Rescue workers gather next to heavy machinery at the site of a school that collapsed in Jos, in Nigeria's central Plateau State, July 12, 2024. MUHAMMAD TANKO SHITTU/AFP/Getty ...

Jos is the capital of Plateau State - part of Nigeria’s so-called Middle Belt which has seen regular fighting between the Hausa-Fulani group, who dominate the whole of northern Nigeria, and a ...

Hundreds of Christian faithful, under the banner of the Church Denominational Leaders Forum in Plateau State, staged a protest in Jos on Monday to condemn the persistent and deadly attacks across ...

More than 300 dead in Nigeria rioting. L.A. Times Archives. Nov. 30, 2008 12 AM PT . ... Jos, the capital of Plateau state, has a long history of community violence.

After slaughtering at least 50 Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria in April, Fulani herdsmen this week killed five more in the same county, sources said.

The Nation Newspaper Troubles on the Jos plateau. In 1972, I returned to Nigeria from Barbados, a paradise island in the West Indies to Jos, another paradise in Nigeria.

A sign is seen at a police check point near the main market following recent violent clashes in Nigeria's central city of Jos February 15, 2011. (Afolabi Sotunde/Courtesy Reuters) With the ...

In Plateau State, an unprecedented outbreak of violence in Jos claimed as many as 1,000 lives in September 2001. More than 700 people were killed in May 2004 in clashes in the town of Yelwa in the ...

July 9 (UPI) --Officials in the state of Plateau, Nigeria, said a hyena that escaped from a zoo was safely recaptured and returned to the facility. The Plateau State Tourism Corp. issued a public ...

A Calming Meditation on Nigeria’s Jos Plateau. Toyin Ojih Odutola, known for her figurative portraits and vibrant use of color, shares a new artwork. Share full article.

Jos is the capital of Plateau State - part of Nigeria's so-called Middle Belt which has seen regular fighting between the Hausa-Fulani group, who dominate the whole of northern Nigeria, and a ...