Tag: Plateau State
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…
No Boko Haram In Jos –Task Force
The military Special Task Force (STF) maintaining security in Plateau State has denied suggestions that members of the Islamic sect…
Jang Appoints New SSG
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State has appointed Prof. Shedrach Best as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG).…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Jos Shooting: Gov Jang, STF Condole Affected Families
Plateau State Governor, Jonah David Jang and the Commander, Special Task Force, STF have condoled family members of the lady…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Presidential Polls: Jonathan Wins Plateau
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential candidate, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan swept 16 April election with 1,029,865 million votes to win…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Police Restrict Movement In Plateau
Ahead of tomorrow’s presidential election, Plateau State Police Command has announced restriction of movement today from 6pm to 6am tomorrow…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
PRESIDENTIAL POLL: PDP Perfects Plans To Deliver Plateau
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has perfected plans to deliver block votes to President Goodluck Jonathan during the presidential elections…
Nigeria’s Poll Day Tragedy: Many Feared Killed in Fuel Tanker Fire
A fuel tanker has overturned at an army checkpoint near the Bauchi state border with Plateau state in central Nigeria,…
More Cops, Soldiers Drafted To Jos
In response to the alarm raised by the police and state government Friday, a reinforcement of heavily armed soldiers and…
Plateau Police Raises Alarm, 350K Deployed For Polls
The Police in Plateau State have raised an alarm over plans by some individuals and groups to invade Jos and…
2 Die in Jos Bombing Accident
The police in Jos, Plateau state have confirmed the death early today of two men when explosives they were carrying…
Oritsejafor Weeps Over Jos Killing
National President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has wept over the incessant wanton killings of Christians in…
NDP Chieftain Condemns Killings In Jos
By Abosede Aboola The National Vice Chairman of National Democratic Party, NDP, Otunba Babatunde Edu, has condemned the bombing and…
Jos Crisis: Don’t Take Up Arms; Kumuyi Tells Christians
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi has warned Christians in Jos, Plateau State…
On The Verge Of Religious War
Is Nigeria on the verge of a religious war? A statement by a new radical Mulsim group seems to suggest…
Fuel Scarcity Hits Plateau
Fuel scarcity has hit Plateau State following a three-day strike embarked by Petroleum Tankers Drivers Union (PTDU) and filling station…
Police To Downsize Mobile Force
The Nigeria Police has begun the overhauling and downsizing of its mobile force in a bid to professionalise it, Mr.…
Guard Jailed 18 Months
The Hwolshe Area Court in Jos, Plateau State has sentenced a 26-year-old guard, Mathew Benedict, to 18 months imprisonment for…
Girl Held Over False Alarm
A 19-year old girl in Minna, capital of Niger State, North Central Nigeria, has been arrested by the police for…
2011: NDLEA Moves Against Politicians
Politicians in the country who intend to use money from illicit drug trade to actualise their ambition in the 2011…
We Can’t Afford Another Religious Violence
Last week, the Presidency placed security on alert in Kaduna, Kaduna State and Jos, Plateau State to forestall what those…
7 Disabled Aspire For Councillorship, State Assembly
No fewer than nine persons living with disabilities are aspiring for various elective positions in the forthcoming 2011 elections in…
Burglar Nabbed
The police at Owutu Division in Ikorodu Lagos State, Nigeria have arrested a suspected burglar. The suspect, a 25-year old…
Lawmakers Desert House Over Alleged Probe
The premises of the Plateau State House of Assembly has been deserted following the alleged petition against some legislators by…
Nigerian Police Kill Three Protesters
KANO, Nigeria — The police in Kano have killed three persons as a mob threatened to burn down a police…
ANAN, ICAN Rivalry Unhealthy -ANAN President
Chief Iyamide Francess Gafar, National President of the National Association of Accountants of Nigeria, ANAN, has decried the rivalry between…
Jonathan Urged To Call Feuding Ex-Govs, Predecessors To Order
President Goodluck Jonathan has been called upon to wade into the persistent faceoff between former governors and their successors in…
Media Fueling Jos Crises —CP
The Commissioner of Police in Plateau State, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, says the media are not helping matters in the way…
Islamic Militants Invade Jos Village
A farmer was killed and two others are unaccounted for after around 200 people raided a Christian village near the…
Lar, Gana, Gemade, Others Storm Kaduna, Lobby For Jonathan
Former Governor of Plateau State and erstwhile PDP National Chairman,Chief Solomon Lar, former Information Minister, Jerry Gana , Barnabas Gemade…