Tag: jos
At least 118 killed in Jos blasts – NEMA
At least 118 people were killed in a car bomb attack in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the country’s…
46 Killed in Jos Blasts – Police
Twin car bombings killed 46 people on Tuesday at a crowded market in the central Nigerian city of Jos, as…
Jos Blasts: We won’t give hasty casualty figures – Govt
The Plateau State Government says it is “not in a hurry” to release the casualty figures from Tuesday afternoon’s two…
Two blasts rock Jos market
Two car bombs ripped through a crowded market in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Tuesday, the latest in…
Ex-Delta Governor, Col. Dungs is dead
Retired Col. John David Dungs, former military governor of Delta, is dead, the deceased’s younger brother, Sunday Dungs, said on…
Houseboy rapes master’s daughter
A Nigerian houseboy, Aminu Musa, 20, on Friday appeared before a Jos Upper Area Court charged with raping the 12-year-old…
Eid-el-Fitri: Jos, Kano spared by terrorists
Jos, the Plateau state capital, was calm and peaceful today as Muslims celebrated the Eid-el-Fitr festival to mark the end…
Death toll reaches 35 in Jos flooding
More people have died in the flood that followed a heavy rainfall in central Nigerian city of Jos. The heavy…
Jos flood kills at least 16, many missing
Officials of Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), religious leaders and community elders, have confirmed that no fewer than 16…
Boy dies in latest Jos attack
An assailant on Tuesday fired a heavy weapon at an Islamic school in the central Nigerian city of Jos, killing…
Jos rattled by Gunfire, explosion
An explosion rocked central Nigeria’s city of Jos on Tuesday, with an official saying a bomb detonated outside a government…
Nigerian senator killed at mass burial
Gunmen killed a federal senator and a state lawmaker in Nigeria’s troubled Plateau state on Sunday at a mass burial…
Big bomb evacuated in Nigerian city
Nigerian police said Saturday they have detonated a mega bomb in Jos, a central flashpoint city wracked by ethnic unrest…
Dasuki: I’ve Boko Haram phone numbers
The new National Security Adviser, NSA retired Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd) continued his tour of crisis ridden parts of Northern…
MTN workers: Why we are on strike
Striking workers of the MTN call centre in Jos on Saturday appealed to customers hit by their action to be…
Riot in Jos over Okada ban
Fear-stricken residents ran for safety in most parts of Jos Jos-North on Wednesday morning as youths made bonfires to protest…
Witness: Jos bomber posed as church member
Richard Jonah, a witness at today’s bombing of God Chosen Church in Jos, the central Nigerian state of Plateau, said…
Bomb rocks Jos church, scores feared dead
The Nigerian police in Plateau state have confirmed a bomb explosion at a church in the capital city of Jos.…
Nigeria: security forces stumble on bomb factory
Security forces found weapons and bomb-making stocks during a house raid Saturday in the violence-plagued central Nigerian city of Jos,…
Police: crashed copter Was On Routine Patrol
Authorities of the Nigeria Police have said the helicopter that crashed on Wednesday morning in Jos, the Plateau State capital,…
Nigeria: Copter Crash kills new Police chief, 3 others
A helicopter belonging to Nigeria’s Special Task force has crashed in Jos, the Plateau state capital, northcentral Nigeria, killing all…
Plateau Orders Blockade Of Roads During Church Services
Roads and streets leading to worship centres in Jos and environs, will henceforth, be blocked to vehicles during church services…
Bloody Sunday In Jos as Suicide bombers strike
Two suicide bombers drove an explosives packed Volkswagen Bora car into a church in Nigeria’s volatile central city of Jos…
Banks Run Skeletal Services In Jos
As the nationwide strike against the removal of fuel subsidy enters its fourth day, some banks have started running skeletal…
Jonathan slams emergency rule in Boko Haram’s areas
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja After two days of feverish meetings with his security chiefs following the Christmas Day bombings of a Catholic…
Jos Slams Partial Ban On Okada
The Special Task Force (STF) on Sunday banned commercial motorcycles, known as ‘okada’, from operating in Jos beyond 7p.m, following…
Bomb Scare: Churches Deserted In Jos
Following the widespread rumours of possible bomb attack by the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect today Jos, capital of Plateau…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Jonathan Also Leads in Plateau
The results announced at the various polling units across Jos South, Jos East, Barkinladi , Mikang and Shendam local government…
Fire Consumes Nigeria’s Private TV Station
The eighth floor office of the Africa Independent Television, AIT in Jos, Plateau State Sunday was razed down by fire.…
Poll Problems Also In Plateau State
The inability of Independent Electoral Commission, INEC to provide ballot papers for electoral officers across the 17 local government of…