The Plateau State Police Command has disclosed that 96 people were killed while 221 houses were set ablaze during Christmas Eve attacks on communities in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of the state. The Plateau state police commissioner, Okoro Alawari, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement signed by Alfred Alabo, the command’s…
Civil servants in Plateau state have suspended their two-monrh-old strike embarked upon to press for their demands from the state government. The workers went on an indefinite strike on May 11 after the state government failed to meet their demands, which included payment of salaries and other entitlements. Speaking with journalists on Friday, Titus Malau,…
The House of Representatives has asked the Presidency and other relevant government agencies to start preparations for an impending food crisis in the country. At a plenary on Wednesday, the lawmakers urged the government to put the necessary machineries in place to be able to mitigate the situation. This follows a motion by Hon. Rimamnde…
Governor of Zamfara state, Dauda Lawal, has said that the major obstacle to ending the banditry in the state is that security operatives take instructions from Abuja rather than the state government. The governor who broke in tears while narrating recent attacks in a video that went viral said he has the capacity to wipe…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has told the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee probing the Purchase, Use and Control of Arms, Ammunition and Related Hardware by Military, Paramilitary and Other Law Enforcement Agencies in Nigeria to invite his predecessors to shed more light on the arms procurement. According to…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaaa Abuja A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Garus Gololo, has accused the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi of lying to Nigerians that the coaches bought for the Abuja – Kaduna train services were bullet-proofs. Gololo also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to use his remaining days of his…
