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Rainstorm kills 29 cows, washes houses and roads in Plateau

C Mac August 10, 2016

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The member representing Jos East Constituency in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Joshua Madaki, says over 29 cows were drowned by a heavy downpour in Jos East Local Government Area of the state. Madaki said farmlands and bridges linking the people of the area to the headquarters of the local government were not left […]

Ramadan Goodwill: Lalong donates N50 million Worth of Food items to Muslim faithfuls

C Mac July 2, 2015

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Plateau State government said yesterday that it has distributed food items worth over N50 million to support the Muslim community during this month of Ramadan. Deputy Chief of Staff, Government House, Barrister Yusuf Gambo Hawaja, said the gesture was in line with Governor Simon Lalong’s welfare policy. Hawaja said the money was used to purchase […]

Ramadan: Hon. Gideon Dashe donates groceries/food items to Muslim community

C Mac June 21, 2016

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Information reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that the member representing Pankshin South in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Hon. Gideon Dashe has donated groceries and food items to the Muslim communities of the ten political wards of Pankshin South constituency. The exchange, which took place at the Government Secondary School Mugulum in chip district of Pankshin […]

Ranches for grazing: Plateau among 11 states to provide land for cattle ranching – Audu Ogbeh

C Mac June 2, 2016

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Abuja – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh says 11 states have provided 55,000 hectares to establish ranches to curb farmers and pastoralists clashes in their states. Ogbeh made this known at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja. Ogbeh said the states are Plateau, Kaduna, Kano, Gombe, Katsina, Taraba, Niger, Adamawa, […]

Ranching will end conflict between herdsmen and farmers – Tyoden

C Mac August 15, 2016

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PLATEAU State Government, at the weekend, said the establishment of ranches would address the incessant herdsmen/farmers crisis. The Deputy Governor, Professor Sonni Tyoden, stated this while speaking at a political awareness seminar on grazing reserves/ranching at COCIN headquarters in Jos. “Ranching would prevent animals from roaming into farmlands and they would be well fed and […]

Ranching: The lessons we can learn from the tin mining boom in Plateau

C Mac July 8, 2016

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Simon Lalong continues to draw the ire/wrath of the Plateau public for a variety of reasons. These range from non-payment of salaries to the much debated ranching policy being proselytised by his administration. Through all these public disapprovals however, I think the governor deserves commendation and approbation for how he continues to steer Plateau […]

Rancour as 95% of workers in mining sector in Plateau are foreigners – Commissioner

C Mac February 3, 2016

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Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, the Plateau Commissioner for Solid Mineral Resources, has decried the neglect of host communities by mining companies in the state. He alleged that 95 per cent of their workforce were foreigners. “The law says that 70 per cent of the workforce should be from the host communities, but in my recent tour […]

Rape and child abuse on the rise – Plateau women commissioner

C Mac January 9, 2014

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The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Plateau state, Barrister Olivia Dazyem has voiced out her worries over cases of child abuse, rape and other social vices, which is on the increase. She was speaking at a meeting on child abuse and rape organized by the Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria […]

Rape: 17 year old boy attempts heinous act on 7 year old girl in Jos

C Mac April 18, 2016

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News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that a boy referred to as Ikechukwu, a 17 years old house-help and secondary school student, was allegedly apprehended for attempted rape of a minor, in Rukuba road area of Jos, in the early hours of yesterday, 17th April, 2016. It was gathered that Ikechukwu, who […]

Rayfield: Jos-born super eagles striker Ahmed Musa’s house robbed by 10 gunmen

C Mac September 6, 2013

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New reaching our newsdesks indicates that Bukuru-born Super Eagles forward, Ahmed Musa, who is currently in training camp with the rest of the super eagles ahead of the qualifiers at the weekend, has on Wednesday 4th September had his house robbed in Jos by 10 armed robbers. The robbers, were reportedly to have frantically demanded […]

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