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The Joint Task Force (Operation Enduring Peace) has dismissed as false a viral social media claim by a youth leader from Angwan Rukuba, Jos North Local Government Area, that troops provided cover for attackers during the Palm Sunday massacre that left 28 people dead.
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Abuja, March 31, 2026 (NAN) No fewer than 30 members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday officially defected from their respective political parties, citing internal crises as reasons for their actions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawmakers announced their defections in separate letters read on the floor of the house by […]
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Tension gripped the headquarters of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, yesterday as the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, staged a dramatic picketing of the facility, protesting the controversial disengagement of nearly 900 workers.
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Two students and a staff member of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) were among those affected by the Angwan Rukuba attacks in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State on Sunday, March 29, 2026. The attack claimed at least 28 lives.
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The Plateau State Government has relaxed the 48-hour curfew previously imposed on Jos North Local Government Area following the recent violent attack in Angwan Rukuba.
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THE National Working Committee, NWC of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC has condemned in very strong terms, the gruesome and barbaric attack on innocent citizens in Rukuba village of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. The party has also condemned the last weekend killings in Taraba; and Kaduna States, saying they were further […]
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By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Coalition of Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities CNDEN on Tuesday staged a protest at the National Assembly, demanding an immediate decentralization of pipeline surveillance contracts across the oil-rich region. Led by Dr. Alaye Theophilus, President-General of the coalition and head of the Ijaw Youth Council IYC, the group submitted a petition […]
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One of the residents,Tina Gabriel, who spoke to our correspondent, confirmed the gruesome murder of the deceased by unknown persons ,expressing shock and outrage over the incident.
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THE Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and the Council of Chief Imams and Alfas, CCIA, yesterday, bickered over the alleged marginalisation of Christians in political leadership in Surulere local government area of Lagos State.
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The Senate has condemned in very strong terms the gruesome and barbaric attack on innocent citizens in Rukuba village of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.
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