Tag: Plateau State

Former FCT minister, Sunday Ewuga abducted by gunmen in Nasarawa

Aminu Imam

Suspected gunmen have reportedly kidnapped a former Senator and Minister of State in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Solomon Sunday Ewuga around Gudi in the Akwanga local government area of Nasarawa State. The incident is said to have happened on the evening of yesterday. The former Senator, who represented Nasarawa-North Senatorial district from 2011-2015 was returning home when the gunmen waylaid and abducted him. Ewuga was vice-chairman of three different Senate committees during his tenure at the National Assembly. Further details of the abduction are still sketchy at the moment.…

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Plateau attack: Youths storm Govt. House, Assembly with victims’ corpses

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A group of young persons have stormed the State House of Assembly, with victims’ corpses of on Tuesday’s attack in Yelwa-Zangam village, in Plateau State. Recall that several people were reportedly killed on Tuesday at Yelwa Zangam in Jos-North local government area. According to the reports gathered, herdsmen invaded the community at the dead of night, leaving several people – mostly women and children dead. The youths had stormed Plateau Specialist Hospital where the corpses of victims had been deposited and evacuated the corpses into vans. After listening to the…

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Plateau: State govt. re-imposes 24-hr curfew on Jos-North

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Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has reinstated the 24-hour curfew earlier relaxed in Jos North Local Government Area of the State. The governor’s decision comes after the growing tensions arising from the attack on Yelwa-Zangam village of the Jos-North local government area, where over 30 people were killed and properties destroyed. Recall that the gunmen stormed the community around 10 pm on Tuesday night and killed the victims while several others who sustained injuries during the attack have been rushed to the Bingham University Teaching Hospital in Jos, the State…

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Plateau killings: Lalong begs Ondo people, govt. for forgiveness

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Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong, has begged the government and people of Ondo for forgiveness, following the recent attack on their people. Recall that about 23 people from Ondo State, passing through Jos were killed on Aug. 14, while 23 were reportedly 23 injured. The commuters were attacked en route Ondo, along Rukuba road in Jos-North local government area, of which more than 30 were rescued by security agents. The apology is contained in a statement by the governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr. Makut Macham, on Saturday…

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Plateau: Suspected herdsmen defy curfew, kill 6 in fresh attack

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Despite the curfew imposed by the Plateau State government, suspected herdsmen on Tuesday reportedly killed six persons in a fresh attack on Chando-Zrrechi (Tafi-Gana) village, of Miango District, in Bassa local government area of the State. It was learnt that herdsmen stormed the communities in the evening shooting sporadically. The Secretary General of the Irigwe Development Association Danjuma Auta Dickson in a statement issued on Wednesday morning said if nothing is done to avert this ugly trend, the Fulani herdsmen plans to wiped out the Irigwe people. “Yet, last night,…

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Jos attack: “Rush to bail suspects at your risk” – Lalong

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Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong, has ordered that anyone who “rushes to bail suspects” linked to attacks in the State should be arrested. The governor directed this on Tuesday, during an emergency meeting with stakeholders on peace and security in Jos, the State capital. The meeting, according to reports, focused on the August 14 incident and other attacks in Bassa, Jos-South, Barkin-Ladi and Riyom LGAs. Recall that no fewer than A total of 22 people were on August 14 killed, while several others sustained injuries when suspected gunmen attacked Muslim…

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Plateau: 3 UNIJOS students killed, 2 missing in commuters’ attack – NANS

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At least three students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) have been feared killed while two others are declared missing following the attack on commuters along Rukuba Road which led to the death of over 20 travellers on Saturday. The chairman of the UNIJOS chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS), Comrade Jeremiah Matthew Dalong, disclosed this yesterday. According to him, two of their students have been declared missing, stressing that they have not been seen since the crisis broke out in Jos the Plateau State capital. He…

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Plateau massacre: Death toll hits 28

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…”We will take action if your response is not favourable” – Sheikh tells State govt.…”I’ll not allow celigious crisis in Plateau” – Lalong…Ondo govt. delegation meets Fulani community The death toll from the attack that happened in the Rukuba area of Plateau, Jos-North local government area on Saturday has reached 28 and many are still missing. The victims, who were mostly Fulani from Ondo State had attended an annual Zikr (prayer session) and celebration of the Islamic New Year, which held at the Dahiru Usman Bauchi mosque, in Bauchi, and…

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Plateau attacks: Police nab 20 suspects, rescue 33 victims

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…Lalong imposes 24-hour curfew on Jos-North LGA…As IGP orders coordinated response to protect citizens Barely hours after the imposition of a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Jos-North, Bassa and Jos-South LGAs of Plateau State, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, said that 33 victims of Saturday’s attack on travellers through Rukuba community had been rescued, with 20 suspects arrested. The Force Public Relations Officer, (FPRO), Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Recall that the State governor, Simon Lalong, has further imposed a 24-hour curfew in Jos-North…

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Black Saturday: Police confirm 22 dead in Plateau attack

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The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed 22 people killed in Saturday’s attack on commuters around Rukuba Road in Jos-North local government area. Suspected Christian militias reportedly opened fire on a convoy of Muslim faithful in the area, with 22 killed of the 90 people journeying. The State Police Command’s spokesman, Ubah Ogaba, in a statement, said at about 08:28 am, the Plateau State Police Command received a distress call that a group of attackers suspected to be Irigwe youths, predominantly Christians, attacked a convoy of five buses conveying some…

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