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Two weeks of incessant rains have cut off Jos East Local Government Area from the rest of Plateau State, officials said. The rains have also disrupted schools, farming, commerce and other activities, a traditional ruler in the area said on Tuesday. The Agwon Izere, Isaac Wakili, on Tuesday told journalists in Jos that due to […]

it’s been an agonizing moment for a 27-year-old mother of two, five weeks after she was allegedly raped by two teenage Fulani herders at a farm not far away from her home. The woman, Kangyang James, had gone to the farm located a few kilometres away from Diyan village in Rim district of Riyom Local Government […]

A 57-year-old man, Aminu Ibrahim, was on Wednesday re-arraigned before a Jos Upper Area Court for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl. Ibrahim of Goda Sagai community in the Jos North Local Government Area was charged with criminal intimidation and rape. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the accused was previously arraigned on May […]

Two herdsmen, Shuaibu Samaila, 21, and Bashiru Mohammed, 24, on Friday appeared before a Jos Upper Area Court, sitting at Kasuwan Nama, for allegedly raping two sisters, aged 17 and 21. The duo first appeared on May 18 and were specifically accused of criminal conspiracy and rape. The police prosecutor, Mr E. A. Inegbenoise, during […]

The maiden edition of the Jos Carnival kicked off on Wednesday, with a fiesta for Plateau children. The News Agency of Nigeria , reports that wife of the Plateau Governor, Mrs. Regina Lalong, accompanied by the children, ushered in the carnival with a walk. The governor’s wife, in a speech, said that the carnival was, […]