Smack in the center of Jos Metropolis at the popular Old Airport Junction is a nondescript one-storey building called Nana House. The building houses some shops and stores downstairs while the top floor hosts offices including a law firm. Nana House could be described as an unimposing building with the tenants engaged in legitimate businesses. […]
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Over the years, the Angwan Rukuba community, a suburban settlement in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State has had pockets of skirmishes ranging from ethno-religious crisis to cult-related violence that have threatened the peace and serenity of the community. The latest of such was the unprecedented violence on Palm Sunday, precisely on Sunday,
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The history of Christian evangelism in Plateau State has over the years, brought up fiery men of God who have defied all forms of persecution in preaching the gospel. But none has been as powerful and outstanding as the late Apostle Paul Gunen Gofo Gindiri who was popularly known as Baba Paul Gindiri and Mallam
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If you were born and brought up in Jos, or have lived in the city for a considerable number of years, you must have either been to Tudun Wada, one of the historical and most popular settlements in Plateau State. It’s either that you have lived in Tudun Wada, know someone who has lived there,
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For over five years now, Dung Clement Davou has been the face of the “Berom Suga” during the celebration of the Berom cultural festival, Nzem Berom. Davou has been recognized as the authentic Berom Cultural Ambassador, going ahead to gain national and international recognition for his role in projecting the culture of the Berom ethnic
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Plateau State was officially created on February 3, 1976, by the military administration of the late General Murtala Mohammed, which carved it out from the former Benue-Plateau State, thereby bringing together historically distinct people and regions. The state was created as part of a nationwide state-creation exercise that increased the number of states in Nigeria
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It was in the year 2022 when 70-year-old grandmother, Mama Hamsatu Izang, an artisanal stone crusher based in Jos, Plateau State, became an instant sensation, made international headlines and went viral on social media for singing traditional folk songs while hammering and breaking rocks into gravel to earn a living. Mama Hamsatu Izang’s story gained
Plateau State was officially created on February 3, 1976, by the military administration of the late General Murtala Mohammed, which carved it out from the former Benue-Plateau State, thereby bringing together historically distinct people and regions. The state was created as part of a nationwide state-creation exercise that increased the number of states in Nigeria
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