The killings of the people mourning their dead were reportedly carried out by suspected armed herdsmen.
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The President stated this on his twitter handle: @MBuhari, on Sunday night in Abuja.
Saraki, while responding to the killings in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area in which scores of people were murdered in attacks by unknown assailants on some villages, said it is important for Nigerians to start having the assurances that the government is decisively responding to the current threat to lives and properties in parts of the country.
The secretary to the state government, Rufus Bature, said in a statement in Jos that the curfew was to avert a breakdown of law and order.
DSP Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Jos.
Public Relations Officer of the corps, Emmanuel Okeh, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja.
Dariye was sentenced to 14 years in prison by the FCT High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja had on Tuesday, for misappropriating N1.1billion state’s fund.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission dragged Dariye to court over the mismanagement of N1.16 billion ecological fund belonging to his state
Emeordi said during a road show organised to mark the 2018 United Nations World Bicycle Day on Monday in Jos, with the theme: “Cycling for Fitness”, that apart from reducing congestion, bicycle riding would ensure accident-free highways.
According to INEC, reports from its field officers have revealed a smooth exercise in all the 17 Local Government Area in Plateau State.
Horst Bauemfeind, an official of GIZ, the German National Agency for International Cooperation, made this known in Abeokuta, at the closing ceremony of the programme.
NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Monday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 25 to 33 and 18 to 25 degrees celsius.
The Spokesman of the group, Comrade Datiri Pam, in a statement in Jos, also commended the security personnel for providing adequate security that enabled the court proceedings to commence.
The event, according to our correspondent, was suddenly highjacked by thugs from different ambitious political office seekers from the area, who stormed the arena, making the whole place uncontrollable.
The defectors were received by the Plateau PDP Chairman, Chief Damishi Samgo, during the commissioning of Kanam PDP office, inauguration of Chairmanship Campaign Committee and Appeal fund raising in Dengi, Kanam.
Addressing newsmen in Jos on the tourism potentials of state, Lalong said that the state had the most unique weather in Nigeria where potatoes could thrive well.
Dabang said this on Tuesday in Jos during an interaction with some newsmen.
Chief John Mankilik, spokesman of the Plateau Political Elders Forum, who brief newsmen on persistent insecurity in the state, urged the Federal Government to adopt urgent measures to check the trend.
In a statement on its website, the commission said it had concluded interactions with the ex-governor, while investigation continues “on other strands of the matter’’. It did not give further details.
John Akans, the party’s Publicity Secretary, in a statement in Jos, said that the decision was taken at a meeting of the State Executive Committee held on Tuesday.