Plateau
4 days ago
Dr Kachollom Gang, the Commissioner for Education in Plateau, has decried the increasing rate of illegal schools and hospitals in the state. Gang said this at the inauguration of an investigative panel on the proliferation of private primary and secondary schools in the state on Tuesday in Jos. The commissioner explained that the exercise was…
22 Feb
Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has suspended all mining activities as a measure to address security challenges in the state. This is contained in Executive Order 001 of 2025, made available to journalists on Saturday in Jos. The governor stated that the decision was necessary following growing security concerns in mining communities across the…
19 Feb
Avian influenza, popularly known as bird flu, has killed 300 birds in a farm in Plateau. Dr. Shase’et Sipak, the Chief Veterinary Officer of the state, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Jos. Sipak said that the outbreak was confirmed by the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI), Vom, in…
15 Feb
The Plateau Government says it has rehabilitated and completed 49 abandoned road projects in the last 18 months. Mr Ubandoma Laven, the Commissioner for Works in the state, said this during a news conference on Saturday in Jos. Laven was reacting to the allegations raised by Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau) that 80 per cent of…
12 Feb
Mr Silas Dung, the Chairman of Jos South Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau, on Wednesday presented N11.4b as appropriation bill for the 2025 fiscal year to the council’s Legislative Arm. Dung, who tagged the bill “Budget of Restoration”, said that it is aimed at rebuilding the LGA toward better service delivery. He explained that…
12 Feb
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Plateau State Government have launched a Big Catch-Up Immunisation for children who missed routine immunisation due to crises in Jos North and South. The stakeholders who converged on Jos, the Plateau State capital, at the launch of the exercise lamented the rate of kids who missed their…
9 Feb
The Police Command in Plateau has commenced enforcement of the third-party motor vehicle insurance policy in the state. Mr Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Jos. Alabo said that the move was in accordance with the directive of…
8 Feb
Dr Maxwell Kolawole, Director of West and Central Africa Programmes, Malaria Consortium, has said that more than one million children in Plateau received free seasonal malaria chemoprevention drug in 2024. Kolawole made this known in Jos on Saturday during the 2025 Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention State Level Kickoff and Planning Meeting. He was represented by Dr…
6 Feb
Mr Yabilsu Dogo, Permanent Secretary, Plateau Ministry of Environment Climate Change and Mineral Development has said that no fewer than 100 illegal miners have been arrested in Jos. Dogo made this known on Thursday in Jos in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Dogo said that the ministry has been collaborating with…
4 Feb
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has rejigged his cabinet and created a new Ministry for Livestock Development, Veterinary Services and Fisheries in the state. This is contained in a statement by Mr Samuel Jatau, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), issued on Tuesday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
4 Feb
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, on Tuesday inaugurated five newly appointed commissioners as well as Chairmen and members of Governing Councils for three state-owned tertiary institutions. Mutfwang during the inauguration congratulated the appointees, and charged them to uphold the sanctity of their new offices. He advised them to operate in tandem with the vision of…
3 Feb
Some tenants in Plateau have decried the high cost of housing in the state. They expressed this in a survey conducted on Sunday in Jos to ascertain the housing situation in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there is a recent outcry from many quarters regarding an astronomical hike in the…
Latest
5 mins ago
The Akwa Ibom State Council of Traditional Rulers has conferred President Bola Tinubu with the highest traditional title of “Otuekong,” Commander-in-Chief of Akwa Ibom. The President received the title at the State House, Abuja, on Friday, from Nteyin Solomon Etuk, President General of Okuibom Ibibio III. Gov. Umo Eno led a 104-member delegation to the…
15 mins ago
Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo, has appointed Ms. Ivie Idahosa as the general manager of the Edo State Community and Social Development
25 mins ago
Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Minister of Women Affairs, has urged security agencies to secure the release of the abducted students of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, Benue State. Sulaiman-Ibrahim made the call in a statement signed by Mr. Jonathan Eze, her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, on Friday in Abuja. Reports indicate that the students…
35 mins ago
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers has welcomed the Supreme Court’s judgement nullifying the local government council elections
46 mins ago
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says it has successfully contained a raging fire that engulfed sections of a storey building housing Ago Medical Centre, off Ago Palace Way, Okota. Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary, LASEMA, disclosed this in a statement in the early hours of Saturday. Oke-Osanyintolu said that the agency activated the…
1 hour ago
Marco Asensio fired Aston Villa into the FA Cup quarter-finals as the Spanish forward struck twice in a 2-0 win against Cardiff on Friday.
1 hour ago
The wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Unoma Godswill Akpabio, has filed multiple lawsuits against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The legal actions stem from statements allegedly made by Akpoti-Uduaghan during a televised interview on Arise News, which Akpabio claims were defamatory and violated her fundamental rights.…
1 hour ago
Sunderland stepped up their bid for promotion to the Premier League as Eliezer Mayenda sealed a 2-1 win at Sheffield Wednesday on Friday.
1 hour ago
Goals from Michael Olise, Leon Goretzka and Kingsley Coman took Bayern Munich to a come-from-behind 3-1 win at Stuttgart
1 hour ago
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has dismissed a report that it has shut down the Ladoke Akintola Airport in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. A media report misconstrued a social media post by the Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NCAA, Michael Achimugu, which states that subject to new information, the Ibadan airport may…