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2 unusual facts about Plateau state


Dolly Unachukwu

Unachukwu attended the Television College Jos in Plateau State, where she received a diploma in Television Production in 1988.

Gulder Ultimate Search

A contestant Anthony Ogadje, drowned in a lake in Jos Plateau State in GUS 4 during the shoot.


Chris Alli

Major General Mohammed Chris Alli was military governor of Plateau State Nigeria from August 1985 to 1986 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.

Jesse Jagz

Though a native of Jukun in Taraba State, Nigeria Jesse grew up in Jos, Plateau state in a music-filled environment where both parents (clergy) gave him access to the church choir and drums set by age 7.

Joshua Dariye

On 27 April 2007, the Supreme Court refused the appeal of the Plateau State Government and ordered the reinstatement of Dariye with immediate effect.

Nasarawa State College of Education, Akwanga

The institution was established as the Advanced Teachers College Akwanga(ATCA) in September 1976, by Plateau State edict No.5 in 1978.The edict was then repealed in favour of Nasarawa State Edict No. 16 of 1996 which came into effect on 1 October 1996, after the state was created from Plateau State, by the Abacha government, which transferred the responsibilities of the institution to Nasarawa state government, as a result of the location of the institution in the new Nasarawa state.


see also

Gongola State

It was created on 3 February 1976 from Adamawa and Sardauna Provinces of North-Eastern State, together with the Wukari Division of the then Benue-Plateau State; it existed until 27 August 1991, when it was divided into two states - Adamawa and Taraba.

Joshua Dariye

On March 10, 2007, after a Court of Appeals ordered Dariye reinstated as Governor, the Plateau State Government announced its intention to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Madiki

Joshua Madaki, former was military governor of Bauchi State, and then of Plateau State, Nigeria

Middle Belt Forum

In January 2008 a delegation from the Middle Belt Forum led by MDF president Isaac Shaahu asked former Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State to take over the leadership of the Middle Belt Governor’s Forum, a related group.

Sectarian violence

Obasanjo sacked governor Joshua Dariye, accusing him of failing to act to end a cycle of violence between the Plateau State's Muslim and Christian communities.

Solomon Lar

In Plateau State he championed a policy based on the idea that the state should help indigenes realize the benefits of their "emancipation" from Hausa domination, and that the centuries-old Hausa and Jarawa communities in Jos and Yelwa should be relegated to non-indigene status.

Wase

Wase, Nigeria, a town and Local Government Area (LGA) in Plateau State, Nigeria