Tag: Senator Gyang Dantong
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…
Burial Plans for Senator Dantong, Fulani out
The Plateau State Government on Thursday released the burial programme for late Senator Gyang Dantong and the Majority leader in…
Happy Boko Haram Claims Plateau killings
Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadists have claimed a weekend attack at a graveyard in central Plateau state that left at least…
How Senator Gyang Died, by a survivor
A member of the House of Representatives, Mr Simon Mwadkon, who slumped along with late Senator Gyang Dantong when gunmen…
Death Toll over 100 in Nigerian crisis state
Weekend raids by gunmen in Nigeria’s central Plateau state left more than 100 people dead, including Senator Gyang Dantong and…
Senator Gyang died in Stampede, says STF boss
Major-General Henry Ayoola, the Special Task Force (STF) Commander in Jos, has confirmed that Sen. Gyang Dantong died in stampede…
Nigerian government slams curfew after killings
The Plateau Government has imposed a curfew on four local government areas of the state “with immediate effect’’. The local…
Nigerian senator killed at mass burial
Gunmen killed a federal senator and a state lawmaker in Nigeria’s troubled Plateau state on Sunday at a mass burial…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Ex-governor Dariye, Lar, Dantong Win Plateau Senatorial Elections
The former Governor of Plateaus State, Chief Joshua Dariye of Labour Party, former House of Representatives member, Victor Lar and…