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2023: What we went through selling Muslim-Muslim ticket in Plateau state -Wase

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 28 September 2023 0

…’We were treated like a leper’ …’It was like squeezing water out of stone’ By Tom Okpe A scary picture of what transpired in the run-up to the February 25, 2023 presidential election in predominantly Christian Plateau state was unveiled when stakeholders of All

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Plateau youths condemn contradictory judgment by election tribunal

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 19 September 2023 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka Youth leaders, under the aegis of the Forum of the of Former Youth Leaders (Veterans) in Plateau State, have condemned what they described as contradictory judgments emanating from the two panels sitting on the National and State Assembly elections petitions in the state. The youths questioned why two panels, one led by […]

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As tension rises: IGP shuts all 17 LG secretariats in Plateau

Ihesiulo Grace 15 June 2023 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka Apparently to prevent crisis and preserve the fragile peace in Plateau State, owing to controversies surrounding the sack of the 17 Local Government (LG) Chairmen in the State by the state governor, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the sealing of all LG Secretariats in the state. Governor […]

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Plateau gov-elect, gets certificate of return laud INEC for resisting bribe from APC

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2023 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka The governor-elect of Plateau State, Barr. Caleb Muftwang, has been presented his certificate of return by the Plateau State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Tersoo Agundu on Wednesday. In his acceptance speech, Muftwang thanked the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commissioner (INEC), for resisting the temptation of receiving bribe or any form

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Snake kills village head’s wife in Plateau

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2022 0

The floods in some parts of Nigeria has increased cases of snake bites in Plateau and other States. Among those killed is the wife of the village head of Magama in Langtang South Local Government of Plateau. Dr Nandul Durfa, Managing Director of a company which produces Anti-Snake Venom (ASV) told NAN the situation was […]

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APC candidate Zulfa won the election, why stop him? Plateau council youths queries

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2021

By Kingsley Chukwuka Youths in Plateau Local Government Area of Langtang North yesterday queried the rationale behind preventing the elected Chairman of the Council, Barr. Bitrus Rimven Zulfa from assuming office. The youths who are majorly the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), members said because they are law abiding, they will not take to the […]

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Group protests over the Plateau Government’s ongoing impunity

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2021 0

All major roads leading to the Local Government Council have been locked down by Taroh Vanguard of Langtang North LGC of Plateau State. The group vowed to resist the Plateau State government’s ongoing illegality and impunity in forcibly installing Barr. Zulfa Rimven of the APC as chairman of the council against a Jos high court […]

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Military taskforce intercepts N9.5 worth of Indian hemp in Plateau

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2021 0

Kingsley Chukwuka The Military Task Force in Plateau State has intercepted illicit drugs otherwise known as Indian hemp from two suspected drug peddlers. The Taskforce code named Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), said the drug is worth N1.9 million, concealed in a Toyota Camry car with registration number Abuja ABC 214 HV. The Spokesman for the […]

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Plateau crisis: Gov Ortom evacuates Benue students

Ihesiulo Grace 20 August 2021 0

Following the current security crisis rocking Plateau State, the Benue State Government has evacuated its indigenes studying in Jos, Plateau’s capital. According to a statement on Friday by Terver Akase, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom, the students were evacuated to Makurdi, the state capital. The CPS stated that the move followed a directive […]

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Plateau Killings: Gov.Lalong relaxes curfew, warns trouble makers

Ihesiulo Grace 19 August 2021 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has relaxed the 24-hour curfew earlier imposed on Jos North local government areas of the state. Makut Macham, the Director of Press and Public Affairs to the governor, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Jos. Our correspondent reports that Lalong had imposed the curfew after […]

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Plateau Killing: Military Taskforce to shoot at sight

Ihesiulo Grace 26 May 2021 0

Plateau Killing: Military Taskforce to shoot at sight By Kingsley Chukwuka The Special Military Taskforce mandated to restore peace in Plateau State has warned those fanning the embars of war that it will shoot anyone found carrying arms. The Task Force also known as Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), said it will no longer tolerate any […]

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PhD holders now involved in petty trading, Mary Lar laments

Ihesiulo Grace 11 May 2021 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka The wife of the first Plateau civilian Governor, Prof. Mrs. Marry Lar, has decried the retrogressive state of education in Nigeria. Lar said the falling standard of education also accounts for the half-baked graduates chunked out every year, adding that PhD holders are gradually losing relevance resulting in engaging in petty trading, […]

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Gunmen kill 6 in Plateau – Police

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2021 0

The Police Command in Plateau has confirmed the killing of six persons by gunmen in Wereng community, Riyom Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Ubah Ogaba, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday in Jos. According to Ogaba, the incident occurred on Thursday night at a […]

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CRISIS: Two warring Plateau communities sign peace deal

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2021 0

Kingsley Chukwuka Two communities of Riyom and Bassa Local Government Areas in Plateau State have agreed to end hostilities, which have culminated in the death of hundreds of people. The communities resolved to put aside their differences and live in peace irrespective of tribe or religion. The agreement was brokered by the Geneva, Switzerland-based centre […]

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Rotary, Plateau water board, partner to provide water in school toilets

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2021 0

Kingsley Chukwuka It is hard for us to imagine living in our homes without safe, clean drinking water and flushable toilets. What if you had to send your child out every day to collect water for domestic use, and what if the closest source of water was a polluted pond, stream, or river, more than […]

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Fire destroys over 100 farmers yam farm in Plateau

Ihesiulo Grace 30 March 2021 0

Kingsley Chukwuka Over 100 farmers yam farms were yesterday destroyed by inferno in southern Plateau, an eyewitness told our correspondent in Jos. Food items and other valuables worth millions of naira were reportedly also destroyed by the various fire which raised down the popular Namu Central Yam Market in Quaanpan Local Government Area. The eyewitness […]

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Herdsmen invade village, kill one in Plateau

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2021 0

Kingsley Chukwuka Two people were on Sunday ambushed by suspected herdsmen in Wereng village of Riyom Local Government Area in Plateau State. A local non-governmental organization, Emancipation Centre for Crisis Victims in Nigeria (ECCVN) says the natives of Byei village in Riyom LGA were ambushed at about 7:00pm near a military base along Wereng-Byei village […]

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Plateau Communities kick against continued stay of LG Caretaker Committee Chairmen

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2021 0

Residents of Four Local government areas in Plateau State where elections are yet to be held since 2018 have described the extension and continues to stay in the office of Caretaker committee chairmen as a deliberate attempt to deprive them of the needed Development in their communities. Those who spoke newsmen said it is time […]

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200 children risk hunger as herdsmen kill five farmers, torch bans in Plateau

Ihesiulo Grace 16 February 2021 0

Armed men believed to be herders on Sunday killed five farmers in Central Nigeria’s Plateau State, one week after a peace meeting with local officials. The assailants, over a dozen according to locals first ambushed three at about 6:30pm, between Ri-bakwa and Rikwe-Chongu villages in Kwall district of Bassa area. The three identified as Ezekiel […]

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Rights group condemns shooting of Soldier by protesters

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2021 0

By Doosuur Iwambe A coalition of civil rights group has condemned the shooting and wounding of a soldier attached to Operation Safe Haven, a military outfit in Plateau State by aggrieved Plateau local government workers protesting non implementation of minimum wage at the local level in the state. The group under the auspices of Coalition […]