The special task force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) maintaining peace in Plateau and environs, has said the abductors of Sum Pyem, Mr Charles Mato, have demanded N500 million ransom. Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, the Commander of OPSH, said this when officials of Correspondents Chapel of Plateau Council of Nigerian Union of Journalists visited him on Wednesday […]

. By Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos Agents of death in the early hours of Friday, invaded Te’egbe village in Miango district, Irigwe chiefdom, Bassa local government area of Plateau State, killing not less than 10 people including children and the aged. The incident happened when the villagers were asleep and the invaders woke them up with […]

Accusations and counter-accusations have continued to fly following the Friday morning killings in Te’egbe village, Miango district, Irigwe Chiefdom, Bassa Local Government area of Plateau State, where no fewer than 10 people, including children and the aged, were killed.

By Marie-Therese Nanlong There was tension at the Anguwan Jarawa community, Jos North local government area on Monday when it was alleged that a tricycle rider and his friends were killed and his tricycle stolen when the rider went to the community to convey eggs from a poultry farm. Recall that Jos is highly polarized […]

*Lawmakers urge President Buhari to intervene *As youths protest, call for Ayuba’s reinstatement By Marie-Therese Nanlong, JOS THE crisis rocking the Plateau State House of Assembly, degenerated yesterday with the arrest of the embattled speaker, Abok Ayuba, and 10 other members of the house loyal to him, by the security operatives in the vicinity of […]

There was confusion in Plateau State House of Assembly yesterday, as six members of the House impeached the speaker, Ayuba Abok.

Concerned residents of Jos, the Plateau State capital have decried the increase in the price of charcoal in the state. Some of the residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Jos, lamented that the price of the commodity had gone through the roof. Miss Jennifer Godwin, a student and […]

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has said that local government elections held in the state on Saturday will consolidate peace. Lalong stated this while interacting with journalists in Ajikamai, Shendam Local Government Area (LGA) where he voted. The governor said it was usually difficult to transit from one elected government tenure to another. “Anytime we […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong – Jos Despite the nod by the Court of Appeal that election in Plateau State be held in the 17 local government areas of the State on Saturday, October 9, 2021, the electorate shun most of the polling units and rather went about doing other activities. Monitored reports from credible sources show […]

The Special Task Force of Operation Safe Haven in Jos has said it is in possession of intelligence about plans by those it described as disgruntled elements to disrupt the peace in the Plateau during the Local Government elections.

Mr Arlat Dasogot, Chairman, Plateau State Internal Revenue Service (PSIRS) has said that the service generated N17 billion from January to September 2021, as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). Dasogot made the disclosure at the state’s revenue council whistleblowing sub-committee stakeholder engagement on Monday, in Jos. The chairman said that the target of the service was […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong – Jos Former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang has reiterated his resolve to work with the former Minister of FCT, Jeremiah Useni and former Minister of Sports, Damishi Sango to wrest power out of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in the State. The trio had engaged in power tussle within […]

Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) on Saturday burst a drug syndicate in Plateau State and recovered 320 blocks of Indian hemp worth 9.5 million naira concealed in a Toyota Camry car with registration number Abuja ABC 214 HV.

Following the increasing security challenges in Plateau, a group, under the aegis of Coalition of Plateau Ethnic Youth, has advised politicians in the state to desist from politicising security matters for their selfish interests.

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has declared a 24-hour curfew in Jos North Local Government Area of the state following the massacre of 22 travellers on Saturday by marauding youths.