Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, has urged the family of former Gov. Joshua Dariye, to forgive those responsible for the death of their father as they buried their parents on Saturday. The funeral rites for late Pa Dariye Defyan, who was kidnapped and gruesomely murdered in 2020, took...
PLATEAU STATE
By CHRISTIAN LOT, Jos – Plateau State Government officials have taken decisive action against illegal developers encroaching on government land, issuing a stern warning to those responsible. The State government has made it clear that any structures built without proper approval will be demolished at the expense of...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The management of Command Secondary School Jos in Plateau State has reaffirmed its dedication to the growth and development of students by pledging to prioritize the desires of parents without compromise. Lieutenant Colonel OA Oduyemi made this commitment during the school’s 41st Annual...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – In Plateau, members of the Coalition of Indigenous Fulani Registered Organisations are seeking an investigation into the killing of a 17-year old Fulani herder and the theft of over 170 cattle in Barkin-Ladi local government area. The chairman of the coalition, Garba Abdulahi...
A yet-to-be identified gunmen have killed a 17-year old herder and 35 cows at Nafan community in Fan District and Doruwa Babuje in Ropp District of Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the perpetrators of the crime were riding on...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – In an effort to combat malaria, Plateau State is set to distribute over 2.9 million insecticide-treated nets across its 17 Local Government Areas. The initiative, a collaboration between the global health supply chain, Breakthrough Action Nigeria, the State Malaria Elimination Program, and the...
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a military special taskforce maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna States, have rejected a N1.5 million bribe from suspected cattle rustlers in Plateau. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Jos by the Media Officer...
Workers came out in their numbers in Plateau to peacefully protest against the prevailing economic hardship in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that local, state, and federal governments workers, took to the streets of Jos carrying placards with different inscriptions to express their displeasure...
The National Working Committee (NWC), of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has condoled the Plateau chapter of the party over the murder of Sylvanus Namang, state publicity secretary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Namang was shot dead on Saturday night at a provision store in...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have uncovered an illegal weapons factory in Pakachi community of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Media Officer of OPSH, Capt. James Oya, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Jos. Oya explained that the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled elections in 16 polling units in Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency of Plateau because of missing ballot papers. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Plateau, Dr Oliver Agundu, said in a statement on Saturday night that the election has been rescheduled...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party( PDP ) Governor’s Forum, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Thursday led his colleagues to condole with the government and people of Plateau state on the recent crisis in Mangu, Bokos and environs. Gov. Mohammed in condolence...
Gunmen have killed 10 persons, razed down 10 houses and injured two others in the Jan. 24 attack at Kwahaslalek Community of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Alfred Alabo, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Thursday...
The Plateau chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it accepts the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed Gov. Caleb Mutfwang as the winner of the March 18, 2023, election in good faith. The Apex Court on Friday, reversed the Nov. 19, decision of the Appeal Court that...
Protesters on Friday burned down the palace of the District Head of Bokkos Saf Adanchin during demonstrations over what they tagged as the indiscriminate arrests in the area following recent killings in the Plateau community. They were expressing their displeasure over the arrest of some community members...
Security operatives have arrested no fewer than eight suspects in connection with the onslaughts on Christmas Eve that claimed the lives of about 200 persons in some communities of Bokkos, Barkin-Ladi, and Mangu Local Government Areas of Plateau State. The police spokesperson in the state,...
Senator Diket Plang (APC/Plateau), has said that Plateau people want permanent solutions to the security challenges bedeviling the state “instead of temporary palliatives”. Diket told newsmen on Wednesday in Jos that a permanent solution would save hundreds of lives and end the bloodshed that had become the lot...
North Central states governors have donated N100 million to victims of Christmas Eve attacks in Plateau on Tuesday. Assailants attacked 15 villages in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau on Christmas Eve killing more than 115 persons and razing 221 houses. The death toll rose...
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah, says the repeated and unending killings on the Plateau is beyond herder-farmer clashes, adding that the murderers “want their own kind of Nigeria according to their ideology”. The cleric, in a statement on Saturday, charged the government...
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, on Saturday visited internally displaced persons in Bokkos and Barkin-ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State where armed men attacked on Christmas Eve. Obi in company of party officials from the state pledged the sum of...