Tag: plateau
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Plateau LG polls: Low voter turnout greets exercise in Jos North,South
The ongoing Local Government election in Plateau is recording a poor voter turnout in Jos, the state capital, as most residents of the city have shunned the exercise. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited some polling units in Jos North and Jos South local government areas reports that the people…
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Tight security in Jos as Plateau holds LG polls
There is heavy presence of security personnel at various polling units and flash points in Jos the Plateau state capital, and evirons, as all is set for the conduct of elections across the 17 Local Government Areas on Saturday. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited some of the areas, reports…
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Irigwe people in Jos say they have no hand in the murder of 22 commuters
Irigwe Development Association, an ethnic group in Plateau on Monday denounced allegations that its people were responsible for the killing of 22 commuters on Rukuba Road, Jos on Aug. 14. President of the association, Mr Robert Dodo, denounced the allegation at a news conference it organised in collaboration with an NGO in Abuja. Dodo said…
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Military nabs 2 suspected drug dealers in Plateau with hemp worth N9.5m –spokesman
Troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi states, have arrested two suspects with cannabis sativa worth N9.5 million, according to the Media Officer of the taskforce, Maj. Ishaku Takwa. In a statement he issued on Saturday in Jos, Takwa added that the…
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Military warns Plateau residents against self-defense
Following increasing insecurity in Plateau, the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) on Monday warned residents against taking the law into their hands in the guise of self-defence. Maj. Ishaku Takwa, the Media Officer of the task force gave the warning in a statement issued in Jos. Takwa faulted the consistent call on…
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Lagos State Govt. evacuates 3-week-old baby, Lagos students from Plateau
Lagos State Government has evacuated a three-week-old baby, the mother and undergraduate students of the state’s extraction studying at the University of Jos (UNIJOS), from Plateau. The evacuation became necessary following recent attacks and killings on the plateau. The first set of evacuees, comprising 64 UNIJOS students, the three-week-old-baby, and the mother, Manya Banfe, a…
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LG boss lauds security operatives for rescuing kidnapped victims in Plateau
Mr Lawrence Danat, the Chairman, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau, has lauded the efforts of security operatives for rescuing the remaining two persons kidnapped in Mangu town. Kidnappers had on May 19 invaded Gaya Layout near Chichim Quarters in Mangu town at 8.30 p.m. and abducted four persons. The police in conjunction with vigilante…
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2.4m practice open defecation in Plateau , says sanitation GM
Mr Peter Kassam , General Manger, Plateau Rural Water Supply And Sanitation Agency (PRUWASSA) has said that no fewer than 2.4 million people practice open defecation. Kassam disclosed this on Thursday in Jos, at a one-day sensitisation capacity building workshop . The workshop was organised by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in collaboration with…
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Task force warns Plateau, S/Kaduna residents against illegal possession of arms
The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi states, has warned residents of the areas against illegal possession of firearms. Maj.-Gen. Dominic Onyemelu, the Commander of task force gave the warning at a stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday in Jos. According to Onyemelu, anyone caught in…
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Plateau Govt shifts date for reopening of tertiary schools
The Plateau Government has directed tertiary institutions to resume on Jan. 18, as against the Jan. 4 date earlier announced. Mr Kakmena Audu, the Plateau Commissioner for Higher Education gave the directive in a statement on Thursday in Jos.He said the decision to shift the resumption date was in line with the directive of the Federal…