Gunmen have killed five people, with four others missing, following a fresh attack in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Reports say the attack happened at Chando-Zrrechi village on Tuesday night, despite a curfew imposed by the state government. National President of the Irigwe Development Association, Ezekiel Bini, confirmed the incident to newsmen. Governor Simon Lalong…
As work resumed for the New Year in Plateau State, some local government workers resumed their demand for the payment of the new minimum wage of N30,000. The protesters from seven local government areas gathered at the State Government Secretariat in the capital city, Jos, Monday, January 4, 2021. The protesters were led by the Vice-Chairman of…
• Gov. Lalong tests positive • NEC calls for compliance to guidelines Nigeria has officially entered a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was announced by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 at a media briefing in Abuja, as the Chairman, BOSS MUSTAPHA, goes into isolation. This comes as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed…
The winners of the maiden edition of the Kaduna Marathon have been invited to the camp of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development in Pankshin, Plateau State. They are DAVID GYANG who won the male ten-kilometre race, and KANGYANG SOLOMON who won the female category of the ten-kilometre race. The Minister of Youth and Sports…
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, OBADIAH MIALAFIA, has failed to stop the Nigeria Police Force from having him investigated. This is because Justice ARUM ASHOMS of the Plateau State High Court has dismissed OBADIAH’s application for the enforcement of his fundamental human rights. Justice ASHOMS ruled that OBADIAH’s application lack of merit, adding…
Nigeria has added two hundred and ninety-six new cases of Covid-19, which takes the country’s total to fifty-three thousand, three hundred and seventeen. The new cases were recorded Thursday, August 27, 2020, in sixteen states and Abuja, with Plateau sustaining its lead on the daily list for the third day, with additional eighty-five cases. The Nigeria Centre…