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.
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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 forthcoming elections.
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.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Austin Agbonlahor, disclosed this when presented the suspected to newsmen in Jos.
Davou Fompun, Chairman, Plateau Civil Service Commission, said on Wednesday that no fewer than 3,264 civil servants in the state were recently promoted.
The Chairman of the NMA in Plateau, Dr Titus Dajel, expressed the worry in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday.
Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Kayode Ogunsonya, who debunked the report in a statement on Saturday in Jos, by warned against fake news “injurious to 3 Division, Nigeria Army, Rukuba”.
Supporters of the PDP on Thursday boycotted the rerun election conducted by the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission to get a definite winner for the Mangu Local Government chairmanship seat.
Brigadier General Umar Muhammed, Garrison Commander, 3 Division, Nigeria Army, Rukuba, near Jos, told newsmen that the suspects would be handed over to the police for full investigation.
This was revealed by Yakubu Chocho, the State Organising Secretary of the party.
The Plateau chapter of the National Union of Teachers has decried the acute shortage of teachers in primary schools located in rural areas, and urged government to take urgent steps to check the trend.
Irate youths protesting the outcome of Wednesday’s local government election in Plateau State have burnt down four houses in Langtang South Local Government, the News Agency of Nigeria is reporting.
The Plateau chapter of the PDP has accused the state government of “creating unnecessary tension by insisting on announcing results of local government elections while collation was ongoing”.
It said its attention had been drawn to unfounded and unsubstantiated news about the search and find operation trending on several platforms.