Tag Archives: Plateau

Layla Ali Othman,a businesswoman and wife of the member of the House of Representatives from Plateau State, Yusuf Gagdi, has replied people criticizing her husband for buying a brand new Sport Utility Vehicle for their daughter, Aisha, as a gift on her graduation from secondary school.   The lawmaker’s grand …

Gunmen have k!lled a youth leader of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, Yakubu Muhammad.   It was gathered that the youth leader was shot d@ad by gunmen in the Jebu area of Bassa, around 7:40 pm on Thursday, July …

“It would be recalled that a tactical team of 3 Division/Operation SAFE HAVEN while conducting an operation to recover arms from a gunrunners’ hideout at Sangasa Village in Fann District was attacked in the early hours of 10 July 2024,” the statement read.   “During the operation, a member of …

Maj. Aliyu Danja, the Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations of the division made this known while addressing newsmen on Wednesday. Danja said that the arrest and recovery of weapons followed an operation conducted by troops between July 10 and June 16. “A tactical team of III Div and …

A devastating incident occurred in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, on Friday morning when Saints Academy, a secondary school, collapsed, resulting in the de@ths of 22 victims and injuries to 132 others.    The collapse happened while students were in the midst of their third term examinations.   The …

Seventeen persons have been confirmed d3ad and over 120 persons were trapped in the rubbles at the Saint Academy building that collapsed in Busa Buji community in Jos, Plateau state today July 12.   The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency, Sunday Àbdu, who confirmed the number of …

The Plateau Commissioner for Information and Communication, Musa Ashoms, has confirmed that about 200 students were trapped in the Saint Academy, a secondary school in the state capital on Friday, July 12.   The students were writing their third-term examinations when the incident happened.   Ashoms, who visited the scene …

The Management of Plateau State Tourism Corporation has stated that after relentless search and rescue efforts, the missing hyena from the Jos Wildlife Park has finally been found, tranquilised, captured and safely returned to its enclosure at the Park.   A statement issued in Jos, the State capital, and signed …

A pastor of the Assemblies of God Church, Dauda Dalyop, 63, and his wife, Chummy Dauda, 57, who were killed by gunmen have been laid to rest at Kimakpa village in Kwall District, Bassa Local Government Area Plateau State.    The couple and three other persons, Chwe Ajuh, 26, Joshua …

Five persons have reportedly been killed by gunmen at Kimakpa village of Kwall District in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.    National Publicity Secretary, Irigwe Development Association ((IDA), Sam Jugo said the killing took place on Monday, June 5, at about 12 midnight.   Those killed have been …