Jang relocates to Govt House over insecurity

PLATEAU State Governor Jonah Jang has relocated from the Governor’s Lodge at Jishe to the Government House, Rayfield, Jos. Sources close to the governor said Jang was advised by the security agencies in the state to vacate the beautiful mansion for his own safety, for now. In the past two weeks, the large beautiful complex […]

Plateau: Ten houses burnt…as Fulanis invade villages in Plateau

Atleast 10 persons have been killed and more that 20 houses destroyed as gun men invaded six Berom villages in Riyom Local Government of Plateau State between Monday night and yesterday morning. Residents of the affected  villages which include Gwarim, Tahoss, Bangai, Sopp, Angwa Werem and  Danjol have fled the areas and are taking refuge […]

Ibori: UK hunts for three more ex-governors

More ex-gover-nors who allegedly looted public funds and laundered them in the United Kingdom, are in trouble, as the authorities there are buoyed by their success in the trial of a former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, to activate their files. Ibori was on April 17, sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for money […]

Gunmen kill director, 2 others, set bodies ablaze in Plateau

Even as security men are yet to unravel those behind the murder of a councilor in Barakin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, unknown persons have again killed three persons in the same local government and set ablaze their bodies on Monday evening. The local government council, which is still under the state of emergency […]

Jos varsity medical director warns of possible attack

Jos University Teaching Hospital Chief Medical Director, Dr. Ishaya Pam, has said the institution is under serious threat from bombers. At least 10 persons were killed and 24 injured after suicide bombers attacked the St. Finbarr’s Catholic Church in Rayfield area of the crisis-prone Jos on March 10. On Sunday night suspected Fulani herdsmen killed […]

Boko Haram: Worshippers desert churches in Jos

FOLLOWING new  arrangements put in place by the security operatives in Plateau State to arrest the spate of suicide bombings, most churches in Jos, the state capital on Sunday, recorded a low turnout. At a meeting with the stakeholders, including religious leaders last week, the security operatives in the state reeled off  new security arrangements, […]

Jos: Christians retaliate, death toll hits 19, fresh bloodbath averted

The timely intervention of security operatives prevented another bloodbath in Jos on Monday following Sunday’s bombing of the St. Finbarr’s Catholic Church, Rayfield, even as the death toll rose to 19. Tension mounted as the hostilities between Christian and Moslem youths that started on Sunday, escalated on Monday with unconfirmed reports of the disappearance of […]

Jos, Boko Haram, Sanusi, Asari-Dokubo and Salient Musing – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria, March 12, 2012– We scoop water from the water pot and see a masquerader; what will the person who goes to draw water at the river find? A week ago, the COCIN church in Jos, Plateau state capital was hit by a bomb, whether suicide bomber or soldier-assisted bomber […]

Jos: Christians retaliate Boko Haram church bombing; kill 11

Boko Haram struck in Plateau and Borno states at the weekend, killing 10 people including two pregnant women, an Islamic cleric and seven members of Saint Fimbarr’s Catholic Church, Rakefield, Jos. Eleven victims lost their lives in reprisal attacks by youths. The attack on the Jos church resulted in a reprisal by angry youths which […]

Pictures: Suicide bombers kill 8-yr-old, 10 others in Jos church

Suicide bombers kill 8-yr-old, 10 others in Jos churchMarch 12, 2012 by Jude Owuamanam, Jos  An eight-year-old boy and 10 others were  killed on Sunday when suicide bombers attacked St. Finbarr’s Catholic Church, Rayfield, Jos, Plateau State. One of the bombers died in the blast while another, who barely survived, was mobbed and killed by […]

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