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The Plateau Government is to pay N1.57 billion as severance allowance to sacked councillors in the 17 Local Government Areas of the state, following a court judgment which faulted their dissolution in 2015. Mr Gyang Zi, lawyer to the councillors, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on […]

A pastor kidnapped in Nigeria has been released after five days, Christian leaders have told Morning Star News. Rev Jen Tivkaa Moses, kidnapped by young Fulani men on 4th August on the highway from Jos to Abuja in Plateau state, was brought back to Jos at about 1 am on Wednesday, according to a statement from […]

Two suspects, 28-year-old Shuaibu Samaila, and Bashiru Mohammed, 26, have been remanded by a Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, for alleged rape of two sisters. Their charges were criminal conspiracy and rape. Presiding judge, Yahaya Mohammed, turned down their bail application. The police prosecutor, D. Francis, had earlier told the court that […]

Eight Chinese miners were on Monday arrested for practicing illegal mining activities in Plateau state. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, accused security operatives of aiding and abetting illegal mining activities in Plateau State. Fayemi made the accusation while addressing security operatives in Kampani Zurak village in the state where 20 illegal […]