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A group known as APC integrity Forum for Good Governance has posited that the opinion poll purportedly conducted by a Jos based media outfit, "Farmhouse" on the running mate to the APC Governoship candidate in Plateau State was the biggest scam of the year. A statement signed by Hon. Iliya D. Mando and Sylvester Maiyaki, Chairman and Secretary of the Forum respectively and copies made available to media men in Jos on Sunday evening described the said opinion poll as the height of pettiness. "We have noticed with high degree of disappointment a puported result of an opinion poll carried out by a mushroom media outfit, called farmhouse on the choice of a running mate to our credible Gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Nentanwe Yilwatda. "We are not surprised with this unfortunate development taking into account the antecedents of the owner of the platform on facebook who has been using it for either blackmail or hatchet jobs for the highest bidder. "It is for this reas

Armed Bandits have again struck the people of Pyem Chiefdom, of Mangu LGA in Plateau State, they attackers who came in at the wee hours of this morning attacking the residence of an elder statesman and community leader of Angwan Baraya, Baba Yarima Jabil of Jannaret Ward all in Gindiri District, shot the elder statesman who eventually survived it but is in bad shape and has been hospitalized, sadly his son who was shot too did not survive the shoot out. They armed bandits further whisked away with the wife of the victim and no contact has been made as of the time of filling in this report, the necessary authorities have been alerted and are in top search to bring the culprits to book we learned. "Baba Yarima is a respected and great community leader, who has groomed his children to top educational positions in the state," a member of the community said. Amongst his children are Prof Y.Y Jabil of the famous University of Jos, Dr I Jabil Deputy Provost NVRI Vom and Dr Angel Jab

Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), on Saturday, advised a former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, to accept an offer of being his running mate for the forthcoming presidential election. Mr Kwankwaso said Mr Obi being on the ticket of the NNPP as a vice-presidential candidate in 2023 would provide a viable route for the South-East to actualize its presidential ambition in the future. The former governor also said accepting to be running mate to Mr Obi or any other presidential candidate would lead to the collapse of his own party, the NNPP.

Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has appealed to his supporters not to be angry but cast their votes for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections. Amaechi made this appeal on Saturday, July 1, 2022, in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. He told supporters not to be discouraged by the outcome of the APC presidential primaries but to go all out and ensure the party emerges victorious at the polls. Recall, Amaechi emerged second during the ruling party primaries in Abuja, losing out to former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu owever, addressing thousands of his supporters who came to welcome him and followed him from the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, to the APC state secretariat in Port Harcourt, Amaechi said no matter their feelings about the outcome of the primaries, APC is the party they must vote for. He said: “Please, in the contest for the presidency, we should know that we must go and vote for our party, no matter how angry you are,

THE MAN FOR THE JOB Dr Kwis Samuel has stand out as the best to succeed the out going chairman of Nigeria Medical Association Plateau state branch Dr innocent Emanuel, he is competent and have the required experience to lead the NMA Jos Plateau state chapter, the profile of Dr Kwis has distinguish him as a humble and a leader and he is the man for the job no doubt he possesses the quality no wonder he held so many positions. His humble beginning and rise in the medical leadership space started sometimes in 1999/2000 in University of Jos, when he was elected as the Class representative of the MBBS class of 2005. He served in that capacity until the the class moved to the clinicals in 2001 when he was elected to represent Bank Road Medical Students’ hostel in the Parliament of the University of Jos SUG. There, he served as the Secretary to the Parliament committee on Health. The Plateau State Chapter of NMA had nominated him as a member of its Audit Committee while he was still a residen

The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos has, this day 1st July, 2022, sacked Bitrus Zulfa Rimven as Chairman, Langtang North L.G.C. You will recall that following the judgement of the Plateau State High Court of Justice sitting in Langtang on the 13th day of December, 2021 in Suit No. PLD/L7CV/2021 which was instituted by Hon. Nankar Napoleon Shagaya against the APC, Zulfa and PLASIEC, in which the High Court nullified the candidature of Bitrus Zulfa Rimven and pronounced that he was never elected as Chairman of Langtang North L.G.C, Zulfa had filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal challenging the propriety of the judgement of the High Court. In a considered judgement delivered for about 4 hours today, the three justices of the Court of Appeal unanimously (meaning all the three justices were in agreement) dismissed the appeal filed by Zulfa for lacking in merit. The Court while dismissing the Appellant's appeal commended the erudite judgement delivered by the Honourable Justice N.K Sash

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu has expressed concern over the wave of defections of federal lawmakers in the party to opposition parties.   He said this on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting with party members at the National Assembly.   Senator Adamu admitted that while the party is worried about the gale of defections, nothing can be done about it. According to him, defections are normal during an election year as those who feel dissatisfied with the outcome of party primaries are free to test their popularity in other political parties. Adamu’s comment came a day after two Senators from the party defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The senators are Ahmed Keita representing Katsina north and Senator Francis Alimikhena representing Edo North.

51-year-old man, Usman Madaki, who has been trekking from Bauchi to Lagos in support of the presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed, arrived in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State on Wednesday. In a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria, Madaki, said he commenced the trekking on June 10 and planned to arrive in Lagos on Saturday (June 25). He said, “I want to meet Tinubu in Lagos to celebrate with him on his victory as the presidential candidate of the APC. “I share the belief that he will be Nigeria’s next President. I like Tinubu, he is my godfather even though he doesn’t know me.”

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, visited Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike at his residence. According to reports, Obi, on arrival, was taken inside where he had a meeting with the governor behind closed doors. However, The reason for the visit and the meeting is yet to be known as newsmen were not granted access. Peter Obi’s visit is coming four days after the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi paid Governor Wike a visit. Recall, Obi, until his defection to the Labour Party days to the Presidential Primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), him and Wike were presidential aspirants of the PDP. Wike had gone into the contest but former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar clinched the ticket of the opposition party. While Obi, who was Atiku’s running mate in 2019, emerged the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Wike had indicated interest to run on a joint ticket with Atiku but his Delta counterpart, Ifeanyi Okowa, was cho

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has agreed to extend the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise initially slated to end on June 30, June, 2022. Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Hon. Aishatu Jibril Dukku, disclosed this on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, while briefing fellow lawmakers on the committee’s efforts to ensure implementation of a House resolution reached last week. She told the House that; “The Committee held a meeting with INEC yesterday (Tuesday) and they agreed to extend the CVR, all our resolutions were approved.” The House of Representatives had last Wednesday urged INEC to extend the deadline for the continuous voter registration by an extra 60 days from June 30, 2022, to enable more Nigerians to register. The House also called on the Commission to deploy additional staff and voter registration machines across the country to meet the objective. The chairman, House Committee on media and publicity, Hon

Gunmen suspected to be bandits who abducted the traditional ruler of Panyam, in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State Da Aminu Derwan, have demanded the sum of one hundred and fifty million naira as ransom before he will be released. A family source who pleaded for anonymity disclosed this on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 in Jos, Plateau state capital. Recall, gunmen men who were about 20 in numbers stormed the palace at the early hours of Monday, June 20, 2022, and took Derwan, the district head of Panyam away. It was gathered that, Derwan is the fifth monarch to be abducted within the last six months in the state. According to the family source, they are still talking with them, hoping that they’ll reduce the ransom or release him on compassionate grounds. The state Police Command through it’s Spokesman DSP Alfred Alabo, however, said the combined tactical team deployed to the area are still working hard to find the perpetrators of the heinous act and rescue the Monarch. Meanwhile, H

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost three sitting senators to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and New Nigeria People’s Pary (NNPP) respectively. The lawmakers are Senators Ahmad Babba Kaita (Katsina North), Lawal Yahaya Gumau (Bauchi South), and Francis Alimikhena (Edo North). Whilst Babba Kaita and Alimikhena defected to the opposition PDP Gumau, on the other hand, defected to the NNPP. The notice of their resignation and defection was contained in three separate letters read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.   Babba Kaita’s letter read, “As Senator representing Katsina North Senatorial District, I write to formally notify you of my resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC), and registration declaration for the Peoples Democratic Party. “My resignation from the APC was born out of the marginalisation of critical stakeholders by the State Government and Leadership of the Party in Katsina State, where

By Yakubu Dati  It is not for nothing that Elder Godsday Orubebe's resignation from the PDP is trending. After working for the party for years, the former minister is irked that the party has failed to do the right thing at the right moment and said he had to leave due to the failure of the PDP to zone the presidency to the Southern part of the country. His action has generated interest on the political stratosphere because it is an indictment on the PDP for failing to uphold the time tested principles of equity and justice. This is unlike the All Progressives Congress (APC) which got it right as far as equity and fairness to all are concerned. This is why the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a southerner, has held the interest of genuine statesmen in Nigeria as the APC has demonstrated its capacity to make sacrifices for the well being of the nation. Being a Muslim has however thrown up another challenge to the APC and this has to do with the choice of a running mate for Ti

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from going ahead with its plan to end the ongoing voter registration exercise on June 30. The judge, Mobolaji Olajuwon, on Monday, June 20, 2022 made the interim order in a ruling on an application for an interim injunction by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 185 other concerned Nigerians. In the suit, SERAP had asked the court for “an order restraining INEC, its agents, privies, assigns, or any other person(s) claiming through it from discontinuing the continuous voters’ registration exercise from the 30th June 2022 or any other date pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.” The suit followed the decision by INEC to extend the deadline for the conduct of primaries by political parties by six days, from June 3 to June 9. But the commission failed to also extend the online pre-registration which ended May 30 2022 and the Continuous

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have launched a fresh attack in Panyam, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state, and kidnapped a traditional ruler, His Royal Highness, Aminu Derwan. According to reports, the gunmen men who were about 20 in numbers stormed the palace at the early hours of Monday, June 20, 2022, and took away Derwan, the district head of Panyam. A resident of Panyam community, Moses Garuba, who confirmed the incident said the gunmen scared residents away with gunshots before abducting the traditional ruler. Garuba said, “It was last night around midnight that the bandits, who were more than 20 and heavily armed, surrounded the district head’s palace in Panyam.   Because his house was not fenced, some villagers who saw how his house was surrounded by strange people alerted other members of the community through a community bell. But immediately the bandits heard the bell, they started firing gunshots and eventually went away with the traditional ruler, leaving the com

Nigeria’s security situation appears to be worsening as the country witnessed yet another attack on churches following the killing of worshippers in Owo, a town in Ondo State. Just two weeks after the incident in Owo, gunmen struck again, this time in Kaduna State where they attacked two churches. The worship centres which came under attack by the gunmen believed to be bandits were Saint Moses Catholic Church and Maranatha Baptist Church – both in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. No fewer than three people were confirmed to have lost their lives to the attacks on three communities – Ungwan Fada, Ungwan Turawa, and Ungwan Makama, all in Rubu general area of Kajuru. Sources told Channels Television that at least two persons were injured while several others were feared missing and said to have been abducted by the bandits. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, has confirmed the attacks on the churches. According to him, the terrorists

A Non-Political group known as Northern Nigeria Project (NNP) has appealed to the All Progressive Congress (APC), Ahmed Bola Tinubu to reverse the choice of his running mate, Alhaji Kabir Ibrahim Masari and urgently replace him with a northern Christian in the interest of fairness, justice and equity. The group in a Press statement Signed by it's Publicity Secretary, Comrade Yohanna Jatau and made available to newsmen in Jos, Plateau State capital. The statement lamented that the choice of Masari was against the earlier warnings by different groups against the planned Muslim/Muslim ticket but regretted that the party went ahead to picked a Muslim as Tinubu's running mate. It gathered that Tinubu is a Muslim and a one time governor of Lagos state and Masari is also a Muslim from Katisna. While giving condition for the party's victory in the Presidential election, the group called on the relevant stakeholders and the party's presidential candidate to as a matter of urgenc

PRESS RELEASE The above subject matter refers. We, the members of the above mentioned council have been observing with keen interest the political developments in Plateau State and have also paid more interest in the recent affairs of our Party. Even though arguably, much attention should not be paid to online post because of the abuse of its usage in recent time, we cannot help but be concerned about what we see and read on various social media platforms including some private and Government established media houses. Most of this reports are not just disturbing but also unhealthy to the popularity and growth of the present Government and also our Party by extension. We as elders sometimes get puzzled as to what to believe or not as pertaining the present situation of the Party. However, one thing that is certain and apparent to us is the tension already building up in the political arena. CURRENT HAPPENINGS AND OBSERVATIONS. The APC as a Party has come out with guidelines as to how it

Plateau state Chapter of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria PFN, on Saturday said it has adopted Sunday June 26 2022 as PVC Sunday across the country. A statement signed by Rev Dr Steven Dangana ,the chairman of PFN Plateau state chapter and made available to newsmen in Jos reads that the decision was taken on Thursday June 16 ,after the National Executive Council meeting in Lagos. The statement further reads that all members of the Pentecostal churches are to attend service on that day with their permanent voters cards. The statement reads in Parts "The church leadership will also ensure that statistics of those with their voters cards are taken and forwarded to the state chairman, who will in turn forward the statistics to the National body." "All Head of churches, Pastors and leader of the PFN in the state are advised to use the PVC Sunday to pray for Nigeria and the forthcoming elections in particular." The statement also reads that "The National leadership

The National President of the Adara Development Association (ADA), Southern Kaduna, Awemi Dio Maisamari, has confirmed that the military helicopter which arrived during the bandits’ attack on villages opened fire on the youths of the village who engaged the bandits. The helicopter reportedly attacked Maikori youths in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday, June 5. Maisamari, who narrated the details of the incident where at least 32 persons were killed, in an interview with Nigerian Tribune said the bandits arrived in an army uniform with a large number of motorcycles but they were resisted by the youths of the village who engaged them in a gun battle outside the village. However, while the battle was on, a military helicopter arrived and rather opened fire on the locals, forcing them to retreat, and giving the bandits the opportunity to enter the village. The ADA National President said that bandits had been going from village to village in the community attacking