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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Kingsley Chukwuka A local community in Gindiri, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Monday empowered Vigilante to set up locally to provide security within its environs, Daily Times gathered. The Vigilante were provided with logistics to help checkmate crimes especially as the hitherto farmers/ herders clash engulfed the region in 2014, says […]
By Kingsley Chukwuka Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herders yesterday attacked a Plateau community, killing six people including a crowned Prince. Mr Chungyang Mwadkon, a former Acting Village Head of Wereng village in Riyom Local Government Area, was due for coronation when he was shot and killed while trying to escape from the attackers, Daily […]
Gunmen have reportedly killed five persons, including a traditional ruler in Wereng community of Riyom local government area of Plateau, leaving several seriously injured. READ ALSO: My administration’s intentions are for your best interest — Buhari tells Nigerians According to the Nation, the gunmen stormed the village in the early hours of Tuesday and started shooting sporadically, […]
Five gunmen have stormed the Plateau High Court in Barkin Ladi Local Government and whisked away four kidnap and robbery suspects who were to be arraigned before the court. The suspects are Umar Adamu, Bashir Mohammed, Musa Usman and Abdul Haruna – were to appear before Justice Nanpon Dadi when the incident occurred. READ ALSO […]
The Plateau State governor, Mr. Simon Lalong has said that the total lockdown in the state will continue from Sunday, May 3 till Thursday, May 7. He made this declaration on Thursday even as he partially relaxed the existing restriction order in the state by three days to enable residents restock for the total lockdown […]
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has said the State will continue to observe total lockdown starting from Sunday 19th to 23rd April 2020, after a four-day period of break. Lalong stated this on Wednesday in Jos, during a press briefing with Journalists to access and review the state of Plateau in the past seven […]
The Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong has flagged off the fumigation exercise of the entire state as part of efforts to protect the State and her citizens from the deadly Coronavirus. The flag-off which took place at the popular Terminus Market Roundabout was done amidst heavy downpour and deserted street due to lockdown. Governor […]
A suspected case of Coronavirus has been recorded in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau, Commissioner for Health, Dr Nimkong Ndam said. In an interview on Sunday in Jos, he said the suspect is an aide of Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi that has tested positive. Breaking: President Buhari to speak to Nigerians today […]
By Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos The Plateau State Government has limited the number of commuters that plies Tricycles popularly known as Keke-napep in the State to one passenger, aimed at putting further checks to stop the spread of the dread Coronavirus from getting to the State. This was disclosed to newsmen on Saturday in Jos, by […]