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The Executive Chairman and leader of QP Project Administration in Qua’an-Pan Local Government Council (LGC) of Plateau State, Hon. Ernest Abner Da’a, has expressed joy over the Conferment of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) status on Associate Professor Theodore Bala Maiyaki. Hon. Da’a described Assoc. Prof. Theodore Bala Maiyaki's conferment as deserving, saying it has confirmed his worth as the APC Flag bearer for Qua’an-Pan South Constituency for the Plateau State House of Assembly in the 2023 General Elections. The Council Chairman said the contributions of Assoc. Prof. Maiyaki to nation building and the legal profession has earned him this exalted position. The Executive Chairman said that the people of Qua’an-Pan LGA are proud to identify with the Legal Luminary, as one of them, adding that the new SAN is a man of proven character and integrity. Da’a encouraged Maiyaki to handle his promotion with every sense of responsibility and counseled him to use it to provide servi...

The Plateau state Labour Party (LP) gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Patrick Sunday Dakum was conferred the chieftaincy title “Eze Chuckwuemeka Ndigbo” on November 26, 2022, by the Plateau State chapter of the association at the Rwang Pam Stadium in Jos, during the commemoration of Ndigbo Day for the year 2022. Ochie Ndi Igbo III of Jos, Chief Basil Ibebuike, presented Dakum with the chieftaincy title and congratulated him for being a deserving son of Plateau State and a very good friend of the Igbo community, stating he loves and cares for his people and the inhabitants of the state. Dakum commended the whole Igbo community in the State for the enormous honor bestowed upon him in response to the Chieftaincy title. He stated: “For this honor, I am grateful to all Igbo in the Plateau. Politics are not the only reason for this affiliation with the Igbo community.” He asserts that the chieftaincy title has given him the right to enter the Igwe’s palace and assume an advisory function, which w...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency's Committee on illicit drug control for Quaan-Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State has been inaugurated. Inaugurating the Committee in Ba'ap, the Council's headquarters, on Tuesday November 23, 2022, the Executive Chairman of the LGC Hon Ernest Abner Da'a charged them to to work assiduously on their mandate of sensitizing the public on the dangers of illicit drugs. Represented by his Deputy, Hon Helen Henniet Wapmuk, the Chairman who acknowledged the serious harm the use of illicit drugs have inflicted on several communities within the Local Government, expressed the hope of a turnaround given the caliber of members of the Committee. The inauguration of the Committee is the outcome of the visit of Gen Buba Marwa, the Chairman of the NDLEA, on Governor Simon Bako Lalong, where it was agreed that in order to curb drug abuses, such Committees should be established in each of the 17 LGAs in the state. Membership of the Commi...

The untamed obsession and hostile partisan mien of ‘The Will’ Newpaper and their Jos Correspondent, Ukandi Odey, throwing spanners in the epitomized works of Governor Simon Bako Lalong and the APC, has, sadly, continued to blush the ethics and avowed industry of Journalism with shame – A rejoinder by Hon. Sylvanus Namang, Plateau APC State Publicity Secretary. Writing in the latest series of the hopelessly hatched analyses, ‘Plateau APC and the Lalong Burden’, for the umpteenth time, The Will Newspaper, through its Jos roving Correspondent, Ukandi Odey, embarked on another wild and untidy attempt to mislead the decent , responsible and sensible people of Plateau state over the genuine efforts and desire of their responsive governor, Rt.Hon. Simon Bako Lalong CON. Hardly can anything be as frustrating and tasteless as, when a multi Media scripler like Ukandi Odey will risk the world to start an article with the wretched speculation that "the political body chemistry of the ma...

The Executive Chairman of Quaan-Pan Local Government Council, LGC, Hon Ernest Abner Da'a has appreciated Governor Simon Bako Lalong KSGG, CON, on the reappointment of Bldr John Dawam as the Rector of Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi. Hon Da'a, who expressed delight over the reappointment of Bldr Dawam, in a statement he signed, described the reappointment as merited given the track records of service of the Rector in managing the institution. The Chairman noted that His Excellency Governor Lalong must have observed the capacity of Bldr Dawam in building good Managerial relationship, as well as his competence in managing human and other critical resources at his disposal. Hon Da'a, who wished the Rector a successful tenure and God's wisdom to consolidate on the Rescue Administration's mandate in the education sector, urged him to take the institution to greater heights by working towards improving on efficiency, quality service and capacity building. Comrd U...

A 20-year-old man residing in Zololo community of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State has allegedly committed suicide, a development that has thrown the community into confusion. The deceased identified as Ibrahim Babangida committed suicide in his room on Sunday while contrary reports indicated that he was killed by an unidentified group suspected to be cultists. A source close to the scene of the incident said: “A 20-year-old boy named Ibrahim Babangida who resides at Majema by Zololo in Jos North Local Government today 20/11/2022 hanged himself in his family compound. “A resident of the area confirmed that when the incident occurred, the corpse of the victim was taken to the Police station, C Division and was later taken to Police headquarters. There is tension in the area as it was alleged that the boy was killed by suspected hoodlums that engaged in cult activities.” The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, confirmed the incident, saying “the DPO o...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Saturday again alleged that the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Iyorchia Ayu pocketed funds realised by the party from the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms for primaries in May. Wike spoke at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium during the flag-off of the PDP state-level campaigns in Port Harcourt, the state capital. He challenged Ayu to head to court to if he is innocent. He said “Ayu is corrupt. Rivers people are hurt. Ayu, you are fighting corruption, how do you fight corruption? I said you took N1bn. I told you, you took the money we realised from the primaries. Ayu sue me,” a furious Wike said. “You cannot fight Rivers State and go free,” he added. Wike had in October accused Ayu of similar offence but the Benue-born politician said there was nothing of such. Wike has also not provided any proof to back up his allegation. ‘Atiku Should Start Restructuring From PDP’ Wike further said he believes in the...

The United States Department of Justice said it has transferred over $20.6m to the Federal Government in accordance with an August 23 agreement between the governments to repatriate assets stolen by late dictator, General Sani Abacha, and his co-conspirators. According to a statement published on the DoJ’s website on Thursday, the repatriation brings the total amount forfeited and returned by the US in this case to approximately $332.4m. In 2020, the department repatriated over $311.7m of the forfeited assets that had been located in the Bailiwick of Jersey. Last year, the United Kingdom enforced the US judgment against the additional $20.6m. In 2014, a judgment was entered in the District of Columbia ordering the forfeiture of approximately $500m located in accounts around the world, as the result of a civil forfeiture complaint for more than $625m traceable to money laundering involving the proceeds of Abacha’s corrupt deeds. The forfeited assets represent corrupt monies laundered du...

It is totally heartbreaking, unfortunate and unwarranted the recent attack carried out on NTV,Buttura Kampani,Mai Jankai and Maikatako in Bokkos Local Government Area on the nights of 15th,16th and 17th of November, 2022 by assailants, where cars, foodstuff, seedlings, houses were burnt and eleven people killed in cold blood. On behalf of my running mate, Barrister Edward Pwajok KSG,SAN, and the entire 2023 Consolidation Team, I commiserate with the bereaved families of the victims, the people of NTV,Buttura Kampani,Mai Jankai and Maikatako, traditional rulers, the Chairman and the entire people of Bokkos LGA over the unfortunate attack. May God Almighty comfort you at this moment of grief and grant you the strength and grace to bear the irreparable losses. I commend the doggedness of the vigilante and the swift response of Operation Safe Haven who slowed down and stemmed the attack which could have been worst than this. I admonish us all to be more security conscience and report all ...

Margaret Joshua, an 11 years old girl has died in Jos as a result of alleged physical abuse by her guardian, Mrs. Nnaemaka Nwachuku, a Microbiologist who works with one of the Research Institutes in Vom, Jos South local Government Area of Plateau State. The victim is from Kebbi State and was fleeing from insecurity in her community before some supposed helper brought her to Jos to serve in the Nwachukwu’s home. The alleged abuser, a mother of two who did not enrol the victim in any school in the over one year that the girl had spent with them, rather indulged in the daily beating of the girl until she finally died as the result of the assault. It was gathered that after a recent beating, the girl was forced to sit in a container with hot water which burnt her buttocks and she died in the hospital on Monday. The Plateau State Coordinator of the National Human Rights Commission, Mrs. Grace Pam whose office is following up on the case said that based on the number of scars and wounds on h...

Nine people killed and seven others were injured after gunmen launched a fresh attack on the Maikatako community in Bokkos local government council area of Plateau state killing  It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the community on Tuesday night and started shooting sporadically. Although the attackers have left the community the area is still tense as residents are rattled by the incident. Godwin Malan a native of the community said “The attack happened on Tuesday night, mostly women and children were killed. The vigilantes were able to repel the attackers but they had already burnt a compound and no one knew that people were still inside the compound. “The casualties were from that compound. The community contacted security, and they came but it was already late.” The State Police Command through its Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo confirmed the incident and explained, “It is true that an incident happened there, the DPO there responded with his team and were able to p...

Bishop Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese has cautioned loyalists of politicians not to kill themselves in demonstrating support for their candidates. According to the septuagenarian priest, opposition politicians are friends jostling for their piece of the national cake and shouldn’t be taken too seriously. Kukah spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday hours after the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu; and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, bantered at the private wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja on Monday. Kukah, who is the Convener of the National Peace Committee, said political fanatics should learn a lesson from the public exchange of pleasantries between Tinubu and Atiku.   He said the message from the banter is that political loyalists of both frontline presidential candidates for the 2023 election should be wise, eschew violence and not kill ...

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has again had a freudian slip while delivering a speech at the APC Campaign Ceremony in Jos, Plateau state. Recall, the ruling APC kicked off its presidential campaign today, Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at the Rawang Pam Township Stadium in Jos, Plateau State. The event had the present of President Muhammadu Buhari, Abdullahi Adamu, the party’s national chairman, among others. While delivering his speech, called on Nigerians to be positive adding that things will be well. He stated, “ Hope is back, Nigeria will be well. Nigeria will not sink. We hereby reaffirm our commitment to progressive good governance.” The former Lagos state governor, while concluding his speech, called on God to bless the PDP. He said; “Thank you and God bless PD…..APC”. This is the second time the presidential candidate of Nigeria’s ruling party will make such a mistake in recent time. Tinubu, in October 2022, while giving a spee...

Jos, the Plateau capital is agog as the All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to inaugurate its presidential campaign. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) observed that thousands of party faithful were seen singing and dancing as they go into the venue. NAN also noticed youths moving round some streets with placards shouting the names of their candidates. As at 10:30am, the Rwang Pam Stadium,Jos, venue of the event is adorned with different posters, billboards and many other campaign materials and almost filled to capacity. Meanwhile, the security personnel were having tough time trying to regulate the number of supporters entering the stadium to avoid overcrowding. Plateau APC Publicity Secretary, Mr Sylvanus Namang, said the massive turn-out was an indication that the party is widely accepted. Namang told NAN that the people outside the stadium were more than those inside. The publicity secretary urged those outside not to insist on coming in, stating that there are television screens...

A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo has sacked Akanimo Udofia as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate of Akwa Ibom state. This is according to a ruling of Justice Agatha Okeke on Monday, November 14, 2022. The court also ordered the APC to conduct a fresh governorship primary election within 14 days. Okeke said that the APC governorship election committee violated provisions of the Electoral Act in conducting the primaries, saying that there was no evidence that the procedures adopted for the primaries were in line with the act. Okeke dismissed the purported waiver granted Udofia and ordered the party to conduct another primary election where authentic governorship candidate would emerge. She said that the weight of evidence before the court showed that no election was held and that the nomination of Udofia was null and void. The judge ordered that the second defendant shall, within 14 days, conduct a fresh election and also ordered that the first defendant (Udofi...

It was a melting point of culture and modernity as Kanam Youths of various ethnic extractions living in Jos celebrated the maiden edition of Kanam Youth Connect at the Solomon Lar Amusement Park,Jos Nigeria on Sunday November 13, 2022 as Youths from the locality gathered to rub minds and to unite and to chart a way forward. Convener of Kanam Youth Connect, Saminu Maigoro in disclosed that the purpose of the gathering was to interact and get to know each other better without political affiliations but simply as Kanam people as brothers and sisters noting that there are two ethnic groups in Kanam the Bogghom and the Jhar but that the “Youth Connect ” was designed for unity devoid of ethnic considerations and was intended as a kind of networking of Kanam people and that the Youths of kanam should see each other as one and as a United front observing that with oneness there will be exploitation of any group of people. He said the days of rancour in Kanam were over judging from the attendan...

The Plateau State Police Command on Friday paraded 10 suspects who allegedly committed various crimes ranging from kidnapping, unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition, railway vandalism, culpable homicide and cattle rustling, and others. The State Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyeka, who paraded the suspects at the Police headquarters in Jos, said, “On the 11th October 2022, at about 20:10 hours while on routine patrol, Police Surveillance team alongside the Crack Team attached to ‘B’ Division of the Command sighted some unknown gunmen who criminally barricaded the road before St Augustine College Du, Jos South LGA. “On sighting the Police, the gunmen opened fire on them but the intrepid police operatives struck and gunned down one of the suspects while others fled with various degree injuries. Exhibits recovered from the suspect include one AK47 rifle with rifle no. “AE 353550 and eight {8} rounds of AK47 live ammunition. Efforts are on top gear to apprehend other member...

Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has invited President Muhammadu Buhari and the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, to inaugurate some projects in the State. Also invited for project inauguration is a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Edo Governor, Adams Oshiomhole. The Governor, who was recently conferred with a Distinguished Award in Infrastructure by President Buhari is set to inaugurate over 16 completed projects, including world-class multi-billion health and educational projects from November 14, 2022, to December 2nd, 2022. A list of project inaugurations sighted by our correspondent showed that Buhari represented by one of his aides would inaugurate the tastefully finished and furnished world-class Nabo Graham Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law School, Port Harcourt, in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area, on November 18, 2022. Obi, who is also a former Anambra Governor, has been scheduled to inaugurate the ...

...WE WILL FILL THE MIDDLE CADRE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE. ...THERE MUST BE DIGITAL REVOLUTION IN OUR SCHOOLS ...WE WILL WORK WITH INTEGRITY. By Enoch Shaks,Chuwang Dung,Nanzing Zingkong,Bala Usman & Jibrin Dongshi Jos. The Labour Party (LP) Gubernatorial Candidate in Plateau State, Dr. Patrick Sunday Dakum has picked up major endorsements from the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) and the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) inPlateau State. The stakeholders gave the endorsement to back Dakum, a Public Health Physician,the Chief Executive Officer, (CEO), Institute of Human Virology (IHVN) Abuja-Nigeria on Friday 11th November, 2022 at Ken Palace Hotel, Jos during an interactive meeting. Comrade Ayuba Shamdung, the National Auditor of NULGE who led the delegation of the leadership of the unions drawn across the 17 Local Government Areas of the state, said the union members were impressed by Dakum’s background, describing him as not only competent but he is one of the fi...

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has expressed readiness to resolve the lingering crisis in the party. Daily Report Nigeria gathered that Atiku is set to negotiate with the G5 governors who are insisting on the removal of the PDP Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. Reports indicated that the aggrieved governors had thrown open the door of reconciliation, with Atiku immediately pledging his readiness to negotiate with them in the overall interest of the party. In a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, the presidential candidate said he was excited over reports that Wike and his group “are favourably disposed to the resolution of the issues with the PDP candidate.” It read in part: “Atiku Abubakar expresses his commitment to a negotiation that will resolve the crisis of confidence and pave the way for a much stronger and united PDP. “The former Vice-President of Nigeria notes that never at any time of the differences that have ensued have the do...

Gunmen have killed three people and destroyed property worth millions of naira in Makabat Batura District, Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. The gunmen suspected to be Fulani militias attacked the community through the hills in the area at about 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday and molested residents, who were caught off guard and subjected to all manner of humiliation. A youth leader in the community who craved for anonymity said the attackers who had laid siege to the community killed a woman, her son, and another man in the village. He said those killed were shot at close range in their respective houses by the Fulani militias and also destroyed goods and properties worth millions of naira before they bolted away. “The attack came to us as a surprise considering the efforts being put in place by both the government and security agencies to arrest the perpetrators of the killing of innocent people in the local government. “Both the local government and the security agencies have to ...

AbdulRasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed the contempt of court verdict handed down to him by the Abuja High Court. The EFCC boss disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking with journalists at the House of Representatives. Recall that the Court had ordered him to be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Facility until he purges himself of the contempt. The Court gave the Judgment following the EFCC refusal to return N40 million and a Range Rover SUV to Director of Operations at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Rufus Ojuawo. “Having continued wilfully in disobedience to the order of this court, he should be committed to prison at Kuje Correctional Centre for his disobedience, and continued disobedience of the said order of court made on November 21st, 2018, until he purges himself of the contempt,” Justice Chizoba Orji had ordered. However, Bawa said the verdict has been appealed already.

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has convicted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt of court in relation to his agency’s failure to comply with an earlier order of the court. Justice Chizoba Oji, in a ruling, held that “the Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is in contempt of the orders of this honourable court made on November 21st 2018 directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja to return to the applicant his Range Rover (Super charge) and the sum of N40, 000,000.00 (Forty Million Naira). “Having continued wilfully in disobedience to the order of this court, he should be committed to prison at Kuje Correctional Centre for his disobedience, and continued disobedience of the said order of court made on November 21st, 2018, until he purges himself of the contempt. “The Inspector General of Police shall ensure that the order of this honourable court is executed for...

Vice-chancellor of the University of Jos, Tanko Ishaya has appealed to the institution’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to be compassionate with students and resume lectures. The national body of ASUU suspended its eight-month-old strike on October 14, 2022, following a court order directing union members to resume lectures and an intervention by the House of Representatives leadership. Part of the agreement the union reached with the leadership of the House of Representatives was that 50 per cent of members’ eight months withheld salaries would be paid. ASUU had asked its members across universities not to return to class, having been paid half salaries for October. The University of Jos chapter declared on Friday, November 4, 2022, that its members would not return to class unless the last agreement reached was adhered to. Ishaya while speaking to newsmen on Monday, November 7, 2022, said that the lecturers needed to return to class to prevent university education from c...

By Jatdul Jerry   The apex body of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria PSN, has certified and endorsed the number one brand of West African product known as Procold, produced by an Indonesian company in Nigeria to be formally used for medical treatments in the society.   The event took place recently, at the opening ceremony of the occasion marking the 95th National Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), held at the Crispan Events and Suites Hotel Jos, the Plateau State capital. Speaking at the event and representing Orange Drugs Limited, Marvin Lucky, Head of Brands at Procold for West Africa, stated that “for more than 35 years, every household in Nigeria has relied on Procold as the trusted and reliable medicine for colds, flu and catarrh. The endorsement of Procold by the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) is a testament of what the brand is known for. As the number one brand for Cold, flu and Catarrh in Nigeria, this collaboration becomes another milestone f...

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, prohibited Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from paying visits to government houses and meeting politicians in their States of assignments. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who gave the order in his remarks at the swearing-in ceremony of 19 RECs in Abuja, yesterday, charged the electoral officials to be responsible. Mahmood also reiterated his commitment to ensure free and fair elections in the 2023 polls, pledging that the commission will not disappoint Nigerians. According to him, the electorate via their votes would determine winners for the elections, reiterating that its loyalty and allegiance would be to the country and its citizens. While directing the RECs on their responsibility ahead of the election, Mahmood urged them to abide by the law and regulations of the commission. Directing the RECs, Yakubu said: “As you are deployed to various states of the federation, you wi...

Qua'an Pan Local Government Council of Plateau State has recovered three of its vehicles from one of its former Chairmen, Hon Isaac Kyale Kwallu. This followed a court judgement delivered by His Lordship, Justice S. D. Samchi on November 3, 2022 in Shendam, Plateau State. The vehicles recovered from Hon Kwallu are, a Black Toyota Prado Jeep, a Silver Ford Ranger and a White Toyota Hilux Spec Van. In the suit No PLD/SHD/92CV/2022 filed by Qua'an-Pan Local Government Council (Claimant) against the Chief Registrar (Deputy Sheriff); High Court of Justice, Plateau State; Chief Bailiff, the High Court of Justice, Jos, Plateau State; Attorney General, Plateau State and Hon Isaac Kyale Kwallu, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants, respectively, the Court granted all the Reliefs sought by the Claimant. The Claimant had sought for: (1) A declaration, that by virtue of the Claimant's statutorily guaranteed existence by Section 7 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeri...