By Patience Dombin, Jos The Plateau State House of Assembly has declared the seat of its former speaker, Abok Ayuba, vacant following his recent defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ayuba who was elected on the platform of the APC to represent Jos East constituency, decamped to…
Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang has disclosed that over 64 communities in the state have been taken over by bandits. Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Tuesday, Mutfwang said the latest attacks on communities in Bokkos LGA which claimed over 80 lives was sponsored by yet-to-be-identified individuals. “I can tell you in all honesty that…
Faruk Yahaya, a former Chief of Army Staff, has called on the federal government to intervene in the critical areas of equiping, governor kitting and provision of accommodation and other basic needs to the Nigerian Army. Yahaya made the call in a lecture he presented on Saturday at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, as…
Hundreds of youths in Benue State on Sunday took to the streets to protest the continuous attacks, killings and displacement of people in the state. The protest followed the killing of scores at Yelwata community in Guma Local Government Area Friday night. The protesters, who converged on the Wurukum Roundabout in Makurdi, called on the…
The organised Labour, on Monday night, agreed to suspend its indefinite strike planned to commence on Tuesday. The resolution followed over five hours of deliberations between the federal government, leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. A 13-point communique read at the end of…
Jonathan Ishaku, a chieftain of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau state, has resigned his membership of the party, citing the exclusion of the state from the federal executive council as reason for his action. In a statement published on his Facebook page on Friday, the veteran journalist, said he is disappointed with…
