Two people have been confirmed dead after a petrol tanker exploded in a filling station in Jos. It was revealed that four vehicles and four petrol tankers also caught fire. The inferno started inside the filling station along Ring-Bauchi Road in Jos North local government at weekend around 10pm when the filling station workers were […]
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Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed at least six people in Taagbe, a village in Bassa local government area of Plateau state. Sunday Yari, a witness, said among those killed were five adults and a teenager. He said the attackers, who came with sophisticated weapons, moved from one house to another. “They razed down […]
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Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state, has relaxed the dusk-to-dawn curfew in Jos, the state capital. Lalong had imposed the curfew to avoid attacks on Igbo residents, following the clash between suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and some people of northern extraction in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. In a statement on […]
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The Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has directed an immediate imposition of curfew from dusk to dawn (6pm – 6am) within the Greater Jos – Bukuru Metropolis, until further notice. Samuel, Emmanuel Nanle, Director, Press & Public Affairs to the governor said in a statement that the directive followed “sudden build up of tension […]
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Fire has gutted the Jos transmission station through which electricity is being distributed to the fours states – Plateau, Bauchi, Benue and Gombe – served by the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC). NAN reports that the fire, which started around 5pm on Tuesday, razed down the facility, a transformer 150MVA 300/132 KV, located along Zaria […]
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The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed 19 persons killed and five others injured in an attack on Ancha village, Bassa Local Government, on Friday. The Plateau police commissioner, Peter Ogunyanwo, who briefed journalists on Friday in Jos, said that preliminary investigation had indicated that the attack was carried out by Fulani gunmen. “We are […]
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The federal government of Nigeria says the two illegal mining companies – Solid Unit Limited and Geotess Nigeria Limited – that were shut down in Zurak, Wase local government area of Plateau state, last month, had illegally taken out minerals worth over N100 billion in the past few years. Kayode Fayemi, minister of mines and […]
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The authorities at Plateau State Polytechnic have shut down its Jos campus for one week following the inferno that razed a female hostel on Monday. The fire, which started around 8.30 a.m., raged on till 11.44 a.m., as the students and members of staff scampered to save the situation. Fortunately, no life was lost in […]
Continue ReadingAPC governors who met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday at the State House Presidential Villa, have complained about the recent ambassadorial appointments made by the president.Particularly, governor Simon Lalong, said consultations across board would have ensured fairness, citing an example of his state where the two nominees came from the same zone. One of […]
Continue ReadingThe Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has directed the Deputy-Inspector-General of Police, operations, DIG Joshack Habilla, to ensure the arrest of the killers of Chief Lazarus Agaie, the traditional ruler of Bokkos in Plateau. The directive is contained in a statement issued by the Force Spokesman, Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Don […]
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