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Crack in Plateau PDP deepens as ex Rep member battles for structure

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 27 June 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka The struggle to survive in the 2027 General elections has continued to tear the Plateau State People’s Democratic Party (PDP), into factions, a situation that is currently threatening the stability of the party in the State. The latest occurred on Thursday when a

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Northern Govs demand justice for victims of Plateau killing

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 23 June 2025 0

Governors in the 19 northern states under the umbrella of the Northern States Governors’ Forum have demanded justice for victims of the killing of more than 12 persons in Plateau by armed youths. The victims who travelled for a wedding ceremony were attacked and gruesomely murdered. The Northern Governors’ Forum under the chairmanship of Governor […]

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Armed youths kill wedding-bound travellers in Plateau

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 22 June 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka Tragedy struck in Plateau State on Friday evening when a group of armed youths ambushed a commercial bus belonging to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, killing at least 12 passengers and injuring 19 others. The incident occurred around 8:00 p.m. when a group of 31 individuals, including men, women, and children were […]

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EFCC arrests former Plateau Speaker for money laundering

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 20 June 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka A former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Moses Thomas Sule has been arrested for money Laundering alongside 14 others. The lawmakers were arrested for not returning the cars bought for them in their official capacities while leaving office. After much persuasion, they were reported to the EFCC for […]

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Plateau Horror: 9-month-old, 3 others killed in attack

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 14 June 2025 0

At least four people, including a nine-month-old infant, have been killed and two others injured in a brutal attack by gunmen in Nkiendowro community, Bassa LGA, Plateau State. According to officials from the Miango Youth Development Association, the victims—two women, one man, and a baby—were ambushed as they transported tomatoes from their farm to Farin-Gada […]

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Gunmen kills two farmers injured two in Plateau village

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 10 June 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka Two farmers in Uwok-Ishe community of Kakkek community in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, were reportedly ambushed and killed by suspected herdsmen on Monday morning. During the attack, two other farmers were also injured and were rushed to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), for medical attention. According to local […]

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Stakeholders disagrees with TikTok ‘Ex Man’ rant over former Plateau GOC, Abubakar

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 10 June 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka Stakeholders including residents of Plateau State villagers, have swept under the carpet the alleged bias of the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division and Commander Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), Maj-Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, as peddled by soldier on AWOL, Lance Corporal Festus Igenkhai Igenkhai has alleged that the former OPSH Commander

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We’ve reduced travel time to Lagos, Abuja – Plateau Commissioner

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 22 May 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka The Plateau State Commissioner for Transportation, Davou Gyang has said the transportation system in the country has been redefined making it easy for commuters to access the metro bus town service to ease the harsh economic system. Davou also said the Governor Caleb Mutfwang administration has partnered Valujet airlines to reduce travel […]

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Victims of Plateau attacks get free treatments from women doctors

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 18 May 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka Members of the Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Plateau State Branch, in collaboration with the Association of Lady Pharmacists (ALPs) on Friday conducted a free medical outreach to the People of Kimakpa village in Kwall, Bassa Local Government Area of the State. Our correspondent reports that the initiative specifically targeted

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Military lay ambush on bandits, kills two in Plateau village

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 17 May 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have recovered AK-47 from bandits after killing two of the hoodlums in a midnight raid at Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State. This was revealed to newsmen on Friday by the Spokesman of the Operation, Major Samson Zhakom. According to him: Troops launched the operation […]

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Four Chinese bags 5 years imprisonment each for illegal mining in Plateau

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 16 May 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka Four Chinese nationals have been convicted for defrauding the country by engaging in illegal mining in Plateau State. Delivering her judgment, Justice Dorcas Agishi of the Federal High Court in Jos convicted and sentenced the four Chinese citizens to five years imprisonment each both for illegal mining and solid mineral’s activities. The […]

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Four die over Cholera Outbreak in Plateau village

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 13 May 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka Four persons have been reported dead in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, owing to Cholera outbreak. Report also had it that several others have also been hospitalized. Also, several persons has also been evacuated to various primary healthcare centres and cottage hospitals in the council area for medical treatment Meanwhile, […]

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Plateau LP Chair counsels Abure to obey Supreme Court judgment

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 4 May 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka The Labour Party Chairman, Plateau State, Comrade Solomon Ndam, has described the attitude of the sacked National Chairman of the Party, Julius Abure as shameful for not obeying the Supreme Court judgment. Recall that the Supreme Court on April 4, 2025, sacked Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. Abure […]

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Gerda Henkel Stiftung Brings Succour To Plateau State, Provides Portable Water To Kofyar Hill

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 4 May 2025 0

By Tom Okpe For centuries, the people of Kofyar Hill Settlement in Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State, lived with quiet, but stubborn hardship, absence of reliable water. Perched atop the rugged Meryang hills, surrounded by volcanic rock and ancient stone architecture, Kofyar’s rich cultural legacy has endured where many would not, yet, […]

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CSOs demand justice for 183 killed in Benue, Plateau attacks

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 29 April 2025 0

By Ukpono Ukpong A coalition of civil society groups under the platform of Nigeria Mourns has demanded immediate justice and accountability for the brutal killing of at least 183 people in coordinated attacks on agrarian communities in Benue and Plateau States in April 2025. Operating under the Community of Practice Against Mass Atrocities, the coalition […]

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Plateau: Again, suspected Fulani militia kill two, injured one in Bassa LGA

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 24 April 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka After two weeks of bloody attacks in Bassa LGA of Plateau State, where over 54 persons were killed by suspected killer herdsmen, two persons have again been killed and one injured in an ambush in Bassa community. A statement sent to our correspondent by the National Publicity Secretary, Irigwe Youth Movement, Joseph […]

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These Killings predates me, you, Gov Mutfwang tells former Plateau governors

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 22 April 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka The Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang, has told former governors of the State, that the incessant killings bedeviling the State, predates his administration and that of his predecessors. Calling the brutal killings, a genocide, land grabbing mission, and not communal crisis, the Governor called on his predecessors and other State actors […]

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Plateau Killings: We’ll increase surveillance, apprehend killers – Defence Minister

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 19 April 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, has promised that the military will increase surveillance in the local communities in Plateau State where killer herdsmen have recked terror, killing over 150 persons in less than a month. The Minister said the promise is not talk as usual always taken for granted by […]

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Plateau Killings: NGF fingers ethnicity, religion, political differences as trigger

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 18 April 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka The Nigerian Governors’s Forum (NGF), has fingered the differences in ethnicity, religion and politics, as triggered to the frequent Killings in Plateau State. Chairman of the forum and Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq stated this on Thursday in Jos when he led members of the forum in a condolence visit to […]

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Plateau Night Grazing: ‘ll security operatives implement Gov Mutfwang’s order

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 16 April 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka The Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang during a State broadcast occasioned by the recent killings in Bassa LGA last Sunday, where over 52 persons were killed, has issued an order banning night grazing, as well as restricting the transportation of cattle by vehicle after 7pm. “To restore calm and strengthen vigilance, I […]