plateau state

Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has announced immediate closure of Saint Academy School and ordered full investigation into the building collapse that killed 22 and injured 132 persons. The governor gave the order for the…

A tense situation unfolded in Kerang Mangu, Plateau State, on Friday as irate youths clashed with military personnel enforcing a 24-hour curfew. In a statement issued later that day, Operation SAFE HAVEN, a military task force deployed…

The ongoing crisis in Plateau State's Mangu Local Government Area has a multifaceted cause, according to the Nigerian military. In a statement released Thursday, they attributed the situation to a complex interplay of factors, including…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, expressed deep alarm today over the recent wave of attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria, that claimed the lives of nearly 200 people, according to local authorities. "I…

No fewer than seventy six persons were reportedly killed by assailants in fresh attacks on several communities of Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State. Transition Implementation Committee Chairman of Bokkos…

Over 100 people have been killed in Riyom and Mangu local councils of Plateau state and in response, the government announced a 24-hour curfew. The curfew was slammed on Mangu Local Government Area. Gov. Caleb Mutfwang…

The Police Command in Plateau has confirmed the abduction of Mr Henry Gotip, the Executive Chairman of Kanke Local Government Area of the State by gunmen. DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Plateau…

A state High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Friday, September 2, discharged and acquitted a former governor of the state, Jonah Jang, of over the N6.3 billion corruption charges levelled against him by the Economic…

The Police Command in Plateau has re-arrested one Mohammed Ibrahim, one of the inmates that escaped from the Jos custodial centre. The Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Mr Bartholomew Onyeka announced this when he presented him…

National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has detained a Lebanese national (pictures above) accused of defiling minors in Plateau capital, Jos. The agency made this known on Thursday, saying the…

Security agents in Plateau state have rescued a professor with the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos, Grace Ayanbimpe and her husband, who were recently abducted by gunmen. They were kidnapped from their residence…

Abducted student of Kings school, also known as Capro Secondary Mission School, located at Gana Ropp in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State has regained freedom, the military authorities have confirmed. In the early hours…

Four students of Capro Secondary Mission School located at Gana Ropp in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State were abducted in the early hours of Thursday, it has emerged. However, three of the students have escaped, while…

Suspected gunmen have killed eight persons during an attack on a mining site at Shawalan Kuru in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau state. The attack, which was carried out on Friday evening, has thrown the community into…