plateau state news

The Digest: Nollywood actor Zuby Michael has sparked mixed reactions after calling on Christians in Jos, Plateau State, to flee the city following the deadly Palm Sunday attack in Angwan Rukuba that claimed dozens of lives. In an Instagram post, Michael wrote, "Christians should leave Jos,"...

The Digest: Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has declared that the state will not succumb to fear or intimidation following the deadly attack in Angwan Rukuba, Jos North, which claimed 28 lives. In a statewide broadcast, the governor described the attack as "senseless" and vowed that the...

The Digest: Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has assured that the state government will not allow a mass burial for victims of the Palm Sunday attack in Angwan Rukuba, Jos North, which claimed at least 12 lives. Speaking during a visit to the affected community, Mutfwang said the...

The Digest: Residents of Angwan Rukuba in Jos North have recounted the horror of a Palm Sunday attack that claimed over 20 lives, describing how suspected gunmen moved from house to house, banging on doors and shooting residents at close range. Emmanuel Topaz Daniel, a youth leader in the...

The Digest: The Christian Association of Nigeria has condemned the Palm Sunday attack in Jos North, Plateau State, which claimed several lives in the Angwan Rukuba community, describing it as unacceptable and demanding swift justice. CAN President Archbishop Daniel Okoh expressed alarm that...

The Digest: The Plateau State Government has imposed a 48-hour curfew on Jos North Local Government Area following a deadly attack on Sunday that killed several residents in the Gari Ya Waye community of Anguwan Rukuba. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Joyce Lohya Ramnap...

The Digest: Hundreds of angry residents in Plateau State took to the streets on Monday morning, defying a state-imposed curfew to protest the deadly Palm Sunday attack that claimed several lives in Jos North Local Government Area. The demonstration began at the scene of the massacre in Anguwan...

The Digest: Three soldiers and seven vigilantes have been killed in Wanka community, Keram district of Kanam Local Government Area, Plateau State, after bandits ambushed security forces following an earlier confrontation. Residents told Daily Trust the incident occurred around 5:30 pm Friday...

The Digest: The Federal Government has ordered the immediate closure of a mining site in Zurak, Wase Local Government Area, Plateau State, where 37 artisanal miners died after inhaling suspected toxic gases. Twenty-five others were hospitalised. The victims, mostly young men aged 20-35, were...

The Digest: At least 37 miners have died and 25 others have been hospitalised following suspected carbon monoxide exposure at an underground mining site in Zurak, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to Zagazola Makama and multiple reports, the incident occurred in the early...

The Digest: Farmers and herders from six rural communities across Bokkos and Riyom Local Government Areas of Plateau State have signed 25 peace agreements aimed at ending years of recurrent deadly conflict. The accords were reached following dialogue and reconciliation sessions facilitated by...

The Digest: A community leader from Mushere Chiefdom in Plateau State, Amos Gyang, has narrated how Fulani bandits invaded his village, killed residents, and forced the community to flee. Gyang stated that the attackers, who had previously lived among them peacefully, took over the land last...

The Digest: At least five residents and one soldier have been killed in coordinated bandit attacks on the communities of Sabon Gari and Zurak in Bashar district, Plateau State. The assailants, arriving in large numbers on Monday, first attacked a military checkpoint and looted shops in Sabon...

The Digest: Imam Abdullahi Abubakar, the Muslim cleric revered for his courageous act of sheltering hundreds of Christians during the deadly 2018 Plateau attacks, has passed away at the age of 92. His death marks the loss of a national symbol of interfaith compassion and moral courage in a...

The Digest: Suspected kidnappers were neutralized by Nigerian Army troops in Plateau State after attempting to seize a soldier’s rifle during a counter-kidnapping operation. The incident occurred as the suspects were guiding troops to a hidden arms cache following a raid on their hideout near...

The Digest: A devastating late-night fire in Mangu town, Plateau State, has killed six siblings, aged between four months and 12 years, leaving a family and community in profound grief. The blaze, which occurred in the early hours of Thursday, also left the children's mother with severe burns...

The Digest: The kidnappers of 28 travellers in Plateau State have contacted the victims’ families, demanding a ransom of N1.5 million for each person abducted. The group, seized while en route to a Maulud celebration on Sunday, includes men, women, and teenagers, whose families have pleaded...

The Digest: In another brazen attack on civilian movement, gunmen have abducted 28 travellers, including men, women, children, and two princes, in the Zak community, Plateau State. The victims were ambushed on Sunday night while en route to a Maulud event, their vehicle abandoned on the...

The Digest: The Plateau State High Court has sentenced Police Sergeant Ruya Auta to death by hanging or lethal injection for the culpable homicide of Rinji Bala, a 300-level student at the University of Jos, who was fatally shot while in custody during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. Justice David...

The Digest: Residents of the Mwar community in Plateau State have recounted begging soldiers at a nearby checkpoint for help as gunmen attacked their village, only to be refused in a moment of desperate need. Key Points: Attackers suspected to be Fulani militias struck the Mwar community...