By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Stakeholders have reiterated the indispensable role of women in sustaining peace and fostering religious tolerance, stressing their full inclusion in decision-making processes and peacebuilding frameworks across Nigeria. This collective stance emerged at a roundtable held on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, in Jos, Plateau State,...
PLATEAU STATE
One-time Military Governor of Plateau State, Colonel Muhammad Mana (rtd.), has passed away at the age of 74. Mana, who also served as Senator representing Adamawa North on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), died on Saturday, after a brief illness. His tenure as Military Administrator of...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Former lawmaker Dachung Musa Bagos has called on youths of Plateau North to take ownership of political positions as a way to demand accountability and shape the future of leadership in the state. Bagos, who represented Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency at the House...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos Plateau State Government has adopted the National Mental Health Act 2023 and officially decriminalized suicide, in what officials describe as a bold step toward improving access to mental healthcare and ending the punishment of mental illness. The resolution was one of the major outcomes of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- Vice President Kashim Shettima has expressed deep condolences to Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, over the passing of their respective parents. Governor Ododo lost his father, Alhaji Ahmed Momohsani Ododo, who died Monday at...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Gombe State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has launched a five-day technical workshop in Jos, Plateau State, to train budget officers on the preparation of the 2026–2028 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), and Budget Policy Statement...
Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) has transferred 220 recovered small arms and light weapons to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms in a significant step toward curbing illicit arms proliferation in Nigeria. On Sunday in Jos, OPSH Commander and General Officer Commanding 3 Division of the Nigerian...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Kaiser Foundation for Social Development (KFSD), has organised a summer camp to boost Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills among secondary schools students in Plateau State. Speaking at the end of the four-day exercise on Sunday in Jos, the Programme Consultant for KFSD,...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos– Special Adviser, Security, and Homeland Safety to the Plateau State Governor, Brig. Gen. G. Shipi (rtd), has refuted reports on social and conventional media alleging that he declared Fulani as indigenes of the state, insisting such a pronouncement is beyond the mandate of his office....
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Industrial Training Fund (ITF), has dismissed media reports of alleged attempts to relocate its headquarters from Jos, the Plateau State capital. These reports stem from a Matter of Urgent Public Importance raised during a recent plenary session of the Plateau State House of...
Lawmaker representing Quaan-Pan South (APC) in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Prof. Theodore Maiyaki, has strongly opposed the proposed relocation of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) headquarters from Jos. Speaking on a matter of urgent public importance during Thursday’s plenary session in Jos, Maiyaki called on both the...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has expressed deep concern over the worsening state of insecurity across the country, warning that rising cases of banditry, kidnapping, and terrorism in states such as Benue, Zamfara, and Plateau threaten national unity and public safety. The Union made...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – United States government, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), on Tuesday inaugurated a modern evidence storage facility and donated forensic kits to the Plateau State Police Command to strengthen crime investigation and prosecution. The facility, expected to improve...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) troops in Plateau State apprehended Musa Ali in Jos for posing as a military personnel. The operation’s Media Officer, Maj. Samson Zhakom, confirmed this in a statement issued on Saturday. Ali was taken into custody for attempting to deceive and...
Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda may not roll easily off the tongue or be instantly recognisable to many Nigerians. Its provenance is the Ngas ethnic stock, also known as Angas, in Plateau State, which produced the late Joseph Gomwalk, the first military governor of the defunct Benue-Plateau State. Yilwatda hails from...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to rebuilding trust and fostering peaceful coexistence, describing peacebuilding as both a moral obligation and an economic necessity. The assurance was delivered on behalf of Governor Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang by the Commissioner for Information and Communication,...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Berom Youths Moulder-Association has called for the constitution of an independent panel of inquiry to investigate the circumstances surrounding the July 14 massacre in Bindi and Jebbu villages of Riyom Local Government Area, Plateau State, where 27 persons were killed, over 2,000 displaced,...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Sulaiman Kwalla, in the trial of Bishop Katung Jonas and Okewole Dayo, chairman and secretary of Covenant Fadama Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, Jos, Plateau State, respectively, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, told Justice Sharon T. Ishaya of the Federal High Court,...
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) revealed that soldiers of Operation Safe Haven turned down a N13.7 million bribe offered by terrorists during a high-stakes operation along Jos-Sanga Road in Plateau State. Director of Defence Media Operations,Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, shared details of the incident during a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja,...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – As part of preparations for the 2027 general elections, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called for a united opposition to drive what it described as the largest and most powerful political coalition in Nigeria’s history. The Plateau State chapter of the party said...