Troops of Sector 6 under Operation Enduring Peace killed a suspected bandit and recovered a stolen rifle.
The operation was disclosed on Friday in a statement by the troops’ spokesperson, Chinonso Polycarp Oteh.
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced an 18-year-old miner, Felix Obed, to 18 months’ imprisonment for stealing a fabricated iron door.
The Plateau police command confirmed the killing of 20 persons in an attack on Kawel in Mushere district, Bokkos council area.
The Plateau Ministry of Lands, Survey and Town Planning has issued 6,116 certificates of occupancy and 6,846 rights of occupancy to landowners in the last three years.
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old labourer, Abubakar Ado, to eight months in prison for stealing a phone.
“Yesterday evening. The corpse was discovered this morning after the other person who sustained injuries established communication with his community,” a youth leader said.
The National Union of Road Transport Workers has commended Governor Caleb Mutfwang for the construction of new roads and the rehabilitation of existing ones in Plateau.
Bandits attacked Gwon-Ajang village in Foron district, Barkin Ladi LGA of Plateau, killing at least seven people. They raided the village on Sunday night.
“These Fulani militant attacks…have forced at least 1.3 million people in the Middle Belt off their land and into…unsafe conditions in displacement camps,” said USCIRF.
