•Collapsed mining site in Plateau At least four miners were killed after a sandpit collapsed on them at a mining site in Dura community, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to eyewitness accounts, the incident occurred last night when the ground caved in on the four individuals working in the pit, reports […]
•Attack in Riyom Local Government Area, Plateau State The Plateau State government has received the report of a high-powered fact-finding committee on recent attacks across the state, uncovering disturbing details of violence that has spanned more than two decades. Presenting the report in Jos, Chairman of the committee, Major General Rogers N...
•Youth Corps members Tension has again gripped Jos, the Plateau State capital, following the abduction of a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and a student by suspected kidnappers. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday at Babale community in Jos North Local Government Area, when armed men invaded a [&hellip...
•DSS operatives The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed charges before the Federal High Court in Abuja against nine suspects linked to the recent deadly attacks on Yelwata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, as well as in parts of Plateau State. The charge sheet stated that one Haruna Adamu, Muhammad Abdullahi of […]
•Plateau rainstorm A heavy rainstorm hit Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State yesterday, causing widespread destruction in the Bukuru community. It was gathered that the rainstorm destroyed several houses including the Jos South Council Secretariat Gate, reports The Nation. Chairman of Jos South LGA ,Silas Patrick Dung confirmed th...
•A church set on fire Fresh violence has erupted in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State as armed men launched a deadly overnight attack on Ding’ak community in Mushere Chiefdom, leaving at least two people dead, churches and homes burnt, and food supplies looted. The assault, which began around midnight and lasted until about [&helli...
The Plateau State High Court 10 sitting in Jos has remanded 20 suspects accused of killing wedding guests in Mangun community, Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. 13 of the travellers were killed, while many others injured in the attack by suspected mobs while on their way to Kwa community in Qua’an Pan […]
One of the wedding travellers, Abas Rufa’i, who survived the mob attack on Friday in the Mangun community of Mangu Local Government Area, Plateau State, has recounted how he miraculously escaped through the mob to alert soldiers who later rescued other victims. Rufa’i shared his experience with Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State during the [&he...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have killed a police inspector, Yakubu Dauda, and seized his rifle in the Chwelnyap Rim community of Riyom Local Government Area, Plateau State. Also in Rivers State, rampaging cultists have killed a police corporal identified as Francis Friday and a member of a vigilante group, OSP...
•Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, said no fewer than 53 suspects have been arrested in connection with the recent wave of deadly attacks in Benue and Plateau states that claimed dozens of lives and left several others injured or displaced. Addressing journalists in Abuja today, Eg...

