13 articles tagged with “Plateau State”
Nigerian authorities in Plateau State have detained a bar owner and an accomplice on charges of trafficking three girls to Ghana, highlighting the persistent challenge of cross-border human trafficking networks operating across West Africa.
President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to address escalating insecurity in Bauchi State, as violent attacks in Ogun and Plateau states leave communities in fear and governors calling for urgent intervention.
Coordinated bandit attacks, terrorist raids, and communal violence have struck Zamfara, Kwara, and Plateau states within 48 hours, exposing persistent gaps in Nigeria's counter-insurgency strategy and prompting emergency security meetings.
Multiple Nigerian states have introduced emergency measures including nighttime curfews and school closures as armed attacks, herder killings, and banditry escalate across the country's middle belt and northern regions.
Federal authorities have launched investigations into multiple security incidents across Nigeria, including a mining disaster in Plateau State that killed 37 people, weapons trafficking operations, and cult-related violence in Edo State.
Nigerian experts have identified carbon monoxide poisoning as the probable cause of recent miner fatalities in Plateau State, exposing systemic ventilation deficiencies in the country's informal mining sector.
A carbon monoxide poisoning incident that killed 37 miners in Plateau state has exposed critical safety gaps in Nigeria's mining sector, even as a new $2 billion financing group led by former UN officials promises to transform the industry.
A suspected carbon monoxide poisoning event at an artisanal mining site in Kampani Zurak, Wase Local Government Area, has killed dozens of miners, prompting immediate site closure and a federal investigation into safety compliance failures.
A federal investigation team has reached Wase mining community in Plateau State following a fatal carbon monoxide poisoning that claimed 37 lives, marking one of Nigeria's deadliest mining accidents in recent years.
A fatal incident at an underground mining operation in Wase Local Government Area claimed 33 lives and hospitalized 25 workers following carbon monoxide exposure, exposing systemic ventilation failures in Nigeria's artisanal and small-scale mining sector.
A carbon monoxide leak in Nigeria, an explosion in Plateau State killing over 30, and a mud rush trapping five miners in South Africa have reignited calls for stricter enforcement of mining safety protocols across the continent.
A carbon monoxide explosion at an artisanal mining site in Plateau State has killed more than 30 workers, while communal clashes in Ebonyi State left four dead, prompting emergency curfews and highlighting Nigeria's dual security and mining safety challenges.
Nigeria's Solid Minerals Minister ordered immediate closure of an abandoned lead mining site in Plateau State after toxic gas emissions killed 37 miners and hospitalized 25 others, prompting forensic investigation into safety failures.