By Marie-Therese Nanlong – Jos Plateau State government has earmarked the sum of six hundred and six million, seven hundred and seventy thousand naira (N606, 770, 000.00) for the payment of scholarship allowances to students studying within and outside the country. This is even as the government reduced the total amount allocated for the education […]

Plateau state government has earmarked the sum of six hundred and six million, seven hundred and seventy thousand naira only (N606, 770, 000.00) for the payment of scholarship allowances to students studying within and outside the country.

By Marie-Therese Nanlong – Jos Citizens of Plateau State are not new to mass and isolated attacks and killings in communities as such were almost daily occurrences in the State but the trend was reversed for some months as there were no rampant cases of such incidences. However, the people were jolted back to reality […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) and also the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong on Friday revealed that the Northern States in Nigeria are “already neck-deep in community policing”. Lalong stated this while responding to questions by correspondents on his visit to State House, Abuja to brief Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong A Plateau State-based security outfit, Operation Rainbow has launched a free mobile early warning app to allow users communicate with intelligence officers of the outfit and give information which would assist in crime-fighting as well as track violent criminal activities in the State. The app available on Google play store for free […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong – Jos Governors in the Northern States of Nigeria have reiterated their collective commitments to reverse the trend of poverty, illiteracy and insecurity ravaging the region and ensure good governance in the region. The Chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong gave the assurance in a new year […]

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau says his administration is working closely with the Federal Government and security agencies to secure the release of the abducted aid worker, Miss Jennifer Samuel, who hails from Plateau. Lalong in a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Dan Manjang, said the State Government would […]

Road crash along Vom-Ganawuri-Manchok road in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau has killed two persons and injured one. Mr Andrew Bala, the Public Education Officer of Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Jos. According to him, the accident that […]

Since President Muhammadu Buhari unexpectedly ordered the closure of the nation’s borders about four months ago due to smuggling activities from neighbouring countries, which he says threatened the self-sufficiency policy of his administration; reactions have continued to trail the development.

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Not less than 3,000 people were returned to their homes as two out of 12 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps were closed in Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau State ahead of the Christmas celebrations. The Management Committee Chairman of the area, Barrister Ezekiel Mandyau said the exercise of returning the […]

Critical peace builders working for the resolution of farmers/herders conflicts in Plateau, Benue and Nasarawa States have reiterated their commitments towards ensuring the peace processes initiated to end the recurring menace in the Middle Belt region is sustained and lasting peace restored in the States.

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Over 50 vulnerable pregnant women, lactating mothers and teenage girls in Plateau were at the weekend gifted with hygiene kits to improve their sanitary needs and curb the spread of disease in their communities. The beneficiaries, drawn from the Muslim community in Jos North local government area of the State got items […]

598 indigent secondary school students from two public schools in Jos South and Jos East local government areas of Plateau have benefited from scholarship to enable them pay their tuition fees in school.

Plateau State government has established the State Contributory Health Care Management Agency, PLASCHEMA to cater for the health needs of its citizens and achieve universal health coverage in the State.

By Marie-Therese Nanlong – Jos President Muhammadu Buhari will lead a delegation of all Governors from the All Progressives Congress, APC, controlled States for a peer review meeting on Monday in Jos, the Plateau State capital. The meeting is to create room dor them to brainstorm and compare notes on how they could add value […]