Tag: jos
Jos killing: DHQ denies media reports
The Defence Headquarters has denied media reports that four persons were killed by soldiers and their bodies dumped in a…
Military apprehends 123 palliative looters in Jos
The Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has arrested 123 suspects for vandalising and looting items from private…
Groom Rufus Aplang walks out on bride at church wedding
Mr Rufus Aplang, left guests and worshippers in shock when he walked out of the church during his wedding and…
Jos residents react to proposed hike in electricity tariffs
Some residents of Jos have decried the plan by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to increase electricity tariffs.
Lalong congratulates Jos resident for winning Rhodes Scholarship
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau State has congratulated Nwangele Godwin, a 25-year-old Nigerian winner of the 2020 Rhodes Scholarship for…
Unusual weather hits Jos, residents groan
Residents of Jos, Plateau State are lamenting what they call “unusual weather”, which compels them to adopt measures to cope…
Saving lives my hobby, says man who saved 300 Christians
The 84-year-old Imam of Yelwa Central Mosque, Abubakar Abdullahi, who hid about 300 Christian victims of Jos crisis away from…
Why Nigeria is distressed – cleric
Rev Fr John Fwagos, Assistant Parish Priest, Church of Immaculate Conception, Zaramaganda, Jos, says selfishness and greed are responsible for…
Military school alumni association renovates library, donates books
The Ex-Junior Airmen Association (Ex-JAM), Worldwide, an alumni association of Air Force Military School (AMS), Jos, has renovated and equipped…
Seven dead, several injured in Jos building collapse
Seven persons have been confirmed dead while several were injured in the three-storey building that collapsed along Seriki road in…
Many trapped as 3-storey building collapses in Jos
Many people have been trapped as a three-storey building collapsed on Monday at Delimi, Butchers’ Lane, Jos, causing panic among…
Flood: Pregnant woman, 2 others dead in Jos
Three persons, including a pregnant woman, have been killed by flood that swept through some parts of Zinariya community in…
75 promoted prison officers decorated in Jos
The Plateau Command of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) on Wednesday decorated 75 of its personnel with their new ranks.…
Film institute trains practitioners on digital cinematography
The Nigeria Film Institute, Jos has organised a professional training on digital cinematography and non-linear editing for 240 film practitioners,…
Prison Warder who sells drugs to prisoners nabbed in Jos
Mr. Kabiru Danlami, a personnel of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) in Plateau, has been arrested with a substance suspected…
3 students jailed over attempt to steal
An upper Area Court I, Kaswan Nama, Jos, on Friday sentenced three students to one year in prison each for…
Buhari thanks Plateau people
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed appreciation to the people of Plateau State, who turned out in innumerable numbers to welcome…
APC takes campaign to Jos
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday visit Jos in continuation of his re-election campaign. The Deputy Governor Plateau State Sonni…
Businessman bags 2 years for stealing Hummer bus
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Giring Abattoir Jos on Wednesday sentenced a 29 –year-old businessman, Ishaku Samuel to two…
Missing General: Police declare District Head, 7 others wanted
The Police Command in Plateau has declared Mr Yakubu Rap, District Head of Dura, in Jos South Local Government, and…
Armed robbery suspect trailed targeted car for 3 days
An armed robbery suspect, Ishaku Samuel, has confessed that he trailed the car he wanted to snatch for three days,…
Attacks: Plateau Govt. imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew in Jos
Following civil unrest in parts of Jos North and Jos South Local Government Areas of Plateau, the State Government has…
Gunmen wipe out family of 9 in Jos
Unidentified gunmen have allegedly killed family of nine in Rukuba road community of Jos North Local Government Area, a development…
29-year-old man commits suicide in Jos
Mr Paul Majie, a 29-year-old unemployed man, on Thursday committed suicide in his room at Dadin-Kowa in Jos South Local…
Youths attack, injure 2 policemen in Jos
Youths of Lopandet village in Du District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau have attacked and injured two…
Gunmen attack Jos community, kill 11
Gunmen have killed 11 persons at Lopandet Dwei community in Du District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau,…
Farmer sentenced to 2 years for illegal possession of firearm
An Upper Area Court 3, sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos on Wednesday sentenced a 35-year-old farmer, Ade John, to…
Road contractors accused of destroying Jos water pipes
The Plateau Water Board on Thursday accused contractors handling road projects in Jos of destroying major water pipes, and blamed…
Man sentenced to 2 years for raping minor
An Upper Area Court 3 sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos on Wednesday sentenced a 35-year-old applicant, Raymond Adamu, to…
Pastors train community leaders on peace, security in Jos.
The Arewa Christian and Indigenous Pastors Association (ACIPA) has organised a two-day training workshop for community and youth leaders in…