Plateau State Police Command, on Monday confirmed the arrest of one Abdulhamid Sale who was accused of raping seven teenagers in Bukuru community of Jos South LGA of Plateau State. The confirmation was made by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Ubah Ogaba in Jos, the State Capital. Ogaba said,Continue Reading
Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), an internal military task force in Plateau State, has denied the report linking it to the death of two youths in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The youths identified as Jerry Bitrus, 28, and Joseph Davou, 32, respectively, were reportedly killed last Sunday, byContinue Reading
The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has debunked rumour and media reports suggesting that a soldier was shot during the recent unfolding between security agencies and protesting NULGE workers. This position was disclosed following an emergency meeting summon at the instance of the Jos North LGA Chairman inContinue Reading
A coalition of civil rights group has flayed the shooting and wounding of a soldier attached to Operation Safe Haven, a military outfit in Plateau State by aggrieved Plateau local government workers protesting non implementation of minimum wage at the local level in the state. The group under the auspicesContinue Reading
Plateau State Local Government Workers in recent turn of events clashed with the Military operatives who were instructed to dispatch workers from proceeding with the minimum wage protest in Jos, Plateau State. The workers, who have being protesting for the past one month held a Christmas service at the protestContinue Reading
AS local government workers in Plateau State continue street protests against the state government’s non implementation of the new minimum wage at the council level,a group of their colleagues under the aegis of Plateau Concerned Local Government Staff Forum (PLALOCAF) has appealed for suspension of the action. PLALOCAF said itsContinue Reading
The plateau state ministry of higher Education has announced resumption date for all Tertiary institutions in the state. Commissioner of the ministry Kakmena Goteng Audu in a statement to that effect disclosed that tertiary institutions are to resume on the 18th of January 2021 inline with the position of theContinue Reading
Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong on Thursday night signed into law the anti-kidnapping, anti-land grabbing, cultism and other anti-violence related matters bill also passed by the House of Assembly. Lalong said the law is long overdue because of the increase in kidnapping, land grabbing and other violent crimes within theContinue Reading
The Police is currently on the hunt for a woman identified as Justina Peter who is on the run after she allegedly poured boiling water on her co-wife, Iklima Musa in Plateau state. The incident happened at Gindiri town in Mangu Local Government Area of the state. The victim isContinue Reading
Plateau State Government has said that it does not intend to impose a lockdown in response to the second wave of COVID-19, but will ensure strict compliance to all protocols. This was disclosed at a stakeholders meeting convened by Governor Simon Bako Lalong with Local Government Chairmen, traditonal rulers, religiousContinue Reading