Nigeria Governors’ Forum Chairman and Governor of Kwara State Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Thursday led a delegation of the Forum to commiserate with the government and people of Plateau over the recent violence in parts of the state. While commiserating with the families of the victims, he also commended the interventions of the security agencies, which…
COMMUNIQUÉ 1. INTRODUCTION The Capacity Building Workshop on Online Assets Declaration System (OADS) was convened by Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) in collaboration with the Code of Conduct Bureau, and supported by IDEA/European Union under the Rule of Law and Anti- Corruption (RoLAC) programme at FOX HOTEL, Jos, Plateau State on April 14th and 15th…
Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Dr. Abdullahi Usman, has described the online declaration of assets by public servants to replace the manual copy as a revolution in the fight against corruption in Nigeria. He said that the new system is seamless and will remove the bureaucratic bottlenecks and the attendant hiccups in…
Plateau Killings: Mutfwang bans night grazing, asks communities to activate community vigilance groups Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has banned night grazing and transportation of cattle after 7 pm in strategic moves to curtail incessant killings in the state. The governor has also resolved to immediately activate community vigilante is to work in synergy with…
Renowned lawyer and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has stated that the sexual harassment allegation levelled against Senate President Godswill Akpabio by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan falls short of the evidentiary threshold required to establish such claims. Addressing journalists at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday, Agbakoba said…
The number of people killed in Zike Kimakpa community in Kwall District of Irigwe Chiefdom, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State has risen to 53. Initial reports gave the future as 47, but a source close to the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said more bodies were recovered after the villagers combed surrounding bushes….
No fewer than 40 people have been killed in an attack on Zike, Kimakpa community in Kwall District of Irigwe Chiefdom in Bassa local government area of Plateau state. This incident is coming less than a week after 52 people were massacred in communities in Bokkos.local council. It’s also happening less than 48 hours after…
Troops of 3 Division Nigerian Army and Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have rescued 16 passengers kidnapped along Jos – Mangu road in Plateau State. Media Information Officer Operation Safe Haven, Maj. Samson Zhakom, said that the rescue operation began when troops conducting Operation Lafiyan Jama’a discovered an empty vehicle abandoned by the roadside at Mararaban…
..vows to resettle displaced persons …Reassures Victims Security For Farming Governor of Plateau State, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang, has conducted an on-the-spot assessment of communities recently attacked and displaced in Bokkos and Mangu Local Government Areas. His visit included Hurti, Daho, and other severely affected areas, where he also interacted with Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). A…
