Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang has sacked six of his appointees and suspended one. The Secretary to the Plateau state government (SSG), Samuel Jatau, announced this in a statement on Tuesday evening in Jos. According to the statement, the decision was taken by the governor as part of ongoing efforts to reposition the government for…
President Bola Tinubu has directed all political appointees seeking to contest elective offices in the 2027 elections to resign before March 31. The directive was issued on Tuesday in a statement by Head of Information and Public Relations, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), Dewan Goshit. The statement said the president’s…
Twenty security operatives have been reportedly killed in an ambush by heavily armed terrorists in Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau state. The incident, according to a statement on Saturday by the Kanam Development Association (KADA), occurred during a joint patrol in Wanka and the surrounding communities of Garga area in Kanam LGA. The statement…
A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos has ruled that elected Local Government Chairmen in the state are entitled to a four year tenure as prescribed by the 1999 Constitution. The court held that the two year tenure prescribed by the Plateau State Government and the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) laws is…
The magistrate court grade 1 in Jalingo, Taraba state, has sentenced three persons arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) to 10 years’ imprisonment over arms trafficking. The convicts — Sakina Garba, Ali Gono, and Ibrahim Abdulrashi were arrested between January and February 2026 along the Wukari-Jalingo road in Taraba with arms…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, suffered fresh losses in the House of Representatives, with six lawmakers defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The Labour Party (LP) was also hit by the gale of defections, losing five members as political realignments intensified ahead of the next 2027…
