What could have been another round of crisis in Jos South Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau was averted, Friday, when the State government halted a purported “installation of a Sarkin Kerana 4 of Bukuru”. Tensions started building in the local government area and some surrounding parts of the Northern Senatorial District of the state last Thursday when an electronic invitation card for the turbaning installation of one Alhaji Samaila Abdullahi as the Sarkin Kerana 4 in Bukuru, Jos South LGA, surfaced on the social media. According to the e-invitation card, the turbaning ceremony under the “Bukuru Emirate Council” was…
Author: Dan Johnson
The Plateau State Football Association, PFA has debunked rumours that there is a rift between the football association and management of the state-owned Premier League side, Plateau United FC. A statement signed by the PFA Chairman and Secretary, Sunday Longbap and Sunday Etsi respectively and made available to newsmen in Jos, the Plateau State capital claimed the rumours were the handiwork of mischief makers who do not wish well for football. “We, therefore, advised anyone whose stock in trade is causing disunity and disaffection through fake news in order to gain relevance or cheap publicity to device other means and…
Residents of Jos and environs have expressed mixed reactions over the Plateau State government decided to order the immediate closure of markets, the stay-at-home order for civil servants below Grade Level 12 amongst others as part of measures to prevent the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus disease ravaging the world. The state government handed down the directives, Tuesday, when the Governor, Rt. Hon. Simon Lalong, in a statewide broadcast, said the measures taken by the government to prevent the spread of the disease became expedient. In the broadcast, Lalong ordered the partial closure of all markets in the state, banned…
Property worth millions of Naira were destroyed, Monday, when some parts of Plateau State recorded their first rainfall of the year. The rainstorm which started around noon that fateful day was accompanied by a heavy windstorm that blew off rooftops of over fifty houses and rendered many families homeless. The unfortunate incident which occurred in Jibam district and environs of Pankshin LGA of the state has thrown the people into confusion and panic as most of the affected persons are stranded. Narrating the incident to our correspondent in Jos, the Plateau State capital, a resident of Jibam village, Mr. Samnaan…
Director General, Plateau Peace Building Agency, PPBA, Joseph Lengmang has identified what he referred to as “poisonous narratives on the social media” by citizens as one of the numerous challenges militating against peace building efforts in Plateau State. Lengmang who stated this in Jos, Plateau State capital when management of the agency played host to members of Women Peace Security Network, WPSN decried the high rate of unguarded utterances by citizens against one another and; the publication of materials with toxic contents on the social media. He maintained that in addressing the issues of conflict in Plateau State in particular…
The last may not have been heard about the brewing feud between the University of Jos and one of its host communities, Naraguta village over alleged land encroachment by the latter. Investigation reveal that both the University authorities and the leadership of the community seem not ready to shift ground, as yet, as far as the matter is concern. Our correspondent in Jos, the Plateau State capital, reports that while management of the second generation Ivory Tower vowed to continue with the fencing project of the land acquired from the defunct Nigeria Bricks and Clay Products Limited (a subsidiary of…
