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Plateau Youth Coalition Decry Incessant Attacks, Calls for Urgent Measures

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The leadership of the Plateau State Youth Council (PYC), in Coalition with the Plateau State Indigenous Youths, and YOWICAN on behalf of all Plateau youths, has decried the renewed killings and Fulani attacks in Mangu, Barkin Ladi, Bokkos, Jos South, Riyom, and Bassa LGAs of Plateau State describing it as an attempt orchestrated to disrupt farming activities, displace populations, and grab lands in the affected communities.

Lot Sunday Adas, Chairman, of Plateau State Youth Council made this known in a joint press conference held at the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) secretariat on Saturday 29th April 2023.

Recall that from April 15th, 2023, to date, several villages and hamlets have come under attack, people have been killed, properties worth millions of Naira destroyed, and others have been displaced from their ancestral homes within the state.

According to the coalition, the attacks are strategies of war and terrorism aimed at disrupting farming activities, displacing people, and grabbing lands rather than isolated incidents or farmer-herder clashes. They also expressed disappointment with the response of security agencies, particularly Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), which has always come too late and too little to save lives despite early warning signals sent to them by members of the coalition.

Lot Sunday Adas stated that the victims of these killings and attacks are treated as second-class citizens in Nigeria, and this is totally unacceptable, unconstitutional, and repugnant to natural justice, equity, and good conscience. Therefore, the coalition has resolved that operatives of Operation Safe Haven should desist from giving the impression that the Fulani militias are unknown gunmen. They also demand an immediate end to these attacks and that the perpetrators be brought to justice.

He added that Operatives of Operation Safe Haven should desist from the ironical and wrongful arrest of victims rather than offenders as in the case of Kuru Station of Wereng in Riyom LGA, where two people were wrongfully arrested having themselves suffered crops destruction by the Fulani Herders.

Mr. Jatau Yakubu Kachai of Kuru station in Riyom LGA who was wrongfully arrested and continuously detained by Operation Safe Haven at its headquarters in Jos be immediately released unconditionally.

Operation Safe Haven-OPSH has been complaisant and has compromised on several occasions and therefore, should be substituted with the Mobile Police squadron in all the affected areas given their proactive and more effective response to distress calls.

Personnel of Operation Rainbow in Plateau State should be activated and deployed accordingly.

Adas called on the Plateau State Government to urgently provide succor to the victims and their families. They also urge the government to take proactive measures to address the root causes of the attacks and provide adequate security for the people of Plateau State.

“The coalition believes that the state government has a duty to ensure that every citizen is protected and secured in their own land. Finally, we call on all well-meaning citizens and organizations to lend their voice and support to end the incessant killings and attacks in Plateau State.”

Adas added that failure of the appropriate authorities to comply with the demands of the Coalition, Plateau Youths will be left with no option but to resort to self-help

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Trump shares video of Nigerian cleric Dachomo at mass burial for terrorist attack victims

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President Donald Trump on Saturday posted footage of Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Plateau State, conducting a mass burial for victims of a terrorist attack, while calling on the United Nations and the United States to stop the killing of Christians in Nigeria. 

Mr Trump posted the video on Truth Social without adding any text. 

In the video, Mr Dachomo, a cleric known for speaking out against alleged killings of Christians in Nigeria, is seen lamenting as he buries his church members killed in attacks in a mass grave. 

“Look at it today. Is there any Muslim here?” Mr Dachomo said, pointing to scores of corpses piled in a mass grave as he conducted the mass burial. 

Calling on the international community to stop the alleged killing of Christians in Nigeria, Mr Dachomo said: “United Nations, I know you are watching me. American Senate, I know you are watching what I am doing here. Please tell Trump to save our lives in Nigeria. They are killing Christians in Nigeria. They are massacring Christians.” 

Mr Trump’s posting of the video comes a day after U.S. and Nigerian forces eliminated ISIS second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Manuki and his fighters in an airstrike. 

The government of Mr Trump had said that the execution of Mr Al-Manuki and his foot soldiers on Nigerian soil was a reminder that American forces will go after enemies of the country and those killing Christians around the world.

“So, for months, we hunted this top ISIS leader in Nigeria who was killing Christians, and we killed him — and his entire posse,” U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on X, praising American and Nigerian forces for the successful operation. 

He added, “Operations like last night’s demonstrate the exceptional lethality, patience and skill of U.S. forces, amplified alongside willing and capable partners, to address shared threats. This should serve as a reminder that we will hunt down those who wish to harm Americans or innocent Christians, wherever they are.” 

The killing of Mr Al-Manuki comes five months after Mr Trump ordered airstrikes against terrorists in their enclave in Sokoto State on December 25, 2025, following a months-long campaign over alleged killings of Christians in Nigeria. 

Though the Nigerian government has repeatedly denied allegations of a Christian genocide in the country, it confirmed that it collaborated with U.S. forces to eliminate Mr Al-Manuki. 

Mr Trump had also redesignated Nigeria as a country of particular concern last year, warning of continued military action against terrorists in Africa’s most populous country. 



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The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush

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The vibes around the current AI boom aren’t great, even in the tech industry, according to a lengthy social media post from Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das. 

Das described San Francisco as “pretty frenetic right now,” as “the divide in outcomes is the worst I’ve ever seen.”

Using a “back of the envelope AI calculation,” he projected that there are around 10,000 people — founders and employees at companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia — that have “hit retirement wealth of well above $20M,” while everyone else worries “they can work their well-paying (but

Plus, “layoffs are in full swing,” and “many software engineers feel that their life’s skill is no longer useful,” leading to confusion about the best career paths and “a deep malaise about work (and its future),” Das said. 

This prompted some eye-rolling on X, with entrepreneur Deva Hazarika arguing that “most of the people in this post” are “incredibly fortunate and can simply make a choice to be happy.”

Another user suggested it’s “pretty damn novel & also kinda nasty” that in the current cycle, “the same technology is both the lottery ticket & the thing eating your fallback.”

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