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HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS DR HON. MAKUT SIMON MACHAM,THE DIRECTOR OF PRESS AFFAIRS,  HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TO DR AND BARR MAKUT SIMON MACHAM. I join millions of well wishers in congratulating Dr Makut Simon Macham,the Director of Press Affairs to the Executive Governor of Plateau State on the auspicious occasion of his birthday today.  I warmly felicitate with Dr and Barr Makut Simon Macham on their wedding anniversary. I wish them Good Health, Long Life and Prosperity. Greater heights and more achievements. Justin Jattim Publisher Jat HotNews Paper/Magazine.

Fresh facts have emerged that the embargo placed on the bank accounts of some leading supporters of the #ENDSARS protests was the result of an instruction from the Department of State Services (DSS). Jat HotNews gathered authoritatively that it was the DSS which ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to freeze the bank accounts of 19 persons and a firm found to be backing the protests. The security service was also said to have directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to stop several promoters of the protests from leaving or entering the country based on intelligence information that they were being used with or without their knowledge by both international and local conspirators to forcefully remove President Muhammadu Buhari from office. Multiple sources familiar with knowledge of the development told Jat HotNews that DSS Director-General, Yusuf Bichi Magaji, who had been covertly monitoring the #ENDSARS protests advised the Presidency to immediate accede to the

MISREPRESENTATION OF JOS NORTH BASSA FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY BY HON. MAITALA. Coalition of Vanguards for Change and Good Governance. Good governance and leadership in Nigeria has become a scarced commodity and almost proven impossible to find in this part of the world. Mandates given to politicians to represent the people at different political capacities have been abused without fear because a typical Nigerian is mostly comfy with bad and unaccountable governance. In the past, reactions to such political behaviour is mostly subtle and that of conviniency as the governed uncomfortably will make assertions of managing such leadership to its expiration which has further proven the submission of Late Fela Anipokola Kuti in one of his songs: "suffering and smiling" Jos North Bassa federal constituency is experiencing the worst representation in the history of legislative governance under Hon. Haruna Maitala. The misrepresentation of the constituency by the representative

PLATEAU CENTRAL YOUTH ADVOCACY FOR DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE CALLS FOR THE RECALL OF SENATOR HEZIKIAH DIMKA ON GROUNDS OF POOR PERFORMANCE. Plateau Central Youth Advocacy for Democracy and Good Governance (PLACEYADAGG) is a nonpartisan youth group within the Plateau Central Senatorial Zone. The pressure group deems it fit to rise up to its feet to address incompetences surrounding the performance of public office holders, readdress community challenges in regards to the effect of puting their trust or giving their mandate to people who put their personal gains over the development, growth and wellbeing of the society. Few months ago, PLACEYADAGG lent its voice to those of many other youths and organisations to #EndSars, police brutality and bad governance in Nigeria. To the glory of God, SARS has been disbanded and panels of judicial inquiry have been constituted in various states to investigate cases of police brutality. The youths are confident that bad government shall soon be a

Nde. Victor David Dimka held a Thanksgiving Service at Cocin LCC Church Tuwan Kanke Local Government After his retirement service to his beloved country. Nde Victor David Dimka retired as the Comptroller General Nigerian Custom Service. Given thanks and gratitude to God, he dedicated the 7th of November 2020 to give glory and honor to the God having seen him through both easy and difficult situations. Nde David Dimka who is aspiring to govern the good people of Plateau state come 2023, said " I have retired and I am fully back home, I offer myself full and dedicatedlu to the service of my people and I am fully prepared to work and serve under any capacity. Nde David Dimka after being asked if there is anything left undone to the service, he said: “Nothing" I did all that I need to do and I think I'm done”. He also called on youths who are aspiring  to be leaders like him to know that there's no 'shortcut to success&#

By Justin Jattim Today I Hon. Yakubu Pam visited some of the properties destroyed by the Hoodlums who hijacked the Peaceful #Endsars protest in my State. Some of the Local Government Councils in Jos, institutions and the residence of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, RT. Hon. Yakubu Dogara was completely looted and vandalised in the name of searching for palliatives. At the Riyom Local Council secretariat, I was conducted round the complex by the Management Committee Chairman,Hon.Mefeng Gwallson. I was shocked by the level of destruction perpetuated by the hoodlums. It is unspeakable. These properties belong to our children, children. The situation was a trying time for the people of the Local Government and the entire state. Am calling on the youths to put an end to such senseless and wanton destruction of Government properties which also belong to them. The actions of the hoodlums is a borrowed culture which is alien t

The Plateau State COVID-19 medical research team which was established by Governor Simon Bako Lalong to find a cure for the corona virus pandemic has briefed the Governor on the progress of its assignment. While presenting an interim report to the Governor at the Government House Rayfield Jos, lead researcher Prof. Noel Wannang said the team had concluded the first phase of the work which is the pre-clinical stage with tremendous success.  He said the next stage is the clinical stage where the samples will be tested on human beings for further processing. He explained that already the research papers for the remedies have been published in national and international medical journals.  He stated that the team has patented the products under the name COPLA I, II & III and has equally submitted them to regulatory agencies for further scrutiny and evaluation.  He said in the cause of its work, the team followed all global standards and pr

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has urged parents to instill family values in their children as a way to save the country from degeneration. The minister made the call in Kaduna during a stakeholders’ engagement with 77 district heads, religious and community leaders from the 23 Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. “We are calling the attention of parents that we have failed our children in the sense that the kind of values we use to have is no more. “We need to remind ourselves that our children need to be upright and that this criminality going on, on daily basis, is not for their benefits and the benefit of the state and country.” The minister appreciated efforts by the Kaduna state government in managing security issues in the state. Ahmed told the stakeholders that the Federal Government has created a N75 billion entrepreneurship support fund, to enable youths in

Plateau state workers will start receiving the New Minimum Wage in October 2020, the Head of Civil Service on the Plateau Izam Azi has said. The head of Civil Service who disclosed this while in  an audience with Jat HotNews said; in his effort towards bettering workers salaries on the Plateau State, Governor Simon Lalong granted the approval for the commencement of the implementation of the New Minimum Wage in Plateau State starting from October 2020. The Head of Service gave reasons for the delay in the payment of October, 2020 salaries, saying that initially the payment of salaries was to commence since March 2020, but the implementation of the New Minimum Wage and the COVID-19 pandemic, however delayed the commencement of implementation. The head of civil service  Mr. Izam Azi clear the air on the negotiations agreement with the government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC),  said is yet to be fully conclude with the other aspects of negotiations with the (NLC) union

ADDRESS BY THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF PLATEAU STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, RT. HON. (DR) SIMON BAKO LALONG, KSGG, AT THE 2020 BATCH “B” PRE-ORIENTATION WORKSHOP HELD AT ELIEL EVENT CENTRE, JOS ON WEDNESDAY, 4TH NOVEMBER, 2020  PROTOCOLS It is my pleasure to address you on this occasion of the 2020 Batch “B” Pre-Orientation Workshop holding here in the beautiful city of Jos, Plateau State. I welcome all the participants particularly the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim. The Government and good people of Plateau State  are excited by your choice of Plateau State as the venue for this workshop which is not only a mark of honour to the State, but an affirmation of the confidence and goodwill that has returned to our State since we came into office. Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, the importance of this workshop cannot be over-emphasized as it provides a forum for critical stakeholders to appraise the performan

Today, the 3rd of November 2020 the Children government all the way from Abuja paid a courtesy visit to the Plateau State Radio, Television Corporation (PRTV). In light of the event, the Children Government shared their Joy for being hosted with a welcoming and joyful manner, while laying grievences on matters arising and the rate of vandalization that took place in Plateau State by hoodlums who took over the #endsars protest. The  protest  of Endsar is not madness therefore, I as the IG of the children Government have given  those hoodlums who stole government properties 72 hours to return the properties or face the full wrath of the of law - Inspector General of Police Children Government. The Director General  PRTVC gave a glading speech of encouragment to the Children Government and a thank you speech from PRTVC after which he recieved gifts of appreciation from the Parliament. The Children Government glad about there welcome to Plate

NORTHERN GOVERNORS MEET IN KADUNA, RESOLVE TO ENGAGE YOUTHS The Northern Governors Forum has met in Kaduna and resolved to set up Youth and Civil Society Committee to engage Nigerian youths with a view to addressing thier pressing demands to put to rest their agitations. This was one of the decisions the Governors arrived at after an engagement with traditional rulers, members of the National Assembly, the Inspector General of Police Muhammad Adamu and Chief of Staff to the President Professor Ibrahim Gambari. Below is the full text of the communique read by Chairman of the forum and Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong after the deliberations. RESOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN STATES GOVERNORS’ FORUM MEETING WITH NORTHERN STATES EMIRS AND CHIEFS HELD ON MONDAY 2ND NOVEMBER, 2020 In furtherance to its resolution to further engage with the critical stakeholders of the North, the Northern States Governors Forum held a meeting today Monday 2nd November, 2020 at th

The Governor of Plateau State, Government House, Little Rayfield, Jos. Your Excellency, RE: Jos history lecture series The history of Jos and Environments, pre, during and post colonial era. 1) The attention of BECO has been drawn to an advertised zoom lecture on the ownership of Jos to be convened by one Ibrahim Lawandi Datti scheduled to hold on the 1st November, 2020 at 10am. 2)Being the umbrella body of the Berom which is one of the indigenous ethnic groups in Jos, it has become necessary to also draw the attention of the Government and Security agencies to the Conference in view of its security implications. The issue of the history and ownership of Jos has been settled and accepted by all peace loving people of Plateau State and Jos in particular. The Government itself has settled and accepted the reality of the history of Jos which is backed by Judicial decisions particularly of the Plateau high court. We shall elaborate briefl

The Federal Government, yesterday, commenced the distribution of six million free pre-paid electricity metres to Nigerians through the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP), with the launch of the scheme in Eko, Kano, Kaduna and Ikeja Distribution Companies (DisCos) franchise areas. While speaking at the take off of the programme, held at Surulere, Lagos State, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Eko DisCo, Adeoye Fadeyibi, hinted that in the next 18 to 24 months, over six million metres would be distributed across households in the country. He said the NMMP would increase Nigeria’s metering rate, eliminate estimated billing and strengthen the local metre value chain by increasing local metre manufacturing, assembly and deployment capacity. Fadeyibi added that the initiative will also reduce collection losses, increase financial flows to achieve 100 per cent market remittance obligations of the DisCos and support Nigeria’s economic recovery by creating jobs i