Plateau State

As part of its Ember Months campaign, the Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps), has embarked on road safety campaign in churches.

An Area Court in Jos on Friday remanded Lawrence Abiola in Jos Prison till December 14 for allegedly parading himself as a professional lawyer.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday commuted the sentence of 14 years’ imprisonment passed on a former Governor of Plateau, Joshua Dariye, to 10 years.

Lalong gave the warning on Tuesday in Gashish community of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, when he inspected the site of the proposed Mobile Police Squadron.

Agbonlahor, represented by the CSP Augustine Chidozie, said this at ongoing leadership retreat for Corps of Commissionaires Leadership and National Council Meeting on Tuesday in Jos.

As the 2019 General Elections draw closer, 21 candidates have been cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest for the Plateau governorship seat.

The Committee on Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons set up by the Plateau Government has said that 1,801 persons were killed in the recent attacks on the state.

Dr. James Dalok, running mate to PDP governorship candidate in Plateau, Senator Jerry Unseni, has said that the retired Army General’s military background was a huge advantage to the troubled north-central state.

In the case filed at the State High Court, Bukuru, Podar is seeking the nullification of the state congress that brought the current state executive council into office on the grounds that the said congress was not conducted according to…

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has sued the Inspector General of Police over alleged breach of his fundamental human rights following an “invasion and ransacking” of his house in Jos.

Lalong spoke with State House correspondents after he and a delegation of the Church of Christ in Nigeria had a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday called for re-assessment of the Nigeria’s security architecture for possible re-organisation.

Lalong made the declaration on Friday in Jos at the opening of the first ever Plateau Tourism Conference.

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it plans to display voters’ register for the electorate in Plateau between November 6 and November 12, ahead of the 2019 general poll.

The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, near Jos, Plateau State and the National Organising Secretaries of various political parties on Wednesday urged the electorate and politicians to shun vote buying in the…

The Nigerian Army has said retired Major General Idris Alkali, whose body was found on Wednesday, would be given a befitting burial.

Photographs have emerged of how where the Nigerian Army discovered the body of its immediate past Chief of Administration, Major General Idris Alkali.

The lingering ethnic crisis in some Northern states can snowball into a major national disaster that may affect the smooth running of the 2019 elections, the Journalists for Democratic Rights has warned.

“Anenih was a committed nationalist, who worked tireless toward national unity. He was a consummate political strategist and will be sorely missed,” Lalong said in a statement on Monday in Jos.

Terna Tyopev, its spokesman, in a statement on Thursday in Jos, alleged that preliminary investigation into the matter had indicated that the wanted persons masterminded the abduction of the army officer.