Tag Archives: Plateau

The gunmen killed eleven people, set houses ablaze, and injured several others in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.    It was gathered that the gunmen suspected to be killer herdsmen invaded the Kulben community in Kunbum District of the council at about 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, September …

Plateau State Police Command has arrested a woman, identified as Patience Solomon, who abducted her neighbour’s ten-month-old baby in Jos, and absconded to the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.    Recall that LIB reported that the suspect absconded with the baby in the Angwan Rukuba area of Jos on Friday, …

The Plateau State Police Command has apprehended a 63-year-old man, John Mahana, for defiling two sisters, aged 4 and 8, at Mabel village, Batura Ward in Bokkos Local Government Areas of the state.    Mahama was paraded at the Command’s Headquarters in Jos on Monday, September 4, 2023, alongside 25 …

The newly-wedded couple, Barnabas Danladi Rwang and his wife, Sandra, who were killed by herders have been laid to rest in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.      The teacher couple, aged 31 and 24, were shot dead on August 14, 2023, by the herdsmen who forced their …

A man identified as Dung Mark, his wife, and children were among those killed by gunmen in Batin community of Heipang, in Barakin-Ladi local government area of Plateau State.    The gunmen suspected to be herders killed no fewer than twenty-one, mostly women and children, during the attack carried out …

Two teachers have been killed by herders who attacked BECO Comprehensive School in Kwi, Riyom local government area of Plateau State.   Vanguard reported that the incident occurred on Monday afternoon, August 14, after herdsmen who allegedly forced their way into the school premises for their cows to graze, were …

The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed that 20 persons were killed by gunmen in the Heipang community, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state.     Spokesperson of the command, Alfred Alabo, who confirmed the development in a statement in Jos, said the attack occurred in the early …

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed five people and injured many others in Nchya village in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.    A source in the area told the Nigerian Tribune that the bandits, in large numbers, invaded the village at about 1:00 am on Monday, August …

Plateau state Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyeka, has been instructed by an area court sitting in Bukuru Jos South Local Government Area of the state, to unseal all the 17 local government secretariats in the state.   The police chief sealed the secretariats following the removal of the elected chairmen …

Troops of Operation Hakorin Damisa IV, have neutralized bandits, rescued several kidnapped victims and recovered arms and ammunition in a series of operations across Plateau State.    Media Information Officer, Operation Safe Haven, Captain Akorin Damisa Ivoya James, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, July 28, 2023, said …