Tag: Plateau State
Plateau state: Nine persons killed by gunmen
Gunmen on Wednesday killed at least nine people and set fire to dozens of houses in central Nigeria, the army…
Sultan Abubakar urges unity to fight terrorism
The Sultan of Sokoto, Ahaji Sa’ad Abubukar, has urged traditional rulers and other Nigerians to unite to collectively fight extremism…
Tuesday declared public holiday in Plateau
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau state has declared Tuesday, February 25, a public holiday, to enable citizens vote for their…
9 sleeping kids, 4 others killed by gunmen in Plateau state
Nine children, and four adults were killed by gunmen early today, the latest casualties of the incessant violence in Plateau…
22 killed in Plateau state
At least 22 people were killed in a raid in Plateau state, in central Nigeria on Thursday, locals said, in…
34 killed in attack on Nigerian village
Authorities in Nigeria’s central Plateau state said Thursday that 34 people were killed in a brutal attack on Shonong village.…
Police confirm 17 killed in Nigerian village
The Nigerian police on Tuesday revised up from five to 17 the death toll in a raid the previous day…
30 Nigerian villagers killed by gunmen in fresh violence
Witnesses and survivors on Monday described how gunmen attacked a village in central Nigeria, burning houses and animals in the…
Plateau approves N2bn makeover for Wildlife Park
The Plateau Government has approved N2 billion for the rehabilitation and expansion of Jos Wildlife Park in 2014, an official…
Gunmen Kill 37 In Plateau
Gunmen in central Nigerian state of Plateau killed 37 people in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday, the military said, the latest…
300 Gunmen Sack Jos Town, Kill 5
Some 300 gunmen stormed a mostly Christian village in central Nigeria on Sunday, killing five people and burning scores of…
Hundreds of gunmen storm Plateau state, kill five persons
Some 300 gunmen stormed a mostly Christian village in the central Nigerian state of Plateau killing five persons and burning…
Four family members shot dead while asleep
Gunmen on Tuesday attacked a village in Plateau state, central Nigeria, killing four members of a family, an army spokesman…
Gana Heads Lar’s Burial Committee
The Plateau State Government on Tuesday constituted a committee for the burial of its first civilian governor, Chief Solomon Lar.…
Lar’s body to stay in US for now
The remains of the Late Chief Solomon Lar, founding Chairman of Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would be brought…