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Following the global outbreak of the dreaded novel COVID-19, the Plateau State Government in its determination to prevent the spread and containment of the virus has employed safety, preventive and precautionary measures. Today, the State Governor announced the full closure of all border entry points into the State with effect from 6am Thursday 2nd April, 2020. This decision was made known in a statement by the Honorable State Commissioner of Information and Communication, Hon. Dan Manjang. Hon. Dan Manjang said with the decision, there will be no exit or entrance into the State. He said the decision became necessary to enable government intensify its efforts aimed at fighting the coronavirus […]

The Federal Government on Tuesday night reduced the price of petrol from N125/litre to N123.5/litre. Current petrol price indicates a reduction of N1.5 on every litre of petrol purchased nationwide. It announced the reduction through the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, after a whole day meeting with stakeholders in the oil and gas sector in Abuja. Announcing the reduction, the Executive Secretary of the PMS pricing regulator, Abdulkadir Saidu, said, “PPPRA, in line with the government approval for a monthly review of Premium. “Motor Spirit pump price hereby announces guiding PMS pump price of N123.50 per litre. “The guiding price which becomes effective 1st April 2020, shall apply at all […]

A Philanthropist Tein T.S JACK-RICH has distributed food items worth millions of naira to some widows, elderly and less privileged persons in Plateau state . Jack Rich who is also the President of Belemaoil Producing Limited ,said that the donation was meant to relief people as a result of the partial lockdown announced by the state Government to curb the spread of Covid-19. Represented by Hön. Barji David Bitrus , he expressed his determination to extend the gesture to other parts of the state and several other parts of the country . He advised women , children and the people of the state to comply with the governments’ directives at […]

As the global cases of the Coronavirus pandemic continue to surge in a geometric progression to over 800,000 with over 39,000 deaths recorded globally, the Executive Governor of Plateau State has assured the citizens that strategies are being put in place to prevent and contain the dreaded novel covid-19. With the global outbreak affecting over 180 Countries including Nigeria with 135 total confirmed cases, 8 recoveries and 2 deaths so far, Gov. Lalong expressed optimism that the State which presently has not recorded any case of the virus will be free of the disease if the people adhere strictly to all preventive, safety, precautionary measures as well as government directives […]

Mr Ezekiel Mandyau, Management Committee Chairman, Barkin-Ladi Local Government of Plateau has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned succur for Internally Displaced Persons across the country in the wake of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic. Mandyau gave the commendation on Tuesday in an interview with Newsmen in his office in Barkin-Ladi. President Buhari had in his nationwide broadcast last Sunday announced the Government planned palliatives for all IDPs across the country as succur to the challenges posed by the COVID-19. “The president’s pronouncement came to us in Barkin-Ladi as a great and cheering news considering the plights our IDPs are in right now. “”The series of dastardly attacks on several villages […]

The United States Government has announced a 7 million dollars emergency health and humanitarian aid to Nigeria amid the coronavirus pandemic. This is part of a 274 million dollars assistance package to no fewer than 63 countries affected by the disease, according to a statement by the Department of States on Friday. Nigeria’s share, the statement said, will go into funding of “risk communication, water and sanitation activities, infection prevention, and coordination’’. “This assistance joins more than 5.2 billion dollars in U.S. health assistance and more than 8.1 billion dollars in total assistance for Nigeria over the past 20 years,’’ it […]