Tag: Plateau State
Family of 10 killed by cattle rustlers
Armed gunmen suspected to be cattle rustlers have killed 10 members of one family in Kukek Village, Plateau State, central…
Plateau Assembly Speaker Quits
The Speaker of the House of Assembly in the Nigerian central state of Plateau, Mr John Dabwan, has resigned. He…
Killer driver arrested as Plateau buries the dead
Nigeria’s Plateau State Police Command said it has arrested the driver who killed 14 children at Mazat village in Barkin…
Five villagers, one assailant killed in Plateau
Five villagers and one assailant were killed in an attack on Kumbur village, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State,…
Kidnapping: Lawmaker’s wife, 8 others rescued
The police in the eastern Nigerian state of Ebonyi have rescued the wife of a member of the state assembly…
Death toll in Fulani herdsmen attack hits 48
Raids by gun toting Fulani herdsmen in the Nigerian central state of Plateau and gun battles between soldiers and the…
Jonah Jang backs emergency rule in Borno, others
Jonah Jang, governor of the central and volatile state of Plateau on Saturday in Jos described President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration…
7 killed, houses burnt in clashes with herdsmen
There appears no end in sight in the bloodletting between Fulani herdsmen and settler-farmers in Nigeria’s Plateau state. With close…
60 people massacred in Plateau’s ethnic strife
Violence involving rival ethnic groups in Nigeria’s central state of Plateau has killed at least 36 people and left dozens…
Nigeria: 10 die in Plateau state gruesome attacks
Ten members of the same family, with half the victims under the age of six, have been killed in Nigeria’s…
Nigeria: 5000 ghost workers uncovered in Plateau
No fewer than 5,000 ghost workers are on the payroll of the government of Nigeria’s Plateau state, Mr Yakubu Jang,…
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…
Court Extends Order On Striking Plateau Workers
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Nigerian industrial court has told striking workers in the central state of Plateau, that it…
Unclaimed corpses of bomb victims in mortuary
Eight months after the bomb blasts at COCIN Church Headquarters and St. Finnbar Catholic Church in Jos,capital of Nigeria’s state…
I’m Ready To Play For National Team
Elizabeth Ike is representing Plateau State in the female hockey event at the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival, tagged ‘Eko…