDP
Deputy Governor Ignatius Longjan of Plateau on Friday denied defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives…
Angry youths burn Jonathan’s campaign bus in Jos
Some angry youths on Saturday attacked and burnt a campaign bus branded with President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign posters at Zololo…
Boko Haram behind Jos bombings, says Plateau govt
A double bomb attack that killed 31 people in a crowded market in the central Nigerian city of Jos was…
31 dead in double bombing in Jos
At least 31 people were killed in a double bombing in the Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday, while a…
Improve living standard in rural areas, Jang tells NYSC members
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau has urged the 3,500 corps members posted to the State to feel free to initiate…
Ex-Plateau Speaker, picks APC governorship form
Simon Lalong, the former Plateau House of Assembly Speaker, on Monday picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form for…
Gunmen kill 27 in Plateau
The Chairman of Riyom Local Government in Plateau, Mrs Josephine Piyo, has said that 27 people died in an attack…
Plateau Govt releases N95m for EVD control
The Plateau government has released N95 million in its effort to control the spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in…
Plateau begins monthly sanitation
Plateau State Government on Saturday directed traders at the various markets in the state to conduct monthly environmental sanitation on…
Man arrested for selling wife for human sacrifice – police
A Nigerian man has been arrested for selling his wife to black magic practitioners who wanted to sacrifice a virgin,…
Plateau owes councillors 7 months salaries
Councillors in the 17 local government areas of Plateau state are being owed seven months salaries by the state government,…
Jang moves into new Government House 5 Sept
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau and his cabinet will move into the newly built Plateau Government House on Friday, September…
Jos crisis: Plateau to release Justice Ajibola’s report
Edward Pwajok, Plateau Commissioner for Justice, has said that the report of the Justice Bola Ajibola Commission of Inquiry into…
Plateau Gets 1,542 Additional Polling Units
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Plateau has increased the number of polling units in the state by 1,542…