Tag: Plateau State
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…
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…
10 killed by gunmen disguised as Nigerian soldiers
Gunmen said to be dressed as Nigerian soldiers opened fire on a pub in Barkin Ladi area of Plateau state,…
VP Sambo shocked by flood damage in Plateau
Vice President Namadi Sambo on Saturday arrived Plateau state Saturday to assess the extent of damage inflicted by Nigeria’s worst…
Pwajok wins senate seat, Kaneng wins husband’s seat
Kaneng, the wife of the late Majority Leader of Plateau House of Assembly, Gyang Fulani, was elected on Saturday to…
Tools That Matter(2)
Weather wear I remember clearly what it was like, training in very cold weather. I attended a Leadership and…
Pam gets ACN nod to run for Plateau senate bye-election
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Saturday in Jos confirmed the nomination of Mr Yusuf Pam as its candidate…
Plateau bye-election: 2 battle for LP ticket
As political parties nominate flag bearers for the 6 October Plateau North senatorial bye-election, there is confusion in the Labour…