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Crises record 135 deaths,12,051 displaced people – NEMA
Communal crises in Plateau in the last one month claimed 135 lives and displaced 12,051 others, according to a report submitted by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and four other agencies.
The agencies are the Plateau State...
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Nigeria Breaking News: Bomb Factory Uncovered In Jos
Breaking News:
Security forces found weapons and bomb-making stocks during a house raid Saturday in the violence-plagued central Nigerian city of Jos, police said.
“There was a bomb factory that was discovered in Rikkos,” police spokesman...
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Group ends free medicare in Plateau councils
THE one week-long free medical services organised by the Defence Headquarters, under the aegis of Alliance Professional Resources Services Limited (APRESEL) in the four councils of Plateau State worst hit by the crises at the weekend concluded...
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Police seek ‘orderly protest’ in Plateau State
Workers pledge to join in Borno, Yobe
THE Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Dipo Ayeni, has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the state to be cautious...
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Explosion kills 3 in Gombe; soldier in Plateau
GOMBE – The Gombe State Commissioner of Police, Mr Orubebe Ebikeme, has confirmed the bombing of the Mobile Police base in Kwame, in Kwame Local Government Area, yesterday, killing no fewer than three persons.
According to News Agency...
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New commander vows to ensure peace in Jos
Major General Oluwaseun Oshinowo, the new Commander of the military Special Task Force, STF, maintaining security in Plateau, on Monday in Jos vowed to ensure the return of peace to the troubled state.
Oshinowo made the promise when he paid...
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UNENDING JOS KILLINGS: What is the Defence Chief bringing to Jos?
Following the unending blood-letting in Plateau State which heightened in the last two weeks resulting in the killings of women, children and men, climaxed by last Sunday evening’s twin blasts at the junction to West of Mines, President Goodluck...
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Only God can end Jos crises – Gov Jang of Plateau State speaks
The embattled Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State emerged yesterday from a crucial session with President Goodluck Jonathan, with a declaration that while he agreed with the President to ensure peace in the state, he is not God to end the Jos...
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Jos crisis: President Jonathan goes tough on the situation
ABUJA— Following the incessant blood letting in Jos, Plateau State which has claimed several lives, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday ordered the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin “to take full charge of the security...
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Jos heating up again! Pregnant woman, 13 family members wiped out
“Death toll 52: Upper Friday 21, Sunday 8, Monday 11, Friday 12.”
The orgy of violence in Plateau State continued yesterday as gunmen snuffed life out of 14 family members, including a heavily pregnant woman and children.
Yesterday’s...
