•Families of slain Plateau residents weep after marauders killed their loved ones in overnight attacks  For two weeks, Plateau State in North Central Nigeria has been a cynosure of killings, albeit an uncomely one. The grisly killing of over 100 residents by bloodthirsty marauders who unleashed mayhem on communities in the Bokkos and Bassa lo...
•Tinubu, Egbetokun, Mutfwang and Alia As over two billion professing Christians celebrate the symbolic resurrection of Jesus Christ over 2000 years after which signified his victory over death, it’s a measured Easter Sunday for millions of Nigerian faithful as a gale of grisly killings pockmark Plateau and Benue states, both in the Middle Belt...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), representing 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has called on federal and state governments to urgently establish trauma healing initiatives for victims of insurgency in Plateau and Benue States as part of broader efforts to restore peace and rebuild Northern Nigeria. In its ...
•Governor Caleb Mutfwang As part of efforts to restore calm, strengthen vigilance, and address security concerns in Plateau State, Governor Caleb Mutfwang has banned night grazing and the transportation of cattle by vehicle after 7p.m. In a state broadcast today, the governor also announced a restriction on the use of motorcycles between 7p.m....
A survivor of the Sunday night attack in the Zike hamlet, Kwall District, Irigwe Chiefdom of the Bassa local government area of Plateau State has lamented the palpable fear that prompted his sister to run out of their hiding place and got killed when the attackers invaded their home. The survivor, Eric Danlami, said they […]
Forty persons have been killed in another attack by assailants on Zike community, Kimakpa in the Kwall district of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to a Kwall community leader, Wakili Tongwe, the attackers invaded the village in the early hours of today and shot sporadically at residents who were scampering for safety [&...
•Plateau killings A father and his two sons were killed on Friday as bandits attacked Zogu village, Miango in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. The latest incident occurred less than one week after a similar attack in Bokkos villages claimed more than 50 lives, reports NAN. The incident coincided with a call by […]
•Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State Plateau State governor, Caleb Muftwang, has decried the attacks in some communities in his state, saying bandits have taken over 64 communities. The governor stated this last night during an interview on Channels Television. “These communities that have been recently attacked were part of the communiti...
•Some prison inmates In a bid to alleviate overcrowding in Nigeria’s correctional facilities, four state governors have granted pardons to over 120 inmates across various prisons in their states in the last three months. The pardon is part of ongoing efforts to reduce congestion in the nation’s correctional system, reports Sunday PUNCH. Govern...
•Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State Plateau State governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has signed an executive order suspending mining activities in the state with immediate effect. The governor explained that the measure is being taken to protect places of mining activities in the state, while a technical committee which has been inaugurated will ...

