A former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly Hon. Istifanus Mwansat, and his other colleagues today at the Jos high court premises allegedly the Jos bureau chief of New Nigerian Newspapers, also a Liberty TV reporter, Buhari Bukar Bello Speaking to African Drum, the Journalist said he was at the State high court 6, with other colleagues to cover a suit filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) against the former Speaker and his colleagues; Hon. John Clark, Hon. Joyce Ramnap, Hon. Joe Dawan, Hon. Dio Lamul, Hon. Jibrin Michael and Hon. Dalyop Mancha, over an alleged…
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Plateau State Polytechnic Students yesterday staged a peaceful protest to demand what they termed failure of the school authority to provide students with their Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) pin number. An eye witness account who spoke on condition of anonymity said the students had to stage the peaceful demonstration in order to register their displeasure over what the students said was the inability of students to generate Retrieval Remittance Reference (RRR) even after the payment of the sum of N1,500 per student at the point of registration. Some of the students who spoke to our correspondents lamented that…
The Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed reiterated that the 16 local government councils in the State are financially autonomous. The governor, who said this while fielding questions from journalists during an interactive radio programme, tagged ‘The Governor Explains’, noted that the LGs receive and control their federal allocation directly without interference from the state government. He explained that contrary to public perception that the state shares account with the local governments, the allocation from the federal government goes directly into the joint account of the 16 local governments who then appropriate the monies autonomously. Continuing, he emphasized that…
Plateau State Police Command has promoted a total of 144 officers of the command from one level to another while dismissing a police officer for killing a civilian. Even as the commissioner of police declared that 304 suspects were arrested within the month of July and August, with 235 criminal cases. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Peter Ogunyanwo who disclosed this at a parley with newsmen in Jos said the command cannot fold it’s arms and allow some reckless police officers tarnish the image of the force. “Police under my watch must be human in dealing with the public, that was…
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has approved the construction of sixteen major roads across rural communities in the state at the cost of over thirty seven billion naira. State Commissioner for Works and Transport Pam Dongs disclosed this yesterday after the state executive council meeting presided over by Governor Simon Lalong at the Government House in Little Rayfield . He said the state government is determined to provide dividend of democracy to the people of Plateau . “Our governor is determined to give the best to citizens of the state at all times .” “The Lalong led administration would…
Plateau State Government has disclosed that it has received $1.5 million for its Save One Million Lives programme for Results (SOML) funded by the Federal Government and World Bank. The state Programme Manager of the Save One Million Lives for Results, Mr Philimeon Dagwa, disclosed this on Monday in Jos at the opening of the Integrated Supportive Supervision training workshop it organised for 82 health workers in the state. Dagwa explained that the grant was received through the state Ministry of Health for implementation of the programme. Accroding to him, SOML provides incentives based on achievement of results (health outcomes)…
Work has commenced at two Dams that are located at Heipang, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area and Gindiri, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. Activities resumed at the sites after a decade of work stoppage by the Federal Government. For over a decade, work was suspended by the Federal Government at the Dams. The resumption of work is as a result of lobby efforts undertaken by the Plateau State Government under the leadership of Governor Simon Bako Lalong and consequently the projects were eventually captured among other 30 projects embarked by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources for priority funding from…
The Middle-Belt Youth Council has express their dissatisfaction with the level of hate filled speeches dish out by some misguided groups of people in the country. In a press release read by the President of the council, Emma Zopmal, at the plateau state chapter of the Nigeria Union Of Journalist (NUJ) secretariat in Jos, the council raised a number of national issues. Read full text below PRESS RELEASE BY NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF MIDDLE BELT YOUTH COUNCIL ON 25th AUGUST, 2017 AT THE SECRETARIAT OF THE NIGERIAN UNION OF JOURNALIST, JOS. Our fellow citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, gentle…
Plateau State Governor, Barrister Simon Bako Lalong on August 22, 2017 led a delegation from Plateau state to visit Dangote Group of Companies at Marble House, Ikoyi Lagos. They were received at the Corporate Headquarters of the company by Alhaji Aliko Dangote, GCON. Governor Lalong said the visit was intended to invite Dangote to come and invest in the state in the area of Agriculture with emphasis on wheat, rice, tomato and Irish potatoes on large scale Production, Solid Mineral Exploration and processing, the Establishment of Agro based industries and capital injection on a public private partnership into the revitalization…
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has visited the demonstration farm of the Yuan’s Seed Company in Changsha, Hunan Province in China to explore the prospects of increased farm yield arising from improved seedlings that would boost agriculture production in Benue State and Nigeria as a whole When the Vice General Manager of the company, Mr. Yao Zhenqiu, explained that with the hybrid rice they harvest as much as 15 tons or 150 bags per hectare in China and 13 tons or 130 bags in other countries including Nigeria, Governor Ortom could not hide his excitement. He requested a detailed proposal from…
Nigerian billionaire and world’s richest black man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, revealed his first order of business, if he succeeds in buying English Premier League soccer club Arsenal, will be to fire the manager, Arsene Wenger. Dangote, Africa’s richest man with a net worth of $11.1 billion, has coveted the team since becoming a supporter in the mid-1980s, he said in an interview. He’ll consider making an offer once the construction of an $11 billion oil refinery in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, is completed toward the end of the decade. “The first thing I would change is the coach,” Dangote said.…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has requested the core investor in the Star Cement Factory, Igumale, to ship the equipment they have produced for installation before the end of the year. The governor gave the ultimatum at a meeting with the management team of Zhengzhou Cangxi Industry and Commerce Development Company Limited which is one of the subsidiaries of Henan Sure Bright Group at their factory site in China. The Governor stated that if the equipment did not arrive by the end of the year the state would have to review its commitment to the project. He stated that…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kaduna State had intercepted two suspected human traffickers and rescued 44 minors. The Sector Commander, Malam Umar Ibrahim, told our correspondent in Kaduna on Thursday that the suspects, a driver and one other adult were arrested on Wednesday on Kaduna – Zaria Expressway. According to him, the suspects were arrested by FRSC patrol team led by Assistant Route Commander Audu Usman, when he stopped a Fiat Bus (J5) with registration number XC 532 ZAR for overloading. “Our patrol men along Kaduna – Zaria expressway, around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, stopped a white and…
Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has assured Nigerians that the indefinite strike declared by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, would be called off within the next one week. Adamu who met with the leadership of the senate committee on Education today, said ongoing negotiations between the Federal government and the executive members of ASUU, indicates that the strike would be called off within the next one week. Adamu said negotiations between the Federal government and the academic union are ongoing. Recall that on Sunday, August 13th, ASUU declared an indefinite strike over the failure to implement its…
The Chief judge of Plateau State, Justice Pius Damulak, has dismissed the suit filed by Jonah Jang against the Plateau State government to stop it from using or releasing recommendation of the judicial commission of Inquiry into activities of governance from May 2007 to May 2015. Justice Damulak made the decision while delivering judgement in the matter. He said there is no evidence that a report or white paper released indicting Jonah Jang of any criminality. He therefore, Refused all the reliefs sought by the plaintiff on grounds that the action was frivolous, premature and wanting While holding that due process…
Director-General of the Niger State Pensions Board, Malam Tinau Muhammad, says the state will use 20 per cent of its bail out funds for settlement of all outstanding allowances of pensioners. Muhammad disclosed this on Tuesday at a 3-day sensitisation workshop on “Effective Pension Management and Administration in the state” in Minna. “I will reiterate again that Niger state government is not owing anybody monthly pension, both at the state and local government levels. Government had in the last two years been settling retirees on the old pension retirement benefits. “Except the arrears of 6 per cent, 15 per cent…
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State on Tuesday, August 8 performed another ground breaking event by flagging off the construction of the N1.1billion new secretariat complex for civil servants. Speaking at the occasion, the Governor said the new secretariat became necessary in view of the fact that office accommodation has become insufficient to cater for increasing workforce in the state civil service. Governor Ahmed said the project is being funded through the State Infrastructural Development Fund (IFK) which pools funds for critical infrastructure projects. According to him, “the new secretariat complex was recommended by the need to open a new…
The Vice Chancellor of the Plateau State University in Bokkos, Professor Doknan Sheni has disclosed that as soon as resources were made available, the school would construct more hostels, a clinic and stadium for the students. Sheni said while interacting with the new leadership of the Students Union Government (SUG) that the architectural designs for the buildings had been completed but stressed that the major constraint was the lack of funds but assured that the buildings would be made a priority as soon as funds are made available. He urged the new EXCO of SUG to remain focused and avoid…
Plateau State Government (PLASG) disclosed it will key into the revenue generation policies (Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme {VAIDS}) of the Federal Government to enhance its internal generated revenue to meet the yearning and aspirations of it Citizens. Plateau State Commissioner of Finance, Mrs. Tamwakat Weli stated this at the flag off of the voluntary assets and income declaration scheme in the state. The flag off took place at the State Internal Revenue Service Jos. The voluntary assets and income declaration scheme tagged ‘my duty my nation’ which was launched by the acting Pres. Yemi Osinbajo in June with…
kwara State Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Suleiman Alege, has denied reports of alleged outbreak of a mystery illness that claimed 70 lives in Oro-Ago community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. He disclosed on Friday in Ilorin, that the report is a mere rumor as the ministry has no confirmed outbreak of disease or fatalities in any part of the state. He noted that there are epidemiological systems for reporting suspected disease outbreak in the state and that if any occurs, the State Health Response team would be the first to know and is always ready to swing…