Tag: Plateau killings
Plateau killings: CAN condemns attacks
The President Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Rev. Samson Ayokunle, has expressed disappointment and shocked at the spate of killings…
Plateau Killings: Air Force deploys combat helicopter
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it has deployed an Mi-35P combat helicopter and an Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)…
Killings: Olonisakin deploys additional Special Forces to Plateau
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, has authorised the deployment of additional Special Forces to Plateau to beef…
U.S. condemns Plateau killings
The U.S. has strongly condemned the attacks in Plateau in which no fewer than 86 people were killed and several…
Plateau killings: Life of the poor is cheaper than peanuts and Gala – Senator Sani
A National Assembly member, Sen. Shehu Sani, says recent crisis in Plateau that led to the death of over 80…
Plateau Killings: Gov. Lalong promises to reinforce security
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau on Monday said that the government would reinforce security in attack prone communities, following the…
Plateau killings: Handwork of desperate politicians – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday decried how desperate politicians have increasingly cheapened human life in their quest to establish a…
Plateau killings: Agency calls for Community Joint Task Force
The National Orientation Agency (NOA), in Plateau State has condemned the recent killings in the state and called for community…
Plateau killings: IGP Idris deploys Special Intervention Force
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has deployed Special Intervention Force to Plateau to restore peace in Barkin-Ladi,…
Dogara condemns attack on Plateau mourners
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara. has condemned the killing of about 200 people in the Church…
Plateau Killings painful, regrettable – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed regret over the reported killings of innocent people in Plateau and vowed that his administration…
Military Denies Further Killings in Plateau
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin has debunked reports in some sections of…
Happy Boko Haram Claims Plateau killings
Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadists have claimed a weekend attack at a graveyard in central Plateau state that left at least…