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NSCDC arrests 27 suspected illegal miners

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2018 0

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), said it arrested 27 illegal miners in Imo, Plateau, Sokoto, Kaduna and Niger between January and May. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the corps, Emmanuel Okeh, disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday in Abuja. Okeh said that 10 of the

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Plateau govt engages rural women in security, peace building

Ihesiulo Grace 12 June 2018 0

As part of efforts to ensure inclusiveness and forestall conflict in various communities, the Plateau government has engaged women in the grassroots as critical stakeholders in its security and peace building processes. Speaking at the launch of the Local Action Plan (LAP) for Jos North Local Government Area on Tuesday in Jos, Mrs Anna Izam, […]

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Herdsmen Attack: Nigeria North Central decry looming hunger

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2018 0

President of Middle Belt Arise, Comrade Samuel Odumu Okpe, has declared that Nigeria is being threaten by food crisis following the persistent and unabated killings of farmers and forceful taken over of lands by Fulani Herdsmen in the region. He noted that most farmers in Plateau, Benue, Taraba, Southern Kaduna, Kogi, Adamawa and parts of […]

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Gunmen Kill Eight At Plateau Drinking Joint

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2018 0

Gunmen killed eight persons yesterday night in a drinking joint at Nding in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. James Danjuma, who escaped the attack, said there were 20 people at the bar. He said: “I escaped because I just stepped aside to answer a phone call. Suddenly, I heard gun shots and […]

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Plateau government clarifies issues on debt loan

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2018 0

Plateau State Government has said that it has been able to reduce the debt it met by over 50 per cent Commissioner for Information and Communicatis, Mr. Yakubu Dati, in a statement also denied that the state procured a loan of $2 billion. Dati, who was reacting to the recent allegations by the Minister of […]

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Herdsmen ambush, kill three in Plateau

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2018 0

Three people have been reported killed in Zangwra community of Miango district, in what residents say is yet another attack by herdsmen. The three were said to have met their death while returning home on a motorcycle while two others escaped with injuries. Those killed include one Mr. John Esije 32 years, Mr. Monday Nzwe […]

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PDP allege plot to rig Plateau council election

Ihesiulo Grace 3 February 2018 0

Plateau state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state has taken steps to demonstrated that it is going to manipulate the process and outcome of the planned local government election scheduled for the 17th of February this month. The opposition party accused the ruling […]

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Lalong react to critics, says Benue, Plateau remain unquestionable ally

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2018 0

Sequel to the statement credited to Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, at the State House in Abuja Thursday, where he was quoted to have said he advised the Benue State governor not to implement the anti grazing bill, Lalong has said the media should not misquote the intent of his statement, as Benue Plateau […]

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STF arrests 80, recovered over 70 weapons, 2,000 ammunitions

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2018 0

The Special Task Force in Plateau otherwise known as Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), MONDAY said it has arrested over 80 suspects in connection with different offences within the State and has displayed over 70 (seventy), different types of locally fabricated weapons as well as over 2,000 rounds of ammunitions recovered from hoodlums in various parts […]

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Plateau LG Polls: America Embassy sustains peace dialogue with PPBA

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2017 0

The monthly Peace Architecture Dialogue (PAD), designed by the Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA), to further discuss and fashion out ways for peaceful co-existence among Plateau inhabitants has received a boost from the Embassy of the United States of America in Abuja, aimed at sustaining the fragile peace in the State, even as the 2018 […]

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Plateau LG Polls: America Embassy sustains peace dialogue with PPBA

Ihesiulo Grace 21 December 2017 0

The monthly Peace Architecture Dialogue (PAD), designed by the Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA), to further discuss and fashion out ways for peaceful co-existence among Plateau inhabitants has received a boost from the Embassy of the United States of America in Abuja, aimed at sustaining the fragile peace in the State, even as the 2018 […]

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Agency move to validate five years strategic plan to end conflict in Plateau

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2017 0

The resurgence of communal and farmers/herders conflicts hitherto bedevilling the once peaceful Plateau State, has however necessitated the move by the Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA), to develop a Five Years Strategic Plan aimed at providing a lasting solution to the lingering tension. Established through a legislative act and signed into law by the Governor […]

Politics

Plateau: Thugs disrupt PDP primaries in Kanke, beat up electoral officers

Ihesiulo Grace 19 November 2017 0

Thugs on Friday disrupted the PDP primary elections organised to decide its chairmanship candidate for Kanke, in the Feb. 18 local government elections in Plateau State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the thugs, who invaded the Kwall Stadium venue of the election, beat up members of the PDP electoral committee and officials […]

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Ambush: 9 persons killed, 4 injured in Plateau midnight attack, STF begin air raid operation

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2017 0

Nine persons where on Tuesday night ambushed and killed, by unknown gunmen along Rim in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. Our correspondent also gathered that Four persons were also injured and are currently receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital. Spokesman of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), deployed to restore law and order in Plateau, […]

Business

IGR: Plateau generates N7.7bn in 9 months

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2017 0

The Plateau State Government says it generated N7.7 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) between January to September, 2017. Chairman, Plateau State Internal Revenue Service (PSIRS), Mr. Dashe Arlat told journalists in Jos, the state capital, yesterday, that the feat was achieved as a result of hard work by the government. Arlat described the collection […]

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250 die of snakebite in 3 weeks as acute scarcity of anti-venom persists

Ihesiulo Grace 5 November 2017 0

Two hundred and fifty victims of snake bite have died in the last three weeks in Plateau and Gombe States, following an acute scarcity of snake anti-venom drugs in the country. The figure represents the number of confirmed deaths from three snake treatment centres – General Hospital, Kaltungo, Ali Mega Pharmacy, Gombe and Comprehensive Medical […]

Entertainment

Record label set to reposition Plateau artists, sign 3

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2017 0

A record label has signed three upcoming artists for the first time in Jos the Plateau State Capital, aimed at repositioning the entertainment industry in a State that has produced notable artists in the likes of P. Square, Ice Prince and others. The four years contract will see the three new artists enjoy promotion/marketing, dressing […]

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#DTNalert: Youths and soldiers clash in Riyom, Plateau state

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2017 0

Fatalities have been recorded in a clash between soldiers and some youths in Sopp Village, in the Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. Scores of angry youths have taken to the streets to protest alleged the shooting and killing of two young in the community. More to follow

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[ICYMI] Youths attack soldiers in Plateau, destroy checkpoint, 3 vehicles

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2017 0

Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos Youths in their hundreds Sunday, attacked the Special Task Force (STF) checkpoint and vandalise three vehicles parked at the task-force Sector Nine Unit in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The reason for the attack, according to the spokesperson for the task-force, Captain Umar Adams, was that two men from Sopp […]

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CAN reacts to Plateau killings, says enough is a enough

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2017 0

The youth wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN), has frowned at the incessant killing of Christians by the Fulani Herdsmen without any steps taking by the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government to address the ugly trend and bring the perpetrators to book, saying that CAN is stamping it’s foot insisting that enough […]