Adeyinka Akintunde Nigeria now has 54,008 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus, with 143 new cases recorded on Monday night According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease…
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PLATEAU NOW THE EPICENTRE OF COVID-19 IN NIGERIA SAYS PTF
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said the epicentre of the dreaded virus has shifted from states such as Lagos, Kano, Ogun and Oyo to Plateau State. The Chairman…
PLATEAU STATE NURSES ON STRIKE OVER HAZARD ALLOWANCES
Nurses at one of the isolation Centres for COVID-19 in Plateau State, the Jos University Teaching Hospital, on Monday withdrew their services. It was learnt that as a result of…
PLATEAU SECT LEADER, SHEIKH JINGIR MAKES U-TURN OVER CORONAVIRUS, NOW READY TO COOPERATE OVER SOCIAL DISTANCING AFTER INVITATION BY DSS
The national leader of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Ikamatis Sunnah, JIBWIS, Sheikh Yahaya Jingir has declared his allegiance to the Plateau State government, following his interrogation by the State Security…
CORONAVIRUS: 5 CHINESE, 39 NIGERIANS QUARANTINED IN PLATEAU
Agabus Pwanagba Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Lar Ndam Nimkong said 43 persons including Chinese national have been isolated in mining sites in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau…
RUGA: ADAMAWA, PLATEAU, NASARAWA BEGINS PILOT SCHEME
Adamawa, Plateau and Nasarawa States are to begin the pilot implementation of grazing reserves and ranches under the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) set up by the National Economic Council…
SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS ELECTION OF GOVERNOR LALONG OF PLATEAU STATE
The Supreme Court, on Monday, affirmed the election of Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State. Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, who headed the seven-man panel of the apex court, dismissed the appeal…
RESIDENTS DESERT PLATEAU VILLAGE FOR FEAR OF REPRISAL AFTER DEATH OF FULANI MAN
By Isa Abdulsalami Ahovi, Jos Residents of Kulben village in Kombun district of Mangu Council Area of Plateau State have deserted the village for fear of reprisals from the Fulani. This…
ANGER AS PLATEAU COMMUNITY SETS TWO BOYS ABLAZE OVER ACCUSATIONS OF WITCHCRAFT
From Yusufu Aminu Idegu Two children, five-year-old Mary Gyang and 11-year-old Godgift Nyam, had mother luck to thank for escaping being burnt to death in Waduruk, a Plateau State community,…