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The renewed orgy of violence continued in Plateau State yesterday as at least 13 persons believed to be Berom were confirmed killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in a night attacks in Jol village of Riyom Local Government Area of the state. Management Committee Chairman of … Read more via...

A Plateau community has been plunged into chaos after some Fulani herdsmen reportedly attacked it, killing three persons..... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2KoO5XD Get More Nigeria Metro News

Four persons were last Tuesday evening killed by unknown assailants in Rigum community, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to a resident whose son was killed, Mrs. Kogi Audu, the incident occurred at about... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2vukHKf Get...

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state has urged citizens to stop apportioning blames regarding the recent spate of violence in the state, which led to the death of several persons. Premium Times reports that Lalong Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news 24/7 –...

The Plateau State caucus in the National Assembly thursday described as unfortunate, comments by allegedly made by President Muhammadu Buhari after his recent visit to the state over the killing of more than 200 people by armed herdsmen. The president reportedly consoled the people of …...

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, yesterday said suspects arrested in connection with the killings in some communities in the state would be prosecuted in Jos, the state capital, as against the practice of transferring suspects to Abuja for trial... Read more via Vanguard News –...

Former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, has said attempts to link him to criminal activities, especially the recent killings in his senatorial zone, were deliberate plan by the Federal Government to get him out of the way, so he would not participate in any of the 2019 electoral...

National President/Global Coordinator of Women and Youths Support Group (WAYS) for Atiku 2019, Kemi Adesanya-Eboda, has described the recent killings in Plateau State and the petrol tanker fire in Lagos as painful and a great loss to the country... Read more via The Sun News –...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of ongoing killings linked to herdsmen has drawn heavy concerns from members of the United Kingdom House of Lords. The senior lawmakers at the upper chamber of the British Parliament said the latest killings in Plateau State have placed Nigeria’s...

Human rights activist, Mike Ozekhome has said he would arrest leaders of Miyetti Allah over killings in the country if he was President Muhammadu Buhari... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2KqbQDx Get More Nigeria Political News

– The medium apologised for attributing the recent killings in Plateau state were in retaliation for death of about 300 cows belonging to the herdsmen. In response to the controversy generated by the report, the online medium has sacked its Jos-based reporter, Mr. Andrew Ajijah, over the...

Chairman of Southern Senators Forum, Sen. Hope Uzodimma has sent his deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the recent Jos killings which he described as unwarranted and unjustifiable. The post Uzodimma calls for justice over Plateau killings appeared first on...

Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) described the horrific and heinous hacking to death of scores of innocent Nigerians in Plateau as the handiwork of dare-devil political opponents of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2yWqCg7 Get More Nigeria...

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai said some external forces may be behind the recent violence on the Plateau and in some North-Central States to destabilise the country. “We’re not ruling out the possibility of external forces destabilising the country,” Buratai declared at a press...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said N10 billion would be made available for the rehabilitation of affected communities in Plateau State which recently witnessed attacks by suspected herdsmen that claimed over 86 lives. The victims were hacked to death while they were reportedly...

In the fields of Nghar, 79 people lie under a vast mound of earth , victims of a wider massacre that killed more than 200 in villages across Plateau state, central Nigeria. Thorny branches covering the freshly turned... Read more via Daily Nation | Home – https://ift.tt/2lFHChh Get More...

President Muhammadu Buhari alleged fixation on winning the next presidential election instead of focusing on leading Nigeria is responsible for the Plateau killings, People’s Democratic Party said on Monday. Reports put the number of people killed at more than 100. The … Read more via The...

Most reports have described last weekend’s massacre in Plateau state as another sad episode in the frequent clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the Middle Belt, but the Presidency is now claiming that the killings were motivated by politics. President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday in a...