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Plateau killings – Lalong visits trouble spots, vows to ensure that IDPs return home

Ihesiulo Grace 13 November 2018 0

In order to restore lasting peace and ensure that Internally Displaced Persons of the recent killings in Plateau are peacefully returned to their ancestral homes , the state Governor Simon Lalong on Tuesday visited Gashish District of Barkin Ladi local government where the state recently got an

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Plateau Crisis: Military taskforce buries 3 young soldiers

Ihesiulo Grace 3 October 2018 0

The Military Task Force in Plateau on Wednesday buried three of its young soldiers killed by assailants on September 6, in Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of the State. Speaking at the burial ceremony held at the Military cemetery, 3 Division of the Nigeria Army, the STF boss, Maj. Gen. Augustine Chris Agundu said the avoidable […]

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Plateau killing: STF loses 3 soldiers, vows to stamp out hostilities

Ihesiulo Grace 10 September 2018 0

The Special Task Force (STF), in Plateau has lost three personnel in the conflict between herders and natives of Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. Confirming the incident to newsmen on Friday in Jos, the Special Task Force Commander, Major General Augustine Chris Agundu said the incident that took the lives of three STF […]

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Plateau APC elders frown at politicisation of security, land grabbing

Ihesiulo Grace 22 July 2018 0

A group operating under the aegis of All Progressive Congress (APC), Elders and Stakeholders of Barkin Ladi, Jos North, Jos South and Riyom Local Government areas of Plateau State has frowned at the politicisation of security challenges in the State, as well as land grabbing by assailants. Addressing newsmen on Friday in Jos, the State […]

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Plateau killings: STF parades 7 suspected killer herdsmen

Ihesiulo Grace 18 July 2018 0

The Military Task Force in Jos, Plateau State otherwise known as Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has paraded seven suspects in connection with the recent killings in the local communities of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state. Parading the suspects on Tuesday at the OPHS Headquaters in Jos, the Director of Defence Information (DDI), […]

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Plateau: After killings, herdsmen harvest ripe crops, feed others to cattle

Ihesiulo Grace 15 July 2018 0

Having killed over 200 people and displaced nearly 150,000 others from 11 villages in Northern Plateau recently, suspected herdsmen have allegedly fed grown crops spread across 1sq.kms to their cattle in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the State. For those already ripe on the farms, “wives of the herders harvest them for themselves,” one […]

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STF moves to end Plateau killing, relocates to troubled zones

Ihesiulo Grace 10 July 2018 0

The Special Task Force (STF), code name Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), saddled with the responsibility of restoring peace in the troubled parts of Plateau, Bauchi and Southern Kaduna, has relocated its headquarter to the most vulnerable part of Plateau communities under Barkin-ladi Local Government Area. This aims at stopping the incessant Fulani herdsmen attack that […]

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STF confirms 4 deaths in fresh Plateau attacks

Ihesiulo Grace 2 July 2018 0

Arrests 4 armed bandits One week after suspected Fulani herdsmen killed over 100 persons in three local government areas of Plateau State, Maraban Kantoma, a village located along the boundary of Mangu and Barkin Ladi LGAs in the state, was attacked by armed bandits in the early hours of Sunday with at least four deaths […]

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NCWS calls for calm in Plateau, other crises prone areas

Ihesiulo Grace 29 June 2018 0

The National President, National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), Mrs Gloria Shoda, has appealed for calm and restraint in Plateau, where 86 people died in the violence that erupted in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area. The police in Plateau confirmed that 86 people died in the violence that erupted on Saturday in Barkin Ladi Local […]

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3 district heads sacked by herdsmen in Plateau communities – stakeholders

Ihesiulo Grace 23 May 2018 0

Stakeholders in Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Monday said, three districts heads overseeing Fan District, Ropp District and Gashish, all in Barkin-Ladi LGA, were displaced by Fulani herdsmen in the last one month. Addressing newsmen in Jos, Dr. Daniel Kim, on behalf of the Stakeholders, said the district heads flee their homes […]

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Former Plateau SSG killed in Barkin Ladi

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2017 0

Unknown gunmen have attacked and killed a former high profile Plateau state government official, Moses Gwom, at his residence in Barkin Ladi. His house is located opposite STF checkpoint at about 9 pm on the night of 10 October. The gunmen also attacked security operatives at the checkpoint before wrecking havoc on the residence of […]