“Identity Cannot Become a Death Sentence, Crime Must Be Treated as Crime, Not Ethnicity” MACBAN Warns Against Collective Blame in Plateau

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“Identity Cannot Become a Death Sentence, Crime Must Be Treated as Crime, Not Ethnicity” MACBAN Warns Against Collective Blame in Plateau By: Zagazola Makama The Assistant Youth Leader of  Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Barkin Ladi branch, Idris Saidu...
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WHEN THE BAR SEES ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE BLOODSHED: A REJOINDER TO THE JOINT PRESS STATEMENT OF NBA BRANCHES IN PLATEAU STATE

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WHEN THE BAR SEES ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE BLOODSHED: A REJOINDER TO THE JOINT PRESS STATEMENT OF NBA BRANCHES IN PLATEAU STATE By Nuhu Ibrahim, Esq. (Talban Juran Kari) I have read with considerable concern the Joint Press Statement issued on 28 September 2026 by the Chairmen of the Jos, Pankshin, Bu...
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Plateau crises: The cotton has fallen. The FALSE narrative has been unmasked

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Plateau crises: The cotton has fallen. The FALSE narrative has been unmasked By: Zagazola Makama There was a time when every violent incident in Plateau was quickly packaged, exported and presented to the international community as another chapter in a supposedly endless “Christian gen...
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OPEP brokers N1m settlement over farm destruction in Jos South

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OPEP brokers N1m settlement over farm destruction in Jos South By: Zagazola Makama Troops of Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP) have brokered an amicable settlement between farmers and cattle owners following a reported case of farmland destruction at Gero Gyel District in Jos South Local Government...
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OPEC chief backs Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline,linking Nigeria, Niger and Algeria

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OPEC chief backs Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline,linking Nigeria, Niger and Algeria …Says project will boost energy security..  By: Zagazola Makama The Secretary General of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mr Haitham Al-Ghais, has described the Trans-Saharan Gas Pip...
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Suspected Fulani militias kill miner, steal pumping machine in Riyom

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Suspected Fulani militias kill miner, steal pumping machine in Riyom By: Zagazola Makama A 38-year-old man, Mr Raymond Dalyop, has been killed by suspected Fulani militias while returning from an illegal mining site at Dum community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. Security source...
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Troops rescue kidnapped soldier in Plateau after sustained pressure on abductors

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Troops rescue kidnapped soldier in Plateau after sustained pressure on abductors By: Zagazola Makama Troops of Sector 3, Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP), have rescued a soldier who was abducted at the Nigerian Army Training Centre (NATC), Miango Range, in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau Sta...
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Eight miners die after mining pit floods in Bauchi

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Eight miners die after mining pit floods in Bauchi By: Zagazola Makama At least nine miners have died following the flooding of a mining pit at Zurfi Mining Company in Nahuta village, Gwana District of Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The incident occurred at about 9:45 p.m. on Sep...
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Troops, NDLEA arrest nine suspected drug peddlers in Delta

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Troops, NDLEA arrest nine suspected drug peddlers in Delta By: Zagazola Makama Troops of 90 Amphibious Battalion, in collaboration with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested nine suspected drug peddlers in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. Securi...
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Troops arrest suspected hoodlum, recover 25 cartridges in Abia

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Troops arrest suspected hoodlum, recover 25 cartridges in Abia By: Zagazola Makama Troops of 144 Battalion (Rear) under Operation CRUSH have arrested a suspected hoodlum and recovered 25 cartridges in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State. Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the susp...
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Troops foil IPOB/ESN ambush, IED attacks during offensive operation in Enugu

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Troops foil IPOB/ESN ambush, IED attacks during offensive operation in Enugu By: Zagazola Makama Joint troops of Sector 1, comprising personnel from 82 Division Garrison, 103 Battalion (Rear), 197 Special Forces Battalion, 15 Brigade and Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service (NN SBS), have foiled att...
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Troops recover 11 rustled cattle from terrorists in Kaduna

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Troops recover 11 rustled cattle from terrorists in Kaduna By: Zagazola Makama Troops of 4 Demo Battalion under Operation FANSAN YAMMA have recovered 11 cattle suspected to have been rustled by terrorists in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Security sources told Zagazola Makama that t...
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Troops arrest impostor posing as soldier in Adamawa

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Troops arrest impostor posing as soldier in Adamawa By: Zagazola Makama Troops of Sector 4 have arrested a suspected impostor allegedly posing as a soldier at Tsamiya Checkpoint in Barama, Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the suspect wa...
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Troops rescue abducted Gwoza indigene after escape from terrorist enclave

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Troops rescue abducted Gwoza indigene after escape from terrorist enclave By: Zagazola Makama Troops of 82 Division Task Force Battalion have rescued an internally displaced person (IDP) who escaped from a terrorist enclave in the Mandara Mountains after being abducted during an attack on Ngoshe c...
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Plateau crisis: MACBAN blame communities, government for failure to expose criminals

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Plateau crisis: MACBAN blame communities, government for failure to expose criminals By: Zagazola Makama The Secretary of MACBAN Plateau State Chapter, Barister Salisu Isa Muhammed have blamed the failure of communities to expose criminals within their midst, weak prosecution and alleged lack of p...
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Plateau crisis rooted in politics, religion, land ownership, criminality — MACBAN Secretary

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Plateau crisis rooted in politics, religion, land ownership, criminality — MACBAN Secretary By: Zagazola Makama The Secretary of MACBAN Plateau State Chapter, Barister Salisu Isa Muhammed has identified politics, religion, land ownership disputes and criminality across ethnic communities as some...
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Fulani leaders fault report on killing of ‘bandit’ in Barkin Ladi, say victim was elderly grandfather

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Fulani leaders fault report on killing of ‘bandit’ in Barkin Ladi, say victim was elderly grandfather By: Zagazola Makama Fulani community leaders in Plateau State have faulted a report that troops of Sector 4 of Operation Enduring Peace allegedly killed a suspected bandit at Rungan Jallo in B...
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Rumors that 2,000 armed men infiltrating to attack Plateau’ lacks credible evidence

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Rumors that  2,000 armed men infiltrating to attack Plateau’ lacks credible evidence By: Zagazola Makama A widely circulated claim that more than 2,000 suspected armed Fulani men are currently infiltrating Plateau State from Bauchi, Nasarawa and Kaduna states to attack communities has...
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*Plateau in Crisis: Drone Allegations, Operation Rainbow and the Struggle for Peace*

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*Plateau in Crisis: Drone Allegations, Operation Rainbow and the Struggle for Peace* Dr. Salim Musa Umar, FCIDA The renewed violence in *Mangu, Bokkos and Barkin Ladi,* makes the need to reject inherited historical grievances more urgent than ever.Killings, reprisals and counter-reprisals have bro...
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Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA rescue 49 travellers from suspected kidnappers in Zamfara

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Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA rescue 49 travellers from suspected kidnappers in Zamfara By: Zagazola Makama Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have rescued 49 travellers from Kano State who were returning from Senegal after attending a Maulud programme, following an attempted kidnap incident in Z...
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  1. Troops arrest four suspects over potato theft, raid criminal hideout in Jos South
  2. Two women killed, another injured in suspected armed Fulani attack in Barkin Ladi
  3. Troops intercept six cattle over alleged farm destruction in Jos South
  4. DSS secures death sentence against kidnap suspect over killing of three persons in Sokoto
  5. Fulani victims urge probe into alleged use of teargas during livestock attacks in Mangu

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