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  A Political think-tank, the PKK  Political Credibility Group, on Wednesday said that   the Federal  House of Representatives  Member representing  Pankshin/Kanam/Kanke   constituency of Plateau State  Hon  Yusuf  Babayo Adamu  Gagdi deserves to be   re-elected  because of his giant strides in the socio-economic and infrastructural development of his constituency . ",Yusuf  Babayo Adamu  Gagdi is an assent to the people of PKK and should be supported by all  to ensure that he wins his second term bid ." "He has been able to better the lives of the  people of PKK and we believe that his return to the House of Representatives  for  second term  would bring more dividend of democracy to his people.   "With the experience he has  garnered in so far he would be able to do more for the people of the area and the state if re elected ." The group also appealed to the Federal  lawmaker  to  re- contest as they are solidly behind him . "Yusuf  Babayo Adamu  Gagdi  ...

Hon Fanmak By Golok Nanmwa ,Jos Group operating under the aegis of Plateau Liberation Movement (PLM) on Tuesday lauded the Acting Chairman of the All Progressive Congress in the state Hon Enoch Fanmak for uniting members of the party stressing that he is doing excellently well since he assumed office . Spokesman of the group Hon Nanchit Datiri , made the call in a statement made available to newsmen in Jos . The group also praised the decision of the National body of the All Progressives Congress, APC to pick Hon Fanmak as the acting chairman of the party in Plateau , saying it is a step in the right direction of unifying the party. The group further stated that Fanmak’s emergence is just the right tonic the party in Plateau needs in positioning itself for future elections. The statement reads that since assumption of office over one month ago , Hon Enock Fanmak, has done well in taking the party to greater heights . "The All Progressives Congress (APC) is the do...

          Ex Gov. Joshua Dariye The Inspector-General of Police Response Team (IRT) has arrested eight suspects in the kidnap of the father of former Plateau State Governor, Joshua Dariye, 13 months ago. Chibi Dariye was kidnapped in June 2020 in Mushere village in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State and nothing was heard about him again until last week when the suspects were arrested.  Mr. Dariye was first abducted in 2015 and released after a ransom was paid by his family. That of June last year was the second time the elderly man was abducted in his home town of Mushere. The police spokesperson in the state, Ubah Gabriel, said the suspects were arrested when officers in a joint operation with their colleagues from the police headquarters in Abuja raided the kidnappers’ hideout. The police said 26-member criminal gang to which the suspects allegedly belong had been carrying out armed robbery and kidnapping in Bokkos LGA. “The eight members of the criminal gang arrested incl...

Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong on Wednesday 14th July 2021 signed 4 bills passed by the Plateau State House of Assembly into law at the New Government House, Little Rayfield Jos .  The bills signed into law include Plateau State Legislative Funds Management Law; Plateau State Judiciary Funds Management Law; Plateau State Property and Land Use Charge Law; and the Plateau Geographic Services Law.  While signing the bills into law, Governor Lalong said the new Funds Management Law for the Judiciary and Legislature will guide the implementation of the recently granted autonomy for the two arms of Government particularly in terms of financial management.  According to Governor Lalong, the laws will guide the Judiciary and Legislature on the implementation of autonomy with regards to funds disbursement, approvals and expenditure in line with extant financial regulations.  "These laws will further strengthen the two institutions by ensuring that funds are judiciously applied to...

                Sen. Jonah Jang Former governor of Plateau State, Sen. Jonah David Jang says the state chapter of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will soon resolve its internal disagreements and emerge stronger. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Plateau PDP has been enmeshed in series of crises that led to the dissolution of the elected state executive committee of the party. The National Secretariat of the party on June 11 constituted an independent caretaker committee headed by Sen. Tunde Ogbeha to resolve the issues and conduct state congress within 90 days. Jang stated this on Monday in Jos while addressing newsmen shortly after a meeting between the party’s elder’s council and the state caretaker committee. The former governor assured supporters that with the coming of the caretaker committee, all parties had resolved to give them all the support needed to resolve the issues. He said: “We will give the committee all the support to ensure the disagreement...

As the clock ticks towards the October 2021 Local Government Polls in Plateau State, I heartily congratulate the APC Chairmanship ticket of Kanam LGA, and pray for their success in at polls. God gives power to whom he desires at the time He wishes without consulting any mortal being. Whatever happens under the sun is divinely designed; hence I salute the wisdom of the APC Appeal Committee for coming up with the vibrant APC ticket in Kanam LGA comprising Hon. Dayyabu Garga and Hon. Bala Haruna as Chairman and Deputy, respectively. This is a no-Victor-no-vanquished scenario, and we submit to the supremacy of the party, as exhibited by the Appeal Committee.  By virtue of my position as the member representing Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency and political leader of the APC in Kanam LGA, I enjoin all party faithful to sheath their swords and work in unison for the success of the party at the polls, as we look forward to reaffirming APC as the party with the landslide majority in P...