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New Bukuru Market Opens In Plateau To Support Women, Youths And Displaced Traders

Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has commissioned a newly constructed market in Bukuru, Jos South, aimed at creating safer and more inclusive spaces for small businesses. The project, spearheaded by the Jos Metropolitan Development Board (JMDB), features over 470 shops, lock-ups, warehouses, and stalls, along with space for up to 2,000 hawkers. It is part…

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Plateau State Sees Malaria Decline After Reaching One Million Children with Preventive Treatment

A mass malaria prevention campaign in Nigeria’s Plateau State has reached more than one million children, helping to drive down infection rates, health officials said. The Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) programme distributes Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine with Amodiaquine (SPAQ) to children under five during peak transmission seasons. Officials say the intervention has cut malaria prevalence from 18.8 per…

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Plateau Pilgrim Dies In Makkah

Hajiya Jamila Muhammad, a pilgrim from Plateau has died in Makkah. Mr Daiyabu Dauda, the Executive Secretary of the State’s Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Jos. Dauda said that the pilgrim died on Monday at the King Abdul’aziz hospital, Makkah due to complication from diabetes….

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