Tag: Plateau State
Plateau Govt releases N95m for EVD control
The Plateau government has released N95 million in its effort to control the spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in…
Plateau begins monthly sanitation
Plateau State Government on Saturday directed traders at the various markets in the state to conduct monthly environmental sanitation on…
Man arrested for selling wife for human sacrifice – police
A Nigerian man has been arrested for selling his wife to black magic practitioners who wanted to sacrifice a virgin,…
Plateau owes councillors 7 months salaries
Councillors in the 17 local government areas of Plateau state are being owed seven months salaries by the state government,…
Jang moves into new Government House 5 Sept
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau and his cabinet will move into the newly built Plateau Government House on Friday, September…
Jos crisis: Plateau to release Justice Ajibola’s report
Edward Pwajok, Plateau Commissioner for Justice, has said that the report of the Justice Bola Ajibola Commission of Inquiry into…
Plateau Gets 1,542 Additional Polling Units
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Plateau has increased the number of polling units in the state by 1,542…
Terrorism: Military intercepts youths heading for Abuja
The military have intercepted some youths based on their clandestine movement. A statement on the official website of the Defence…
Plateau govt. sacks 1400 teachers over fake certificates
The Plateau Government on Wednesday said it had dismissed 1,400 teachers found with fake certificates in the ongoing biometric data…
Confusion in Plateau PDP over suspended chairman
Uncertainty has gripped the PDP in Plateau over the confusion trailing the suspension of its Chairman, Dr Haruna Dabin. NAN…
GLO Boosts Puuskaat Festival, Signs MoU
Nigeria’s national telecommunications company, Globacom, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the people of Mwangu, Plateau State, for the…
Gunmen kill eight in fresh Boko Haram raid
At least eight people, including three security officers, were killed when gunmen raided three villages in Nigeria’s volatile central Plateau…
Bombings: Jos viewing centres adopt new security measures
Operators of viewing centres in Jos have adopted some security measures to enable them show the World Cup matches without…
Jos blast was a car bomb – Police
An explosion that killed at least three people in the central city of Jos was hidden in a car, police…
Three dead, three injured in another Jos blast – Police
At least three people died and three others were injured in a blast Saturday in the central Nigerian city of…
Another bomb blast rocks Jos
At least three people have been confirmed dead and three injured as another bomb explosion ripped through a football viewing…
Nigeria at war with unknown enemies – Jang
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau, on Friday, said Nigeria was at war with unknown enemies and urged well meaning people…
Jos Bombing: I’m Not Shaken, Says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that his administration will not be cowed by the atrocities of enemies of human progress…
Tambuwal condemns Jos bomb blasts
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has condemned the two bomb blasts that occurred in Jos on Tuesday.…
46 Killed in Jos Blasts – Police
Twin car bombings killed 46 people on Tuesday at a crowded market in the central Nigerian city of Jos, as…
Jos Blasts: We won’t give hasty casualty figures – Govt
The Plateau State Government says it is “not in a hurry” to release the casualty figures from Tuesday afternoon’s two…
Court orders First Bank to refund N4.56m illegal transfer
A Jos High Court on Thursday ordered the First Bank of Nigeria Plc to refund N4.56 million illegal transfer made…
Ex-Delta Governor, Col. Dungs is dead
Retired Col. John David Dungs, former military governor of Delta, is dead, the deceased’s younger brother, Sunday Dungs, said on…
HIV Infected Man Beats WifeTo Death For Denying Him Sex
A man suspected to be infected with HIV has allegedly beaten his wife to death in Plateau State, northcentral Nigeria.…
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.…