By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nasarawa United has been handed a severe punishment by the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for breaching the league’s framework and rules during their match against Plateau United. The NPFL in a statement on Monday, charged the Lafia-based club with failing to provide adequate...
PLATEAU STATE
The former Military Governor of Plateau, Retired Rear Admiral Bitrus Atukum, has called on the Federal Government and the security agencies to find lasting solution to the incessant killings in the state. Atukum, who govern Plateau between January 1984 and August 1985, made the call in an interview with...
Gunmen on Sunday night attacked and killed scores of persons in Zike and Kimakpa communities in Iregwe Chiefdom of Bassa Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau. Brig.-Gen. Gakji Shipi, the Acting Coordinator of Operation Rainbow, a State-owned security outfit, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos– Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have rescued 16 kidnapped victims in Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau. The Media Officer of the operation disclosed this in a statement in Jos on Monday . Zhakom said that the victims were rescued on Sunday night...
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has condemned the recent attacks on some communities in Plateau. Obi made the condemnation when he paid a condolence visit to Gov. Caleb Mutfwang, on Sunday in Jos. The former LP presidential candidate,...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – In a bold move to combat youth unemployment and drive food security, the Plateau State Government has launched its first-ever large-scale agricultural empowerment initiative aimed at engaging 1,000 young people in mechanized farming across the state. Tagged the Plateau Youths Agricultural Empowerment Program(PLA-YAEP), the...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Member representing Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam (PKK) Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, has appointed 64 aides comprising special advisers, senior special assistants, and ward liaison officers in a strategic move to reinforce the All Progressives Congress (APC) structure across...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Plateau State Civil Society Organizations Forum (PLACSOF) has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately withdraw military personnel from communities and streets across Plateau State, saying the continued presence of soldiers has failed to prevent killings and instead worsened insecurity. Addressing journalists at...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos– Coalition of Middle Belt Ethnic Nationalities has called on the Federal Government and international organisations to urgently intervene in what it described as a coordinated campaign of extermination against indigenous communities in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. Addressing journalists on Friday at the...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Muftwang, where over 50 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in recent weeks, says the assault on the area is sponsored and genocidal. Attackers struck in several communities in the Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of the North-Central state, displacing many and leaving...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Senator Diket Plang, representing Plateau Central Senatorial District, has decried the spate of attacks in parts of Plateau State, particularly in Bokkos Local Government Area, describing the killings as tragic and no longer tolerable. Addressing journalists in Jos, the lawmaker condemned what he described...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos– The Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the Federal University of Education (FUE), Pankshin, has presented a scorecard on the leadership of the Acting Vice-Chancellor of FUE, Pankshin, Dr. Mrs. Christiana Fwenji Zumyil, commending her for what they described as a transformational and people-oriented administration. The...
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), has condemned the unwarranted killing of 60 people in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau. The condemnation is contained in a statement issued by the JNI Secretary-General, Prof. Khalid Aliyu, on Monday in Kaduna. Aliyu said, “It is very depressing, to have read after...
40 persons were killed and about 1000 displaced in last week’s attack on Hurti, Manguna District of Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau. The Village Head of Hurti, Mr Maren Aradong, said this when Mr Samuel Jatau, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), led other government officials...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed deep sorrow over the recent attacks by terror gangs on vulnerable communities in Plateau, which claimed numerous lives, including those of children. National Publicity Secretary of the forum, Prof. Tanko Baba, in a statement on Sunday, described...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Women Without Walls Initiative (WOWWI) has condemned the recent killings in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, which claimed the lives of dozens of residents and left many others traumatized. In a statement signed by its Executive Director, Apostle Esther Ibanga, the...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has urged Plateau communities to take ownership of peace efforts by collectively declaring that enough is enough to the protracted violence that has gripped the state for decades. Ribadu, who represented President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during a...
) The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Benjamin Kalu has condemned the recent killings in Plateau by gunmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that gunmen recently invaded Ruwi, Hurti, and Tadai communities in Bokkos Local Government Area of the State. As well as Manguna and Dafo...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has promised that the gunmen who killed many people in communities in Plateau State will be apprehended and face severe punishment under the law. The President extended his condolences to the families of the victims in Ruwi, Hurti, and Tadai communities...