Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has declared one-week mourning period as a mark of honour to the memory of the 400 persons who lost their lives between April and June 2023 as well as the over 160 killed in the recent Christmas Eve attacks. The governor, who made the declaration in his statewide broadcast on New Year Day yesterday, said …

President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to “immediately move in, scour every stretch of the zone, and apprehend the culprits” of Sunday night’s attack in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Plateau State, which has resulted in the death of over 115 people. Several houses were set ablaze by the attackers, while the gun-wielding and blood-curling men …

Plateau State Governor, Barrister Caleb Mutfwang inaugurated an Abuja-Jos direct flight on Monday at the Yakubu Gowon Airport Heipang, near Jos in a partnership between the state and ValueJet Airline. Plateau signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ValueJet Airline on 15th August to allow the carrier to expand Jos-Abuja flight services. Last 10th October, ValueJet launched its inaugural flight …

The Plateau State Governor, Barrister Caleb Mutfwang has ordered the cultivation of over 900 hectares of farmland across three local government areas of the state in a move to tackle the lingering crisis in the area. In the last three months, more than 300 persons have been killed in the Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) and the neighbouring communities following …

A good governance group known as Peace and Good Governance Advocates, Group tackles Plateau State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over attack on Governor Caleb Mutfwang. PEGGA has rebuked the APC in the state for allegedly giving itself as a tool for the mayhem that occurred at the venue of the state Governorship Election Tribunal hearing on Monday. …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has kicked against Governor Caleb Mutfwang’s request to the Plateau House of Assembly for approval to acquire a N15 billion loan, accusing him of corrupt practices. The Governor’s request was read to the parliament by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Moses Sule, during Thursday’s plenary, which was the first sitting of the 10th Assembly. Mutfwang said …

Plateau House of Assembly has approved the request by Governor Caleb Mutfwang to acquire a loan of N15 billion to settle the backlog of salary arrears of the state civil servants which amounted to N11 billion. The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Moses Sule, who read the Governor’s request during plenary, said that part of the loan would also be used to …

Local government chairmen in Plateau State have declared that the state governor, Caleb Mutfwang has no power to suspend them from office. On Thursday, the governor announced the suspension of all the 17 local government chairmen claiming the inability to submit accounts for their expenditures. But in a swift reaction on the next day, the council chairmen rejected the suspension …