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Latest Politics, Plateau, State News
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Soldiers in a central Nigerian city opened fire Saturday on university students protesting continuing violence between Christians and Muslims, witnesses said, with at least five people killed in the ensuing violence. The shooting came as gas stations and a farmer’s market smouldered after late Friday violence that sparked when Christian students attacked Muslims trying to […]
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Bauchi, Plateau, State News
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Jos riot A serving riot police officer, Corporal Mohammed Uba, was yesterday arrested along with 29 other Fulani gunmen following an attack on three villages in Barkin Ladi Local Government area of Plateau State in which at least 12 people were killed. Another four persons were confirmed killed in Bauchi State, while several others sustained […]
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Plateau, State News
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday called on President Goodluck Jonathan to consider the option of declaring a state of emergency in Plateau State. The vice-president of NLC, Comrade Issa Aremu who spoke for the congress said this had become necessary in order to save the lives of the people in the state. Aremu who […]
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Plateau, State News
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
s complaints continue to trail the operations of the Special Task Force (STF) in Jos, the Commander of the STF, Brigadier-General Hassan Umaru, has declared that it is only the Federal Government that can determine the time the task force will leave the state. It will be recalled that various bodies and individuals in recent […]
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National Politics, Plateau, State News
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
An Abuja High Court could not continue with the trial of the former governor of Plateau State, Mr. Joshua Dariye, yesterday as counsel to the accused, Mr. Chris Umar informed the court that an appeal had been filed at the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Appeal Court returning Dariye to the trial court. […]
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Plateau, State News
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State has written to the state governor, Jonah Jang, to sack the deputy governor, Mrs. Palline Tallen for defecting to Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) where she is contesting for the office of the governor. As part of the crisis rocking the conduct of National Assembly primary election in […]
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Plateau, State News
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Residents of Jos have adopted various survival strategies as the warring parties resort to secret killings in the troubled city. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one of the strategies, known as “chameleon tactics”, involved the use of clothes “acceptable to each of the warring territories. “I wear my jeans trousers and T-shirt […]
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Plateau, State News
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Soldiers patrolling Jos, Plateau State capital, received shoot-at-sight orders yesterday after a group of youths killed an ad-hoc staff of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and set his body on fire on Monday. Army spokesman, Capt. Charles Ekeocha, who confirmed the new orders yesterday, said “the best option is to make sure you stop the […]
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Plateau, State News
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
The Special Task Force in Jos, Plateau State has arrested the five soldiers that were on duty at Riyom when suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked Wareng village. During the attack, 13 persons, mainly women and children, were killed. STF spokesman, Capt. Charles Ekeocha, told newsmen on Wednesday in Jos that the soldiers would help the agency […]
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Plateau, State News
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Violence continued in Plateau State on Monday evening as 18 people were killed and four others seriously injured by suspected herdsmen in three villages in Riyom Local Government Area. Seventeen houses were also said to have been set ablaze by the herdsmen in the villages. Thirteen of the victims were killed at Kuru Tasha (Wareng) […]
