In Nigeria zijn op Palmzondag meerdere dodelijke aanvallen uitgevoerd, waarbij volgens lokale bronnen tientallen mensen om het leven zijn gekomen. In de staat Plateau werden bij een jihadistische…

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Gunmen killed at least 30 people during a Palm Sunday attack in Ungwan Rukuba , a community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau...

Au lendemain de l'attaque qui a eu lieu dans la soirée du dimanche 29 mars, le gouvernement de l'État de Plateau a décrété un couvre-feu de 48 heures dans le quartier d'Angwan Rukuba où s'est déroulée la tragédie. Ce qui n'a pas empêché les habitants de manifester pour demander aux autorités locales de prendre de réelles mesures contre l'insécurité.

A serving soldier of the Nigerian Army has been arrested in the Federal Capital Territory for allegedly stealing a Toyota Corolla and attempting to sell it without proper documentation. The suspect, identified as Lance Corporal Yusuf Yunnusa, aged 33, is attached to the 82 Battalion in Rukuba, Plateau State, according to intelligence obtained by Leadnaija via Zagazola Makama. Yunnusa was apprehended at about 4:30 PM on April 19, 2025, at Mamu Filling Station in Lambata, Kwali Area Council, following a tip-off about a suspicious attempt to sell a vehicle under questionable circumstances.

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On the night of March 29, gunmen attacked the Angwan Rukuba community in Nigeria’s Plateau state, killing over 28 people and injuring many others, according to the state governor.

Au lendemain de l'attaque qui a eu lieu dans la soirée du dimanche 29 mars, le gouvernement de l'État de Plateau a décrété un couvre-feu de 48 heures dans le quartier d'Angwan Rukuba où s'est déroulée la tragédie. Ce qui n'a pas empêché les habitants de manifester pour demander aux autorités locales de prendre de réelles mesures contre l'insécurité.

Ƴan ta’adda a jihar Plateau sun kai wani mummunan hari wasu yankuna a arewacin jihar, lamarin da ya tilastawa gwamnati ƙaƙaba dokar hana fita daga a yankuna Gari Ya Waye da Anguwan Rukuba, na tsahon kwanaki biyu.

Au lendemain de l'attaque qui a eu lieu dans la soirée du dimanche 29 mars, le gouvernement de l'État de Plateau a décrété un couvre-feu de 48 heures dans le quartier d'Angwan Rukuba où s'est déroulée la tragédie. Ce qui n'a pas empêché les habitants de manifester pour demander aux autorités locales de prendre de réelles mesures contre l'insécurité.

The Plateau State Government has filed criminal charges against five suspects arrested by the Department of State Services in connection with the deadly attacks in Angwa Rukuba, Jos North Local Government Area. The move comes weeks after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu visited Plateau State and assured residents of justice following a series of violent incidents in the region. According to court filings by the State Attorney-General, Philemon Audu Daffi, four of the defendants—Isa Umar Ibrahim, Auwalu Abubakar (also known as Auwalu Dogo), and Musa Abubakar Ibrahim (also known as Yaroro)—are facing charges of criminal conspiracy to commit terrorism and related offences.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the North has called on Christians to take proactive steps to defend themselves against persistent attacks in the region. The call was made by the Northern CAN Chairman, Rev. Joseph Hayab, following the recent Palm Sunday attack in Angwan Rukuba, Jos, which left over 20 people dead and several others injured. Hayab stressed that the Christian community must organise and resist intimidation, noting that attackers have continued to target communities, especially during major religious celebrations like Easter and Christmas.

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday directed the deployment of over 5,000 surveillance cameras across Plateau State following the recent k+llings in Jos. The order came during a meeting with political and traditional leaders in Jos, days after the Palm Sunday att@ck in Angwan Rukuba that claimed more than 30 lives. Tinubu said the initiative would strengthen security operations by allowing law enforcement to quickly identify and track perpetrators.

A heartbreaking scene unfolded in Jos as a grieving mother laid her only son to rest following the deadly Palm Sunday night attack in Angwan Rukuba. The woman, whose emotional outcry went viral, was seen clutching a cutlass during the burial, overwhelmed with grief as she mourned her child, who was among those killed in the tragic incident that has shaken communities across Plateau State.