Tag: Plateau State
Jonathan explores peace options for Plateau crisis
The elders of Berom, an ethnic group in Plateau, have called on the Federal Government to implement all the recommendations…
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…
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…
Nigerians flee villages marked for army raid
Hundreds of villagers have quit their homes in central Nigeria ahead of a planned army raid on suspected militant hideouts,…
Death Toll over 100 in Nigerian crisis state
Weekend raids by gunmen in Nigeria’s central Plateau state left more than 100 people dead, including Senator Gyang Dantong and…
Nigerian government slams curfew after killings
The Plateau Government has imposed a curfew on four local government areas of the state “with immediate effect’’. The local…
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…
Armed Nigerian herdsmen attack Village
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have attacked a village, populated by Christians in the central Nigeria’s Plateau State early Saturday, killing yet-to-be…
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…
Nigeria’s ruling party recruits youths
Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Plateau has commenced a programme of encouraging youths who have attained 18 years to…
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…
Terrorists damage bridge in Plateau state
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Saturday exploded under a bridge on Makera-Rim road, near Golhoss village in Rim District,…
No salary for striking Plateau workers, says official
The Plateau state government has threatened to invoke the “no work, no pay” principle, against striking local council workers, saying…
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…
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.…
Nigerian student jailed for knife attack
An Upper Area Court in the Nigerian central state of Plateau Friday sentenced an 18-year-old student, Yahaya Mohammed to three…
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,…
Plateau government begs journalists
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau on Thursday apologised to journalists for government’s failure to address their grievances before their boycott of government…
Plateau State: Journalists black out government
Journalists in a restive state in central Nigeria said Monday they would halt coverage of government activities in protest at…
Plateau State: Herdsmen slaughter family of 7
Suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria have hacked and shot to death seven sleeping family members at a Christian village in…
Herdsmen Hack 7 Family Members To Death
Suspected Muslim herdsmen have hacked and shot to death seven sleeping family members at a Christian village in the volatile…
Haruna John Was A Dedicated Officer –Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Haruna John, the Deputy Inspector General (DIG)…
3 Die In Fresh Terror Attack In Jos
.Police station also attacked in Kano Gunmen shot dead three Christians in Nigeria near the flashpoint city of Jos, hours…
Fake Army Captain Arrested
A 30-year old man who claimed to be an Army captain is currently being detained at the Gowon Estate Divisional…
Commercial Activities Return In Jos
Commercial activities are gradually returning to Jos metropolis, Plateau State, as the strike organised the labour entered its fourth day.…
What a Bloody Xmas: Bomb Blast in Jos!
Like Xmas bangers,bombs are exploding in Nigerian cities, on a day Nigerian Christians are celebrating the birthday of their Saviour.…
Teacher Jailed For Hemp
An Upper Area Court in Jos, on Wednesday sentenced a 25-year-old school teacher, Apam Agwom, to four months imprisonment for…
Tinubu Calls For Vote On National Anthem
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has called…
N1.3bn Scam: Court Throws Out Ex-Gov Boatmang’s Applications As Trial Begins
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja was on Wednesday October 26, 2011, told that most of the cheques used…