Jos crisis reignites again

For Gods sake why JOS? My precious home of peace and tourism.

of course it will, the biafran war has been lost and won...let settlers return to their area of primary abode or understand that they are customary tenants...

Until things are defined, this will continue!!

Jos,our Jos.City of peace and violence.

At least The President 'watched a winning football team'

This terror on lives and property has been brought on by a decayed mind-set from a select selfish 'islamists' who deserve to be dealt with with a stern fist or at best brain-washed to save the future generations. This is beastly... Is this Nation still a nation?

...and they thought I will take up the offered appointment in Jos ...... when I love my life! Whoosai! Anyway truth be told until fair is fair, there will be crisis, or who will open eyes and allow strangers take over their fertile land without a fight??? Even the always scared Yoruba man will fight for his land and the Berom and Ananguta and other traditional Plateau people are warriors! Abeg let the Hausa/fulani muslim settlers 'settle in peace' like all other settler tribes have done. Stop causing katakata in another man's land!

I AM WAITING FOR THE DAY when I will read ONE CONSTRUCTIVE Piece of News from NORTHERN NIGERIA, that does not involve, Riot, kill, murder, burn, loot, massacre, Religious intolerance and mayhem. I hope to live long enough to see this day, but I am not giving up COMPLETELY on my brothers from the North; NOT YET. By the way, Thanks for the Christmas Day Gift.

Since d nigeria constitution does not agreed dat a place of birth or abode can b claimed as indigene. Then d hausa can not fight 4 political post in jos. They should go 2 where they belong. I.e their parent home town either in kano, katsina,bauchi.etc. D way out of all dis rubish is 2 go back 2 d drawing board. Make indigenes by registration and things should b made on merit and not quata system as it is.

Not again islamic extremist.Plateau and jos in particular deserve peace,let shun violence for goodnes sake!.

this is so sad...:-(

Hope it's not going to lead to killing of Corpers again...

Its heartbreaking

i think d psychological state of mind of jos city is once again being xploited... xtremists and lunatics alwayz seem 2 find a way into d minds of citizens... nw is there any need 2 worry bout being on d US' terror watch list... we are i disarray it takes a bold move from an int body 2 draw our attention to this

Just catch one kingpin and send him to jail for life. Just implement one of the recommendations from the tribunals and inquiries, just bring people to face the LAW, just... I sigh.

i think d psychological state of mind of jos city is once again being xploited... xtremists and lunatics alwayz seem 2 find a way into d minds of citizens... nw is there any need 2 worry bout being on d US' terror watch list... we are i disarray it takes a bold move from an int body 2 draw our attention to this

i think d psychological state of mind of jos city is once again being xploited... xtremists and lunatics alwayz seem 2 find a way into d minds of citizens... nw is there any need 2 worry bout being on d US' terror watch list... we are i disarray it takes a bold move from an int body 2 draw our attention to this

Lets understand that this is not a fight between Hausas and Beroms but a fight between Hausas and other tribes in the peaceful city of Jos. The Hausa/Fulani hates being called settlers in other people,s land. And you cant do such in their own land. This is not the era of othman dan fodio who seized so mqny towns and villages and installed his children as Emirs. One day, the hausas will no longer be relevant again in the body polity and they will suffer

Dat state nidz prayers!must fight erupt evry year!

Why won't this continue, we are harboring terrorists and nothing is done about it

Lack of education is one of the major cause of this..

Nigeria should not be placed on the list of "terrorism-prone"country??? Our leaders must be kidding and in denial.Until something is done,with the problems in some of the Northern states.The American govt will continue to place Nigeria on the list.This is really good for Nigeria,our leaders would be forced to deal with the intermittent crisis in the North.What the US govt should do is ban our leaders from traveling to the States.

THIS COUNTRY SEF!!!!!!!!I TIRE OOO!!!!!!!!

Lack of education is one of the major cause of this..

Lack of education is one of the major cause of this..

We just need 2 ask God 2 help us 4 dat.

This is internal terrorism, the very stuff that bred Mutallab! The US was quite right. This ugly scene will keep on coming up until some sacred cows are kept behind bars.

Why Jos? God save us. Is it part of d 2011?

I feel like selling dis country.

I am sure that the CIA is 'watching'. Let us see what the NASS do. The 7 days are up and we mark the event with a riot - most likely ethnic/religious. I pray that The US and the EU ban all Nigerian federal, state, and local government politicians and relatives from travelling unless they are doing so on state business. You would then see this (and other nonsense) sorted out. Sharp, sharp!

Why is it that a particular tribe is always the target? Is it because the government claimed that we are not from Jos North? God will expose them all. I believe God will dealt with all those who for their action and inaction have cause this wahala again. Oh God have mercy on thy childreden.

Pls people should learn to think before they leap,the main reason to the recent crisis should be defined,rather than giving the Dog a bad name.uncalled statement be cautioned

REAL ILLITERATES, GOD NEVA SLEEPS

The political techocrats of Plateau State are those behind these massacre of agony, when ever they want to loot the treasury of the state they 'll create diversity in Unity in other to accomplish their mission.

We will not rest until we see that there is no settler(Hausa's) in jos.

I'm a corper serving in Jos north and right now, i'm scared to my bones.funny thing is they dont even know at home and so i'm kinda of alone here. Something has to be done soon.Where I am at the moment at Millionaires quarter, bauchi ringroad is kinda safe but are other corpers safe?

Dis iznt da way 2 start a new year. We nw cnt trust ani1 in jtown, u dnt knw who iz ur broda or ur enemy. Wats all dis.

i am in JOS the 6 to 6 curfew in da WHOLE of Jos metropolise is uncalled for; why magnifying trivial issues?...now everybody is jumpy! and remember da brst form of defence is attack!! da government is not helping matters by injectin FEAR into everybody

The crisis in jos Is not about politics or tribalism or who own wat land it's actualy all about the hausa fulani(muslims),they just love violence and mayhem. Around 12-1:00 they started attacking people in church thereby killing a pastor at nassarawa and just now I saw a soldier who was shot and wounded by them so tell me? Who has issues now and always since 2001 the mayhem ignites from areas around them. This should stop if they can't live in peace they can as well leave.

enough disappointment and the government is showing lack of control. state of emergency now in jos pls. nigerian senate. if not innocent ppl. will still be killed continuesly. action now pls. senate.

we all have the right as nigerians to live and established business in any part of the country unrrespective of our religion or ethnicity.

Na wa wo, Which kind wahala be dis, me and thick madam pray say d federal govt administrative panel of inquiry sitting in Jos will see things for them selves and arrive at informed conclusions regarding those behind d crisis. But No matter wat they do, Jos remains the home of peace and tourism and nobody can change that.

Na wa wo, Which kind wahala be dis, me and thick madam pray say d federal govt administrative panel of inquiry sitting in Jos will see things for them selves and arrive at informed conclusions regarding those behind d crisis. But No matter wat they do, Jos remains the home of peace and tourism and nobody can change that.

I think government both state and federal government are not sincere in curtailing the Jos crisis, and i believe there are some mischivours people who are hiding somewhere that are fueling these crises in Jos, but i know one day such people will be expose.Whatever may be their reasons i dont know but for whatever reason these people should know that the lives and properties loss will one day be required from them when we met there at the throne of God the Most High.

Pls we need help, our lives are not save. We need security help us beg govt. Am in jos in nasarawa the battle field.

say what u want to say, shout what u want to shout and act what u want to act with Jos or with no Jos every soul must have a test of death and if there is no death then there is old age. pls we shoul stop making ill remarks on particular tribe and or religion. why there is no crises in jos during the military era when different military administrators both of christain and muslim background were governing platues state untill the coming of jonah? pls we learn to leave in peace and not to fuel or raise the arshes for the ill of it will consume all of us and we shall all be raise before God to account for our contribution to that.

Our govt in Plateau shld stop spreadin rumour on der false security, we dnt hv security in jos period! We all know wer d problem is world ova, why settin committees, dey are Islam terrist. Even afta settin cufew U stil wil hear dem callin sallah afta d cufew time? Who is fool who?

am not jos but would like to know wat coursed the fight

Our govt in Plateau shld stop spreadin rumour on der false security, we dnt hv security in jos period! We all know wer d problem is world ova, why settin committees, dey are Islam terrist. Even afta settin cufew U stil wil hear dem callin sallah afta d cufew time? Who is fool who?

Oh my dear so called 'Indegenes of Jos'!. Its a pitty that u cant understand the dynamics of real life. the fact that u cant compete with the hausa/fulani in every aspect of life does not give u the right to be aggressive. if u take it easy, we can all live and let live together in harmony. u should not close urself to jos alone, look at other parts of world, no one survives alone. instead of drinking burkutu and fighting us please turn ur aggression to productivity so that we get happiness.

Enough of this folly acts.What we need is development and not violence.Education should be free to a large extent.This is straight out illitracy.Haba Nigeria

Quite sad & touching,I urge pleatue state governor Air vice Marshal David Jona Jang (rtd)to resign from office with immediate effect as a matter of urgent important now that human lives were involved.The state commissioner of police should also be re-deploy to another state due to the fact that the state police command should have made a contingency arrangement for such ugly development to reduce the level of casualty to a bearerable minimum.However, the only solution to the unabated crisis in Job is an expansion of political space to accomodate all the tribes in governace of the state to address the problem of marginalization which experts believes is the remote cause of the religion crisis in Jos.Better still,Gov Jang should ask Gov Shakarau of Kano state the antidote of the long lasting relative peace in Kano State.4rm Department of political science University of Ado-Ekiti.

NIGERIANS SHOULD BE AT THE LOOK OUT,THE CRISIS IN JOS IS MEANT TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM YAR ADUA'S SICK STATE OF HEALTH AND POSSIBLY DISTRACT GOODLUCK'S ATTENTION FROM TAKING KEY AND VIRTAL DECISIONS TILL YAR ADUA COMES BACK,NIGERIANS BE WISE

Pple should be wise enough 2 investigate issues b4 conclution,and nt start makin rubbish comments on innocent Nigeria citizens. D govt should plz do something 2 curtail d tension.

Pple should be wise enough 2 investigate issues b4 conclution,and nt start makin rubbish comments on innocent Nigeria citizens. D govt should plz do something 2 curtail d tension.

Lets pray because jos really needs it...the trauma that befell us here is unbearable...others pray against disaster but our own disaster is that we dont cherish the life others pray to have for just seconds..haiti for instants..

haba! why jos again.........

Pple should be wise enough 2 investigate issues b4 conclution,and nt start makin rubbish comments on innocent Nigeria citizens. D govt should plz do something 2 curtail d tension.

Unijos students should known dt their exams ave been postponed till further notice.gud luck

Its pitiful to see the atrocious spelling in some of the comments above. This is not a trivial issue - it points to the education meltdown that fuels ethnic conflict. The Jang govt in Plateau State has done nothing to resolve the crisis in any meaningful way. At the same time, Governor Jang is carrying on in the same way as Dariye. I am reliably told he and his family network request 40% kick- back on all contracts. Where is the EFCC when you need 'em?

Oh God of Heaven we pray thee interven in the land of Jos. Come O God take control of our land not for our sake but for the sake of these young generation. Enough is enough for all these calamity, destruction of life and properties. PEACE!PEACE! PEACE WE CRY FOR NOW.

Only one way to stop this nonsense...JOBS,JOBS,JOBS!

I just pray 4 peace to return to the city that has been a place where everybody would want to be in.......nd now the devil has planted the seed of discord between brothers.God into your hands we hide our souls.

Terrorism is a manifestation of gross illeteracy. When you sire a child and leave it to the vagaries of a religion you hardly underatand, then the result is what you get in Northern Nigeria. It shall come to pass when the monkey go go market and e no go come back.

When people are killed or maimed and property destroyed in the name of Allah, tell me the difference between that and what is defined as "terrorism". If you cannot tell me the difference, then I tell you that I support the USA for listing Nigeria as a country of interest in the war against terrorism. Let us face the truth. Unless and until we agree to sit down to agree or disagree on if we must have "One Nigeria" as it is currently structured, we will continue to be a llaughing stock in the world.

Islam preaches peace, pple should stop attributing some pples character wit islam, 4 all christians character can nt b said 2 b christianity

Am really tired of this crisis of Jos almost all the time. Actually the state commissioner of police should be blamed & also the state governor as-well. If i were the president, i'll make sure Jos should be devided to north & south but the solution for now is prayer to have peace. God bless the dead, may they rest in peace.

This crisis always occurring in the north should not be taken lightly at all. All the southern leaders have to sit together to make a decision about it and stop turning their faces. Their should be a conclusion that if their is anymore trouble their that affect southerners, the country should split ant that would be much better, because if we come from different countries and the kill a single citizen, that means war.

I feel that the crisis in Jos is not being attended to. This is for the fact that the Hausa man wants Jos at all cost. The issue of "indiginship" is not restricted to Plateau alone. What is happening in Kano, Bauchi, Katsina and all the Hausa land. You dear don't look for anything there. Because of their long stay in governance they design the polity to favour their own people. The fact that people kept quite it does not mean they are stupid. I believe the Hausa man feels that if things do not go their way then let the country burn. Look at what is going on in the country today, they programme things to go in line with their designs. They feed their children all sort of things even from a very tender age and their actions manifest then they say they donot know anything about it. Every intolerance in this country is hatcheted by them. Look at Boko Haram, Kalakatu, the beheading of the Nigerian's head in Kano, the religeous uphevel in Kaduna etc are some of the many examples. Their comments equally does not make for peaceful co-existance. If we must live together then the Hausa man must recognised other Nigerians with respect.

You burnt his house during the last crises and now that he wanted to rebuild the house you people got jealous and started fighting the Hausas. Well u LAZY PEOPLE will never succeed in killing the Hausa/Fulani and The Hausa/Fulani will not leave the state. Ur intention is to wipe out all the Hausa/Fulani so that u can take all their hard earned properties abi? Don't try to bite the hands that feed u. You people should go and read your history

Nigeria we hail thee, good people one Nation

Hausas and the Fulanis are being targeted because they are Muslims. The problem started this morning when the Muslims attempted to rebuild their mosque which was burnt down during the last riot. The Muslims were attacked and many killed. When they attempted to defend themselves the police descended on them. It is only a mad man that will believe he can stop the Muslims by killing them. These are people who wants to be killed and they fight to the last to defend their faith and identity. This incident, so sadly, will further radicalize our society. If you think that by calling Muslims all sought of names you're doing any good to this country you're mistaken. Let us respect our respective rights as guaranteed by the constitution because this country Nigeria belongs to all of us.

Hausas and the Fulanis are being targeted because they are Muslims. The problem started this morning when the Muslims attempted to rebuild their mosque which was burnt down during the last riot. The Muslims were attacked and many killed. When they attempted to defend themselves the police descended on them. It is only a mad man that will believe he can stop the Muslims by killing them. These are people who wants to be killed and they fight to the last to defend their faith and identity. This incident, so sadly, will further radicalize our society. If you think that by calling Muslims all sought of names you're doing any good to this country you're mistaken. Let us respect our respective rights as guaranteed by the constitution because this country Nigeria belongs to all of us.

What is happening wit our country?Why WE CAN NOT GET Peace for one month.What i fine out ,dat leed to this problem.If the government can create emplopment for the youth,dat can solve dis problem.If every body is busy doing something,u can fine any body killing.I am speaking to the government to please do something for employment.

@ Abu Abdullah.How do you know the exams have being cancelled?

Our problem is that we're not sincere with ourselves. We hate the truth and anything that comes with it, Were just being tribalistic and selfish. We should ask ourselves there simple questions: 1 are christians and muslims living in peace with one another before now? 2. If the answer is in the affirmative, what is the problem now? 3. Whenever crisis emerged, are we enjoying it? 4. Between christians and muslims who has power of eliminating one religion and allow the other? 5. Are those in position of authority suffering the pain you and I the common masses are going through? 6. I belief that is not possible. Then what is the way forward? 7. Is the muslims market by any degree different from the christians market?

They need to find those inciting others to create violent trepidations. The military is watching!

"Violence, again, erupts in Jos, Plateau State capital, today leading to looting and burning of houses - and dislocation of hundreds of people." This is an incomplete report because it does not tell us the group or groups involved in the crisis,etc and people just started posting comments. It is a useless report being commented upon by even a more useless readers!

without bias we have the true results of the jos crises. we must stand to defend ourselves against every from of evil dat stands on the way of peace in our dear country. i for one have no other country. i will defend her unity and uphold her honour and glory, so help me God. Period!

May Good Continue 2 Save Musllim Children Living in Jos, from the Vumpires of Platue State

Palestine and israel in jos. Must we fight b4 we co exist? Pls stop dis rubish. My islamic brothers u profess peace not war y must u b disturbing the sleeping dog. U can relocate if u wish pls leave us alone.

For how long will this bloodshed continue?For God sake We are human beings not animals.Even animals respect the sanctity of life of their kind.This country belongs to all of us.let us learn to live in peace for once.Haba!

Jos' problem can only be solved with divine intervention and when the issue is addressed with fair and justice is allowed,then things will be in order. May the peace of God reign in the land of Jos now and forever. - OGBOMOSHO, OYO STATE.

Jos again?

I believe the political scientist in Ado Ikiti miss the entire point. Plateau has never relegated anyone and has never stop any person from pursuing a political carier. The Hausa's have never accepted the fact that they can be defited in any contest. In the last Local government election they had candidates in ANPP and AC. PDP defeated them and they tune violent. So it is not the issue of intergration. they just want everything. So please get it right.

what dose the FG before they make decision in the PLATEAU of a state, i think we need a new Governor in the state and Jang or what calls himself should resign and let somebody capable step in. it is a pity that in this part of the world people don't value their names and respect for their names. if i were him i will quickly resigned before i am ask to. how does he expect people to feel anytime that name is mentioned in the public. JANG please in the name of PEACE resigned and go home!!!!

Whenever criess occur in areas where Muslims and christians live together, some people blindly shift blame on Islam or Mulims and when it happens in the south they call it communal crises!! Why all this bad comment about Hausa/fulani? Do you want a world full of only your tribe to the exclusion of Hausa/fulani??

Do we need any more evidence as to why US classified Nigeria as "country of interest" in the fight against terrorism?

It's a pitty. Well, at least it's crisis not earthquake. I hope you people there will heed the sounding warnings before it's too late...

WHY ARE THE HAUSA FULANI NOT CAPABLE OF PEACEFUL,PROGRESSIVE CO-EXISTENCE WITH OTHERS AND YET ARE ALWAYS AFRAID OF BEING CUT AWAY TO STAY ON THEIR OWN? MUST WE CONTINUE TO SUFFER FOR BEING LUMPED TOGETHER WITH THESE PEOPLE? IS IT A CRIME TO SEEK INDEPENDENCE FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR OWN SECURITY? ?

The problem remains that the government has never done anything serious about crisis of this nature and that is why it keep on reoccurring. It doesnt just end in sending troops into the streets, the perpetrators of such actions should be made national law breakers and be brought to book. How can Nigeria grow with such crisis? Loads of lives and properties are lost in the process sending many people back to the scorching effect of poverty they have worked so hard to break out from. The worst of it all is the loss of priceless lives which cannot be replaced. If disciplinary measures are put in place, people will know the consequences of such actions and stay clear. I pray that God in his infinite mercy will visit Nigeria and shower my motherland with lasting peace and good governance that will take away the tears away from my dear peoples eyes and make them happy again.

In response to Isa's comment above, I think northern muslims should make themselves more likable and less aggressive towards their host communities. Remember what happened to the hausa community in Idi-Araba, Lagos when they started killing Yorubas there in 1998 or so? I dont think they'll ever try it again.

somebody should find job for these so called indegines that dont know anything apart from burukutu drinking and causing mayhem whenever they see a hausa/fulani progressing. you can count ten succesful business outfit in jos but none is owned by the so called ''indegines''. why wont they attack and destroy. they are not enterprising but just a bunch of lazy people. even farming it is their women that are serious in it. they should just go back to their hill tops and conduct their animalisitic behaviour. we are in 21st century and stone age.

Extremists are tarnishing our image globally with all this illiterate islamic propaganda..The true Muslims don't abide by such myopic tendencies..If we kill each other who will remain...Bloody jobless terrorists

'when will Nigerian put a stop religion clashes? All these nonsense does not portriat us as peace-loving people. Let re-think these. Jos crisis again...

Let the govt do all they can do to protect the NYSC members who were posted to serve in Jos. None should be allowed to be killed for God's sake. Many poor parents have laboured to train their children not to be sacrificed in inter-tribal and/or religious clashes in Jos but to be crowns of their old age. So,Govt, wake up and protect these young Nigerians, while efforts are made to calm the warring parties.

What is al des messes 4,tribal,religion,political crisis shld stp 4 God sake.we're al creatures of the d same supreme God.pls let's employ understanding into ds issues!

For how long will this nonsense continue.Why can the state govt take the bull by the horn,and deal with the perpetrator of this act.

a lot of us were upset when america put nigeria on thier terror watchlist but the truth is they didnt do that because of what abdulmutallab did.they did it because islamic extremists have been given carte blanche by our federal govt.there've been numerous cases in diferrent parts of nigeria perpetrated by these same people but no one's ever been prosecuted.Hausas feel they own nigeria.Its time for them to get thier heads out of the clouds.

Why cnt we live in peace?

Am a corp member servin in Jos,l am so scared n v no plans of leavin my house2 go2 d Ofice 2day.God help us....l v jst 3wks to passin out.

Does it mean dt this crisis can't b stopped,are there leaders in jos at all,do they have security,so there'll watch people die just like dt,let's stop ds madness,jos is known 2 b very peaceful,don't know what went wrong,pray 4 God's interventn,ngr

I have read good posts and crazy ones from sane people and idiots. I saw slained people being brought out from ambulances at plateau state hospital when i started thinking nothing than to get of iraq and gaza called jos. Thank God i'm now in Abuja. I can't wait for my Msc to be over in unijos.

If the federal govt are honest they should tell us in plateau who is always bringing problem to jos and ask them to go back to their various states like in bauchi were they will fight withou setting a panel 4 them pls help us to end this.

I think this crisis is simple. The indigines r not employed, goverment is not doing anything to develpo the state. Look at the vast tourism resources and weather that the state has, teh indigines r not doing anything to explore it and be gainfuly employed to make themselves rightgul owners of their land. Instead they will be drinking all day. They making the efforts of other people in the town to bring it back to live useless. See how Kevin talked about the town...Now this...Aba....Thsi country needs true leaders.

woo God save jos people and let us try and put a stop to that because it will not help us at all rather it will destroy our life.

Oh my dear so called 'Indegenes of Jos'!. Its a pitty that u cant understand the dynamics of real life. the fact that u cant compete with the hausa/fulani in every aspect of life does not give u the right to be aggressive. if u take it easy, we can all live and let live together in harmony. u should not close urself to jos alone, look at other parts of world, no one survives alone. instead of drinking burkutu and fighting us please turn ur aggression to productivity so that we get happiness.

Most Nigerians are already brainwashed. Several of them have no independent rational thinking. It is simply "think as bigots say" to some. If not so, why should Jos' ethno-political crisis and quest for power, control and share in National cake be taken to be an incidence of 'islamic extremism'? The press is guilty afterall for misinformation. Jos crisis has nothing to do with Islam, it is purely a quest for political dominance. Land palava is just secondary and a camouflag. Think straight, Nigerians!

The main reason for this is that Jos still remains such a beautiful place to be in Nigeria so every one wants a piece of it at all cost. www.josaddress.com

13-15 yrs ago, i used to call jos my second home despite being an indegine gombe also residing in gombe but, i dont why things are happening like this now, i dont believe its about indegine/non indegine or religious problem,something is happening underground.the hausa/fulani muslims settlers (visitors)constitute of just 9.8% of the total population of plateau state but,why are the innocent igbos, yorubas, ibibios, kanuri etc becoming seriously affected?(pls somebody to answer this question).does it mean that 9.8% are the one killing,looting and causing tension on the remaining 90.2% people

Mr Sean, I think Jos will always have crisis because the indigenous have been peaceful and welcoming some people that at the end look down on them. Just like you are doing. Dont worry, Its a Nigerian thing "good and quiet people are always trampled upon" For your information we dont drink all day, we are not unemployed, and Kevin Pam is from Plateau State!

The Hausa Fulani and the Moslems know the truth, if they will be sincere, they will say that they are people who would like to dominate where ever they find themselves. Hence with this spirit they create problems. They will also agree that, though not all moslems would fament troublem; some sect of Islam are good at famenting troble; they would even call other moslems 'KAFIRAI' Bearing these few things in mind, when somebody wants to achieve something selfish, simply, get this sect, brain wash them into 'JIHAD' (Holy War) and they will do it with the whole of their might. We are all Hausa and Fulani alike. Civilization has made it such that we can not continue with this kind of attitude. People now know their right and would not allow for any form of intimidation. Let's forget about dominion, secure our own inherited land and train our children in a manner they won't grow up to suffer tomorrow. We are no longer in the premitive era; when wars are waged, warn and lands taken over or Heads installed. Let's leave the people we live with with their culture and tradition; belives and faith. If I live in a place for a long time and want to claim indigeneship or citizenship; it meanse I am ready to accept the Language of that land as my language (for communication) It's applicable World wide. I can not become a citizen of the United States of America and I can not speak English. If I am able to win a none Moslem by my kind guesture where ever I find myself, isn't it better than to KILL? no wander; the rate at which Moslems migrate into Christianity is on the increase. Let's respect each others rights. "GYARA KAYAN KA, BAYA ZAMA SAUKE MU RABA BA" DA ALHERI.

I want call and advice my fellow brothers HAUSA FULANI that are living in jos to sell all of their properties and came back to our fathers town,...to live in peace is better then to became an emier ... Thanks MURTALA

When d head is sick sure the whole body is.how long will this continue why are we killing each other even when we are hungry why not lets face d people making hungry,jobless,homeless and fustrated instead of fighiting one another

too bad - it just confirms that we are really a terrorist nation. God help us embrace peace.

H A B A! My hausa/fulani so called friend? U must nt claim jos, Obama ws elected prsidnt in US 4 his gud conduct in anoda man's land, even at d peak of his campian he stil went 2 kenya 4 papa's blessins. No matta hw educated or hw bussines minded U thnk U re, U cnt b beta den Ur host, rememba U came as slaves or beta tradas. Its a pitty if U cnt trace Ur roots, Kintakunte tried & succeed, U can if U try or else stay in peace.

so many comments made, the govt r not ready to do anything. Only if u guyz knw how much money dey make 4m dis violence, den u will say anymore. the more d violence d more some get richer. ITS NOW BIUSNESS! It wont stop.

Sb dat tot i was in jos called me dis monin asking if i was safe. Imagine dat. I plead wit people not to exagurate dis or make comments dat are not based on fact & blame falsely. Dis will cos more harm dan good. So much to, so little done. God bless Nigeria. Amen.

Sb dat tot i was in jos called me dis monin asking if i was safe. Imagine dat. I plead wit people not to exagurate dis or make comments dat are not based on fact & blame falsely. Dis will cos more harm dan good. So much to, so little done. God bless Nigeria. Amen.

the truth should be revealed to the whole world about the continous crisis on the plateau.it not about politics and is not also about the ownership of jos. its about islamic agenda to islamised jos in totallity.Cristianity preaches peace but islam preaches violent that is why they are always formenting trouble all about world.

Fellow Nigerians come to think of this. Does is mean the Government of d pple, by d pple and for the pple (democracy) have failed us? There seems to b no security, no employment, no investment instead killing and burning of their little investment. Dnt u think Democracy has failed us? Well, i think its time we come together in prayers cus if this continue like this am afraid to say the Military will have to tak over power. Please let us have a re-think. Please lets stop all this killing cus it only bring us pain and sorrow rather than peace and happiness. Let's re-brand Nigeria

Oh! My sweat place of birth why destroying the peace that bands us together, we should lean to love our selfs my brother and sister. If i have one wish. I'll wish to restore peace back to my lovely Platuea state.(STOP)we heading the wrong way.

God bless the federal republic of Nigeria. Good pple great Nation...

Just wen we thot dat things (the crises) r easingup now this? O God wen wil this b ova. The most annoyin part is dat they (hausa/fulani) always take us unaware bcos we (christians) r God fearing people, n we 4get wrongs done against us easily cos dat is wat our bible teaches us.

I hatee the fact that when something happens in the north, people immeadiately condemn muslims and the hausa in general, as if they caused all the problems nigeria has, that is pure tribalism on the part of the southerners. And another fact that annoys me is that these things happen in the south, for example the crisis between the tribes in delta state, nobody seems to talk about this. I am not supporting the violence but we are Nigerians, not sountherners or northeners, we have to join hands and help each other in order to build our nation...because development is in our hands not in the hands of the government but us the citizens at the present moments...

It started like a joke and before we knew it we spent more than 4 good hours trapped in the church.It took the efforts of some soldiers to rescue us.The CP of plateau state clearly pointed out that it was some muslem youths that started it again.I beg the state government to call a spade a spade.May God protect the innocent people in jos.

God will deliver Jos and Nigeria at large.We need serious prayer.My people

God should deliver Jos and Nigeria at large,we need serious prayer in dis Country.God bless Nigeria

JOS as the name implies means "jesus our saviour" so pls my fellow hausa/fulani brothers who constitute of less than 10% of plateau state, sell your properties and leave jos because some of them who dont understand the Holy Bible are misinterpreting the book of Matthew chapter 10 Verse 34 which says "Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace but a sword" so they are using that to be killing and looting your properties

It started like a joke and before we knew it we spent more than 4 good hours trapped in the church.It took the efforts of some soldiers to rescue us.The CP of plateau state clearly pointed out that it was some muslem youths that started it again.I beg the state government to call a spade a spade.May God protect the innocent people in jos.

if these crisis does not stop, poverty will keep crippling the northen state.is up to us to make nigeria a better place

"Nigeria; Country of Interest" by the united state. Don't what is happening in Nigeria interest even us Nigerians?

Emeka ugwu aka Donmeks Wat u said is not so,a man whose house was destroyed during the 2008 crisis came to renovate his house, then suddenly some boys came up to stop him from wat he was doing in which for he legally bought the land, in trying to resolve issues they killed him. so tell me whose fault. I beg you and people of your kind to stop misinforming our fellow nigerians who are not residing in jos.

MAY GOD HELP US IN DIS COUNTRY

I have gone through the article above and the responces that follows. It is sad to note that we have been so fractionalised that to the point where we no longer think straight. Even the corpers who are suppose to be the leaders of tommorrow. The Government is a reflection of the followership and indeed Jang is a disapontment. I counted 48 dead bodies myself yesterday evening in Jos including a very close friend. I was born in Jos 43 years back and as I drop this last word I will move to my home town in Osun state, but the question is; the whole world is thinking nationalism but the people of Plateau are still thinking Triabalism. Must the Hausa and Fulani fight at the slightest pfrovocation? where is the love taught by your great grand parents. It is a shame on all of you the Hausa, Birom, Anaguta, Jarawa, Fulani. Afizere, Tarok whose ancessestors are people of honour yet you chose violent. Good bye Jos. I will remember you for my father diesd peacefully in Jos 36 years back, and mother was killed in 2008 during the riot. I shall remember thee as the land of death.

Emeka unfortunately your comments are not very correct and the CP must have mis-informed you. Shamsu is right and I have picture on my ipod that can be posted online. However it will have been wise if the Hausa community had remain patient despite the initial attack.

All jos crisis was couse by the state govement because it is sectional, if you listen to report from FM you will understand what i am saying.

The issue of jos was not a religious is an ethni or tribal issue.Nigeria is a hetrogenous country wich comprises morethan 250 diffrent languages,so therefore jos is not belong to angas or hausa-fulani is a land for everybody.

I really felt for you Adetokunbo, these people are not after hausa/fulani rather they are after those who possese their wealth in a legal way.they are too lazy to work, they prefer to go to mami market drink kai-kai(burkutu) and go to look for trouble

The issue of jos was not a religious is an ethni or tribal issue.Nigeria is a hetrogenous country wich comprises morethan 250 diffrent languages,so therefore jos is not belong to angas or hausa-fulani is a land for everybody.

Lets PRAY; In JESUS NAME,.........

The issue of jos was not a religious is an ethni or tribal issue.Nigeria is a hetrogenous country wich comprises morethan 250 diffrent languages,so therefore jos is not belong to angas or hausa-fulani is a land for everybody.

i served in bauchi....i was there when the last jos crisis took place....d agony of wandering wats going to happen next is sumtin i never want to exprience again in my life...i made friends muslims n xtains alike in bauchi n jos...and they look d same to mii...not all d northerners are terrible...i have friends dat are hausas n they are peaceloving people !!! jos is a beautiful town...gosh!!! y are people wicked|??? i pray 4 d innocents dat they remain safe !!!pls our govt should do sumtin drastic n fast to quell this crisis!!!

plateaunians!!!!!!!! pls lets value ourselves first as human beings,lets forget these so-called politicians,lets face it these problems are not about ethno-religious crisis, its about the extreme penury that is put upon each citizen of Nigeria. the govt will now start formin a committee and sharing of sittin allowances wch is the money that is suppose to be used for road construction, portable water, education etc.look at ADETOKUNBO who is from OSUN state,He lost his parent(wch are irreplaceable)in the cause of struggling for survival in plateau state, WHY for God sake.instead lets face the govt just the NIGER-DELTANS and see whether we can find a final solution. God bless NAIJA

My good people of Nigeria home and aborad,lets join hand together and pray for this nation.only God in heaven will bring peace to this our motherland.God bless Nigeria

I have read with kin interets the contributions above. Haba!Let us at least tell the truth for our common good Nigerians. How can we claim we do not know who trigers voilence in the land. Why the insults to the loving and peace loving host communities of Jos. Who feeds who? Remember that no business thrives without the primary capital (land), is it a crime to be loving and kind & to give you the land? When you insult the indigenes you forget that there are the 'yan iska' who are always amidst you. There are other non-indegines in Jos and in Plateau state. Who amongst them can say the Beroms, Jarawa, Anaguta or any tribe on the Plateau ever ignited a crisis or attacked them? Look at it in a broader dimension who is responsible for religious crises in Nigeria all this while? There is much to be uncovered in the Jos crisis it is both religious and terrorism. The islamic agenda against Plateau & Nigeria is a long seated one. we must live together Nigerians. Let true Nigerians not get tired of praying to the God who vindicates righteously.

Comments by our moslem friends point to rhe fact that the simplicity and peaceful disposition of the Plateau indigenes is taken for granted by the Hausa/Fulani settler. He does not want to be called settler and so exploit the Nigerian Constitution to his favor. Yet when you go to the Hausa's states it doesn't matter how long you stay, the Constitution does apply to you. It is ingrate to hate and kill your landlord no matter who you thik you are. Such people hate progress as such desire a state of emergency for Plateau, this is a strategy to stop the devopment Plateau is experiencing under the dynamic leadership of the son of the soil. No indigene wants to destroy achievements but will defend it! Long live Plateau State! Long live Nigeria!

Pple outside there should pls assist pple in prayer and get in torch with d govt 2 intervene, a good number of pple ave been killed this morning and many houses ave been burnt, NO SECURITY IN JOS, ASSIST US IN PRAYERS

Plz help 4rm fed. Level, d crisis is serious currently

ALL WE NEED IS PRAYER..WE SHOULD ALL PRAY FOR GOD'S INTERVENTION.WE NEED TO PUT A FULL STOP INTO DIS

Crises has started at 6am this morning make it day 3.they re nw fightn the policemen nt the christains amy more

i think that d problem has been left unattended to and d political leader should be held responsible for d mayhem because since democracy started in 1999, we have experience one crisis to another crisis.All dis crisis is been caused by our political leader to achieve their selfish interest.Poverty and illiteracy shld be attend to in dis country if we want all dis crisis to die a natural dead.The people were just hiding under religion to cause mayhem bc no religion preach violence against ur fellow human being.The Almighty God will judge everybody according to their intention.

there is 24hrs cupew fire with fire..things are getting out hand we need help.....

Someone should help with the crisis in Jos. i just spoke with my parents now....and i coild hear the guy shots in the backgorund. our fathers have turned to militants over night...to save teir families please someone send help to the residents of Apata......there are no military men as i write now.....please

I thought peace will come back after the 2001 crisis which I witnessed but right now, am not sure any more. I visited Jos last month for the holidays after 4 years and discover that the Plateau state has been divided into different fractions. These fractions have either been tagged "christian dominated area" or "Muslim dominated area. How can we expect to have peace when the state is already divided? The weather is Jos is a freezing one but people have to sleep outside because of this incidence.

NO SECURITY IN JOS, WE NEED PRAYER

should Nigeria be divided? can't we live in peace?if the division of nigeria into two sects(northern and south) will bring peace, lets do it. how many more deaths do we have to count. Nigerians are volunteering to go to haiti. save ur effing selves...hisss

I WILL LIKE TO CALL ON THE ATTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO THE FACT THAT MOST OF THE SECURITY AGENTS HAVE BEEN POSTED TO AREAS OF LOW TENSION WITH VERY FEW WHERE THE CHRISTIANS ARE AT DISADVANTAGE. CHRISTIANS HAVE ALSO COME UNDER ATTACK BY THE SOLDIERS SEND TO MAINTAIN THE PEACE.

The truth is that our elders hav disapointed us the youth of this state, they are not spelling out matters the way they should. We have to just face this isue once and for all... our elders have refused to fight for us that is why we are still surfering this. but we the youth will have to use the DAVID Methode (not tolarating our enemies) so that our children tomorow will not surfer what we are surfering today. DAVID FINISHED THE FIGHTS THAT SOLOMON WOULD HAVE LIVED TO FIGHT. that is just it.

DOES THIS NOT CONFIRM WHAT THE USA IS SAYING ABOUT US BECAUSE OF MUTALLAB-THE TERRORIST.WE HAVE TERRORISM AT HOME IN NIGERIA.IF NOT, WHAT WILL MAKE A SANE MAN ATTACK AND KILL OTHERS FOR NO REASON ON SUNDAY WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN CHURCH.WE CLAIM ALL CITIZENS HAVE RIGHT YET THEY ARE KILLED IN BAUCHI-THAT FEMALE SCHOOL TEACHER AND KANO-AKALUKA WHO WAS BEHEADED,NOTHING WAS DONE.THEIR BLOOD WILL CONTINUE TO HAUNT US UNTILL JUSTICE IS DONE.

well i guess tempers are high everywhere because everybody has losses but can anyone offer any realistic SOLUTIONS to this reoccuring problem. What about setting up a task force to retrieve firearms from all members of the public till further notice so that the extent of damage will be limited in these attacks?

2chronicles 7:14

ITS HIGH TIME ALL THE SECURITY PERSONEL GO BACK TO THE BARRACKS SO THAT THE CHRISTIANS CAN FACE THE MOSLEMS SINCE THEY FEEL THEY CAN FIGHT. LET THE WAR BEGIN OOOH!!! IF NOT FOR SECURITY, HEADS WILL ROLL.

2 b frankly nd honestly speaking, Nigerians re nt makin use of their constitution. Period.

Bad governance, alcholism,poverty,ilitracy,greed and laziness are the main problem in that town may ALLAH help us ameen

all of you making nagative comments against the two religions should realise that those comments where the genesis of the crisis in jos. i believe the problem of jos is the high level of poverty and illitrte youths roaming the streets of jos. as a jos citizen, and as an individual, every life is sacred in the side of God. anyone who feels the easiest way to be heard is to carry arms, is mistaken. lots of lives have been lost, properties have been burnt/destroyed, including my family house. thanks to the ultimate worriors. we use to live as one in jos, during chrismas and sallah periods, foods were shared amongst the muslims and christains. we intermarried, some of my family members are devoted muslims. what happened to this home of peace and tourism? the economy of the state is dead. the government must look inward and check the problem, which i believe is illitracy and idleness of the mind. most youths of the state are not engage in any miningful activities, and the almajiri's are not helping issues either.i am very disappointed with the attititudes of the the two religious leaders. as the engage their subjects into teachings that could instigate crisis. making comments that is Godly. please and please, the fight should stop, and let the fighters identify where their problems are coming from. enough is enough we all deserve to live. life is precious

PLS LETS CUM 2GEDA 2RESON 2GEDA.WE AL HAV LUVD ONES,FRNDS ND FAMILIES LIVIN IN JOS.WE AL FIL SAD AT D LOS OF SOM ONE DEAR 2US,AS HUMANS WE MYT NT TINK ALIKE BT WE FEEL HURT ALIKE.I REALY LUK 4WARD 2D DAY WER RELIGION OR CULTURE WLD NT B A YARD STICK OF JUDGIN SOM ONE.WE HAV LOTS OF PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS DT WE CNT SOLV LETS NT INCRESE IT BY KILIN OURSELVS.I DNT CARE IF ITS MUSLIMS VS CHRISTAINS OR+TENANTS VS LANDLORDS NO HUMAN HAS D RYT 2TAK ANODA HUMANS LIFE,I KNW DT D HOLY PROPHET ENCOURAGED JIHAD 2SPREAD ISLAM WIT A PROMISE OF HEVEN ND VIRGINS BT IF U KIL NW DT ISLAM IS FARMLY ESTABLISHED U WLD GO 2HEL.DNT LET ANY1 USE YR MIND MUSLIMS ND CHRISTAINS ALIKE WE AL PRAY 21 GOD,MOHAMAD IS HIS PROPHET ND JESUS IS HIS SON.LET PEACE B OUR KEY WORD.NATURAL DEATH HURTS D LIVIN NT 2TALK OF UN NATURAL DEATH COSD BY CRISES.I LUV EVRI 1ALIK.2AL INOCENTS,U SHAL NT DIE,NON SHAL B HURT IN D LAND.I COVA U AL WIT D BLOOD OF JESUS SO D ANGEL OF DEATH WIL CUM ND PAS OVA U.KEY IN2 HIS WORDS COS GOD IS NT MAN DT HE SULD LIE.B SAFE.KISSES.

To every Season there is always a Reason...people of Nigeria let the Govt of Plateau State & the Central Govt. do a litle explanation on what is going wrong with Jos...Fake Soldiers coupled with Sophisticated Weapons... where are they from...investigate to the root of the truths and we get the answer to an age long crisis in the once called home of peace. Dear Lord restore peace unto our land and bring every blood thirsty monster into book.

Let me bring to the knowledge of everyone both Christians & Muslims that anyone trying to stand in for God by fighting God's enemy is only inviting eternal damnation upon himself and his entire generation...because the Battle belongs to the Lord! Let every evil perpetrators beware of the curse being planted on behalf of their offsprings...for the fire will burn and vegeance will speak for every innocent blood shed. let Allah / God be praised.

Of what use are d panels and their recomendations wen they are not implemented & there are secred cows. The lives of a common nigerian has no difference with that of a fowl on the highway. Our lives have been wasted just 4 one silly reason or the other of d people @ d helm of afairs 'kaduna sharia' part 1,2,3&4. 'thisday' 1&2, 'season series' of jos crises that dont want to end. Wen do we want 2 learn our lessons. I pray fellow common men wld understnd & stop killin themselves. The glad thing is that there is a day of reckoning & every1 will be judged according 2 action and intention.

its very sad dat people on the plateau never learn their lesson the same problem keeps arising what is the governor doing he is not worthy to be called a governor he is indeed a failure plateau shud be scraped diveded into neighbouring states and leveled flat they are not human at all killing one another why the hatered

what is all this in Jos, education always become victim of cisis. now student in the university just returned and were rushed to write their exam and a week for the exam to finish crisis begin in Jos. some student are still in the campus because there is no way for them to leave and meet their parent. we beg the president and all other in authority in this nation to arise to save student in Jos. They need help right now.

The Biafran Genocide has not cleared from the eyes of the islamist who believe they were born to rule; Thousands of talents has been wasted in the hands of this ilitrate rioters, and the Nigeria govt has refused to accept the truth becuase the rioters are mostly Hausas, the ethnic birth place of President Umar Yar'Adua. If this nation has a foundation-stone of honesty, a drastic major like roasting the rioters as one can see at the end of "TEARS OF THE SUN", a US-Biafran film.

I find it difficult to believe that Federal govt has not devised a lasting solution to PEACE and UNITY which we sing everyday in our national anthem. The worst of it all is the system of belive which promises a eternal life to rioters when they are killed. I blame Islamic youths who chose to loose their life for a promise they are not sure of-holy war! With such misleading doctrine, fools give-up their precious life; If these islamic rioters will develope sense, they should have wondered why their leaders has not gone to die and make that same heaven they preach.

for those that did not know what causes the problem, this is it "The crisis that engulfed the Plateau State capital of Jos on Sunday started at Dutse Uku on the city outskirts when Christian youth tried to stop a Muslim man from renovating his house that was destroyed in the November 2008 riot, according to Alhaji Kabir Muhammad, the man at the center of the storm. Speaking to our reporter in Jos yesterday, Alhaji Kabiru said, “During the 2008 crisis [in Jos], my house was burnt and I had to relocate elsewhere while I started renovating it gradually. By weekend, I had reached the level where I was going to put on the decking. The residents in my area had earlier volunteered to help me when I come to put on the decking. Therefore yesterday (Sunday, January 17th) people came to the site to help in putting on the decking. We did a significant level of the work when the sand finished, so I rushed to Yan’ Tifa [area] and ordered two trucks of sand.” He continued, “When the driver went for the second round to supply the sand, I saw from afar that some people were stoning the people in the tipper truck, while the people in the truck too were stoning them. I went down there to see what was happening, and they told me that they were insulting them. Many people gathered there and consoled the tipper men and everybody dispersed. Then the person that was stoning the people in the truck went and told his people that he was beaten by some Hausa youths and before you know it, a mob gathered at the site where I was renovating my house and demanded that we should stop the work. I then realized that the situation might become uncontrollable, so I rushed with my car to call soldiers who were posted at Yan Trailer [garage]. “Even before I got there, someone had informed them because they were already in their van heading towards the area. So I turned back and followed them. When we arrived at my house with the soldiers, the people popularly known as Yan Kasa [i.e. natives] demanded that the renovation work should be stopped. One particular Bajari man was the one that insisted that I must halt the work. I explained to the soldiers that I had already started this work when they proposed that the work should be stopped so that the matter can be resolved. One of the soldiers even collected my number and said that about five of us will go and sit down to resolve the matter. Then all of a sudden, we saw one Achaba boy [commercial motorcyclist] heading towards us with blood all over him. Someone was pushing his motorcycle, then another old man followed suit with similar injuries. I told my people to station the two victims so that they can serve as witnesses to us. So I asked the workers to stop the work, but the workers insisted that we must continue with work since we had already mixed the cement, sand and stone. “I told them that they should stop the work since I was the one that bought the cement, but they refused. So the soldiers said that they should continue the work with the cement that was mixed and when they finish it, they should then stop. But before you know it, we saw a group of youths from afar and they started stoning us. We later heard that they had set up a road block around Baptist area and they were beating people. So we all dispersed. That is as far as I can remember.” Asked if the Yan Kasa youth had told him why he must stop his renovation work, Alhaji Kabir said, “Yes, they said that they don’t want any Muslim to come back to that area again. That is what they said, that no Muslim should return to that area.” He was also asked if any Muslims live in the area, and he said, “There are some Muslims, but my house happens to be at the boundary which separates our area from their area. Down inside the area there were Muslims. There are even some that renovated their houses and returned during the [Ramadan] fasting period, but my house happens to be at the boundary and there are no Muslims there.” Alhaji Kabiru Muhammad also denied claims that the trouble started because he encroached upon someone else’s land while renovating his house. He said, “I have heard many versions of this incident, but this is the first time I am hearing this. I have been living in that area for over twenty years. It is not even a new house. It is an old house that was burnt during the 2008 crisis. I am just trying to renovate it. There is no truth in this allegation and like I said, this is the first time I am hearing this.”

Nigeria is not the only black nation where one can find both Christian and Moslems without any history of Holy War. The angry rioters pratice the theories they wer thought by their leaders. As a Christian, i refuse to hate moslems becuase they are human being but pardon me if I hate islamic MISLEADERS. Nigerian Islamic leaders are terrorist and Nigeria should stop protecting them. A terrorist ought not to have any legal right in any country that value peace.

With due respect, the world & none indigenes of Plateau State need to know that, Jos crisis cannot be separated from religion. Jos is under the attack of Islamic extremist Jihadists who could not conquer it a long time back. This terrorists have the full support of their counterparts who are in the helm of affairs in the Federal Government. This is clearly exhibited by the selection of mostly moslem soldiers sent by the GOC 3rd Armoured Division who himself is a moslem. These soldiers have protected the moslems and molested the christians, they have forced themselves into churches and arrested christian youth. It is clear that the said building that ignited the crisis was a mere camouflage. Let me be bold to say other Nigerians should not think this is an agenda just for Plateau State, it is just a matter of time. The earlier people understand the roots of the crisis the better for the nation. May the labor of our Heroes to keep Nigeria indivisible despite our faiths & creeds never be in vain !

So, if you are stopped from renovating your house, your next action will be to kill innocent christians coming from church. Think about what you are saying. This happens everytime.

Nigeria should be happy for been listed among countries to be watch for terrorism by the US Government because it is now obvious that the government does not have the capacity to handle the level of terrorism in the country and is grawing in a speed of jet. Nigerian government please corporate with the US government to help you fight terrorism in this country. 40% of plateau budget should go for peace building and security of lives and properties for meaningful development to take place. Am so sorry for our Hausa/Falani Brothers, no matter what effort, human schemes, plans you can never overcome JOS is not yours keep off please. Nigeria government should accept the reality now and take action to fight terrorism. To boom an American air craft does does not bring terror to any one in NIgeria as an individual maybe to the country as a whole but lives are terrorise everyday in NIgeria and the government does not care!!!! Now you have to do something if not you are all failures! God bless JOS (JESUS OUR SAVIOUR) THE LAND OF PEACE AND TOURISM. WE ARE HERROES.

the root cause of these uproars is negligable... At least past records indicate crisis in jos-north region as clearly political but this time and i assure similar to all, Slightly before noon on the wake of Sunday 17th January 2010. Reports gathered shows that muslim faithfuls cruelsomely attacked Christian victims in their worship centre(church)hmm i lack further comments...

Its very unfortunate dat we have a chief security of a state dat does not know were perpetrators of crises arrested in november last year were taken to, they came back and ignite another one. And yet call himself the gov. The worst of all is that he is still pointing accusing fingers to muslim youths who sell water and ride bike. Mr gov, even if all the muslim should leave the state for you, you can never occupy more than the size of your body at a time. know that one day you will not be on that sit, and nemesis will surely catch up with you and your allies.

Haba yen kasa, in kano state there is a settlment of christain mainly igbos. They are much to the extend that they produce councelors that are non muslims for their wards. This is common in vertually all the states in nigeria with people from other parts of the country settling in a state that is not theirs. I wonder why yen kasa dont want muslims on their land. Do they want to go to here after with the land.

The Igbos have been living in Kano for several decades if not centuries. Why hasn't IBB created a local government for them?

The world leaders need to do some thing fast about this Usman Danfodios descendants.Where ever you meet up to 50 of them be sure terorism will start. The whole world is having sleeplessness because of these species of (humans)? Am not sure if they are................forgive me because they have turned a very sweet earthly heaven into a hell. Jos, your soul will vomit out these sons of Hell out of you soon.

The only thing is prayers God knows better,May God have marcy on the dead ones and protect the innocents particularly the innocent and unvulnerable ones.

i think it is high time 4 a legistlation 4 every citizen to carry weapons to protect themselves. as it is Jos is no more safe and so is the nation. this should stop. this is a nation in crisis.where is Mr. PresiDONT!!!!

I was touched deeply after reading Adetokumbo's comment.Sorry about ur mum.The videos i watched from the previous crisis showed Genocide in homes,streets n Islamic schools,children below the age of six were massively massacred.Why?.Am also disappointed @ how some people post comments blaming each other,Burukutu this,we own the land,extremists,terrorists etc.We must all join hands n think of a lasting solution to this shameful act.I have an Uncle who stayed in Jos for over 43yrz,where do u expect his children n grandchildren to relocate to now dat all he has laboured has been burned? Let's all unite as one people n pray for peace.

I Believe a very important and crucial Question needs to be answered before Jos can ever live in Peace again"WHO OWNS JOS" it should be answers at the presidential level.

i was serving in jos 2008 dec when ds crisis occured and we lost a corp member, it was scary and psychologically disturbing and i thought that was the last of such. God please send us peace, jos, lagos, ogun ..... Nigeria. why do people have to make others cry, weep and sorrow so much? over what- land, cars, cows, houses? what is worth a human life? hmmmm

it is very disheartning that our nigerian legislators are not taking jos crisis seriously were hundereds of inocecnt lives were lost and properties destroyed but rather they were busy figthing to get American visa.what a country

It will be very good for very one to know that the anti-christ is here at last but he is yet to be given full power to operate untill raptuer has taken place.So my dearly beloved, take a deep breath.... Are you ready for His return? To all the lost soul, rest in peace. And to all the living soul... PEACE BE STILL!

It is sad that some people are narrow minded who fail to see or view things rationally. The Hausa/Fulani of Jos are there before the Plateau State even i. e. when the same Plateau State was under Bauchi province. The Hausa/Fulani didn't beg to be on the Plateau, but are destined to be there either by birth or by settlement like any other Nigerian. But the most unfortunate thing you will see some people accusing us for this or for that. All the same we have come to stay, Jos is our land also. Please, learn to leave in peace with all and sundry.

some one pls think, how come there has been no crisis btw indigenes and other tribes except with the hausa/fulanis?it is a grand design t islamise plateau, beliv me it will always fail.in God we trust.

We pray for pease in your state and the nation at large.

This act of baberism will not stop unless the DEVILS that called themselves leaders who are visibly and actively engaged in causing chaos and genocid with the name of politics,religion and tibal sentiments are cought,prosecuted and hangs. Jos will still remain and continous to remain as a home of slougtering and killing of inocents souls. If our govt. cannot do it, i believed strongly in a shortest while the Anger of GOD our creator who has the singular right to take live as when due will befall on them .my fellow christians and muslems brothers and sisters let put our hands together and say NO! to this act of barberism.

THESE CRISES ARE SOME OF THE AFTERMARTS OF THE EVIL SEEDS SOWN BY THE SELF CENYERED LEADERS IN THE COUNTRY! THEY KEEP FUELLING THEM TO ACHIEVE SOME HIDDEN AGENDA! UNILL THE PEOPLE DECIDE THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH THE VAMPIRES MAY NEVER BE TIRED OF SOCKING HUMAN BLOOD!

The hausa/fulani,yoruba and igbos have always served as elected councilors under the jos north local government council in plateau state.It has been and still is so for so many years now.what else do the hausa/fulani ? There has never been trouble with the other ethnic groups like the igbos,yoruba,urhobo etc some of whom came to jos even before the hausa man dreamt of going there.Even then,they never claimed ownership of the land.The hausa jihadist have destroyed bukuru town,looted shops and killed innocent people,yet,no one talks about that.Are some lives more precious than the other? We are all equal before God and should be so even within the context of the Nigerian constitution.So many hundreds of innocent lives(Christians and Muslims alike) were lost during the boko haram crisis in Borno and Bauchi states, and not too long ago again in Bauchi state,yet the Jihadist never called for a state of emergency.In Jos,the same people as always, started the crisis,killing,maiming,looting and destroying properties and they turn around to ask for a state of emergency in Plateau. Lets tell ourselves the truth,you can not go to Kano,Bauchi or Sokoto and claim to be an indigene,even after living there for a hundred years.You may be tolerated if you are a Muslim,but try contesting for a political office and see what happens,they will remind you of your roots.I stayed in Kano for close to 2years,and not once have i ever heard them playing gospel music or airing a Christian pro gramme.Today the GM of plateau radio television is been accused of not airing Muslim prayers before commencement of pro grammes.Why not accuse the stations in Kano and other Muslim states of doing same with regards to Christian prayers,or is it a deliberate attempt to Islamise Nigeria?

I still say Nigeria is a jungle and there is no law in this jungle! A contry that follows not the constitution is bound to have these crazy happenings.... anyone that can't live in peace with others should go and kill themselves. GOVERNMENT this is a democracy let us see you prove it. seek out the cause of Jos crisis from decades past and thoroughly deal with it, if the constitution or religion is what encourages it then rectify it. We should be allowed to sleep with both eyes closed in this country. Hausa or Plateau's, Christians,muslims,aitheists and traditionalists ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO FREEDOM AND LIFE! we should live in another's state and be safe, other's may live in our land...but we still need to be safe whicheverway!

the mean causes of jos crisis is land ownership, that the Berom has misguided

this contry nig shuold stop reconizing one religion above another

Congratulations Goodluck For being acting president. i hope you will look into the hope you will look into the happening in jos, and bring in a lasting solution to it.

it getting out of hand i think the christain over dr should be going to church with there weapon gun what so ever, and also invite the niger delta guys 4 rescue mission,to finished the so called hausa fulani

The recent mayhem in Jos is a shame to both the state and Federal government. It is less than two months now when there a major crises claiming many lives and properties occured in this same Jos and till i write nothing has been done to bring the culprits to book. Anyway as a christian, i believe that this is a pointer to the coming of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. Let everyone therefore repent of his or her sins and accept Christ as Lord and saviour. Remain richly blessed.

The recent mayhem in Jos is a shame to both the state and Federal government. It is less than two months now when there a major crises claiming many lives and properties occured in this same Jos and till i write nothing has been done to bring the culprits to book. Anyway as a christian, i believe that this is a pointer to the coming of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. Let everyone therefore repent of his or her sins and accept Christ as Lord and saviour. Remain richly blessed.

Every Fire must have a source, Every Problem must have a ROOT, Jos Crisis and violence has a SOURCE AND ROOT -- a set of few disgruntled/frustrated/irresponsible leaders with high political powers behind it;-- Until these TOP governmental FIGURES (SOURCE/ROOT) are publicly exposed and punished, Jos crisis will continue

Let every boby cry 'shame'. What happened of recent on the Plateau is a same to Federal,Plateau state government, shame to the military, shame to the police, shame to the SSS shame to the traditional leaders on the Plateau for being reactive to this act of Godlessness in its highest degreee as agains being proactive to vital security information.May God forgive you for the blood of the innocent.Shame, and again I say shame to you all.

All the mountains in Plateau State are spirits a day will come when thEy will speak for the indigene since hausa/fulani who claim to be indigene of the state.ARE THE HAUSA/FULANI THE ONE WHO CREATED THE ROAD FROM THEIR STATE TO PLATEAU OR WAS THEIR A ROAD MADE FOR THEM INTO PLATEAU STATE....

Since the full meanning of JOS,means Jesus Our Saviour,No matter what the Devil will do he will never sucseed in his acts bcoz he has been defeted already.for the people who enaged themselve for lie with the word of God.

am actually crying as i am reading this,and this pictures i am seeing..is nt good at all.this are kids who has a bright future.y wont we be called a terrorist country wen we are even killing ourselves.dont knw wot the government is fdoing about this issue.The government should pls act fast.

It is actually pathetic and shameful that things like this still happens in Nigeria.The way forward is prayers. Let every ministry,church,christians in every nation pray for the restoration of peace in Jos.What has happened will always continue if there is no divine intervention bcos every affected people will want to emback on a revenge mission.But when we pray,the lasting solution will come in a miraculous way,and peace will return to plateu and all other violent states in Nigeria.

lets stop these madddddneeeeessssssssssssss

Apart from ethnic crisis,the major problems in jos our people fails to realized is the level of unemployments,ilitracy and poverty which the governments refused to tackle with.Fighting,killing rioting over religious bigotry,causing chaos and pandemonium everywheren will not solved this problem.I believed through dialogue we can salvage this situation.May the land of peace and torism receive peace of God from above in jesus name Amen.

IN EVERY SITUATION WE SHOULD THANK GOD ALMIGHTY. MAY THE PEACE OF GOD REIGN SUPREME IN JOS. WE ALL NEED TO PRAY FERVENTLY, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SAFE! THE MAYHEM IN JOS NEEDS GOD'S INTERVENTION, OTHERWISE IT WILL LEAD' (GOD FORBID) TO WHERE WE LEAST EXPECT. POLICE,MILITARY AND SSS CANT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY ARE ENJOYING THE LIVE SHOW... GOD WIL HEAL NIGERIA IN JESUS NAME. AMIN OOOOO.

The earlier we begin to understand our differences, among the christians and the muslims the better for us.But before then we are heading for DESTRUCTION.

God said thou shall not kill, why christian and Muslim killing in name of religion ??????? some one give the answer...

like play like play, its becoming true, these are the sign of the end time be vigilant!

If the root cause of this periodic riot is addressed properly, i think we wont have it come up anymore. Thank you.

to who is to blame? afterall we are all nigerians

sure the hausa's r known for tryn to dominate every where they find themselves bt y is there no violence elsewhere except in jos. d biroms r known for bein lazy nd they r d most crude nd unrefined people i ve ever heard of. it seems like they jst sit nd wait for an opportunity to fight nd kill nd typical arewa man is nt afraid of violence or death wen he thinks he is on d right path. the way i see it,they r a match for each other.they shudnt ve sold their lands to these people in d first place if they were nt ready to stay with them. GOD BLESS D MUSLIMS IN JOS nd d good christains as well. Islam frowns at violence. this is not abt religion. it jst happens dat d biroms r ol christains nd d hausas r ol muslim. im sure even d igbo man livin in jos will attest to d hate nd jealousy biroms ve over any1 that has succeeded on their land.

christians should not take the law into their hand God will fight the battle.

The JOS crisis is not just about politics,poverty, there should be more free and fair election ,people should get more education so they can know the effect of PEACE AND CONFLICT ,AND RESOLUTION and know how backward chaos take us cause its like taking two steps forward and four steps backward thats stagnation.BALKANIZATION is not the best solution for us there should be more dialogue and understanding between each others than diversifying the state.

y r u guys so heartless

Ethnic conflict in northern part of Nigeria is endemic. It is a menace that has to be stopped. It's beyond the control of individual, we really, really need government intervention. Though, there isn't a classless society yet. The question here should be, how is social-order possible ? Emile Durkheim theory on "Anomie" where we have a Normlessness state, lawlessness state. Ethic-conflict will be a common phenomenon.Let's adopt the use of Organic and Mechanical Solidarity to solve the crisis in Jos.

I pray 4 pic 2 reign in jos again.but if i must say,let the plateau indigens fight 4 their right.

What is the cause of these crises and when does it started ?

Peace loving people,with multiple acceptance toward all nigerian and none alike,both igbo,yoruba,idoma etc are all living in jos,but the HAUSA are the only once cring,people move freely around ,but not around the HAUSA AREA.WHY ?. why are their hiding under islam if not their idology of USMAN DANFODIU ,

if human race have the understanding of whom God is ,they wud fear and serve Him and not destroying Gods beautiful creation our FG are not sincere, they alone can put an end to all these rubbish may God give all who lost families and propertyies grace to bear the lost.

It is quit dis hartning to hear that killing has become a thing of jOY in a place where peace supposed to reign. i decleared the peace of God reign supreme in Jos and make the killer to book and exposed them completely.

unity should be the watch word

If Hausa man want to fight, then government should not entervain for just three days. we want to know who is who.

Great Nigeria, Is Nigeria population too much? is Nigeria dos not have force? or is government dos not have any mothod to stop this Jos crisis? is Nigeria looking way of reducssing the population of the country? why civilian pratice coruption even the life of people and the enoucent once? Nigeria, are we save?

It is quite unbelivable that this is happening to the giant of Africa. for some months, unrest, commotion, lost of life and properties is what we are experiencing in JOS. I believe that the government can do something to save precious life's that should be great that are been wasted. It is very imperative that that culprint should be arrested. President Goodluck should please quench this great fire in Job. It is giving us bad image and bad reputation. It is high-time we all come together and plead for mercy and earnestly pray for peace in our land. I am very proud to be a Nigeria and whether the devil likes it or not, PEACE will reign in Jos and every part of the country. Thanks

A child that says his mother will not sleep the child too will not sleep,so our dear muslim brothers and sisters we are ready for you, an eye for an eye,dont think you will get away with those killings you did , who ever send you and who ever contributed for that killing and the foolish accomplicers must never go unpunish,you better repent bcos blood is in your hands, even thou you are use to it, and for those lieying press i really pity you because you will have a share of the punishment when it comes.

please i will like to have answers to these questions of mine; what is goverment really doing about this jos crises? cant jos have peace like other nothern states for eternity? what is happening to chritians in other northern states? are they not save there? i think jos contributed and still contributing to the under development of this young country nigeria, bcos there is no development without peace.

No any musilm will captuer jos north

by Nigeria keep being so pathetic, we discover that we are losing by day, our economic is not growing, why didn't d government just keep dis people once and 4 all both d guilty and innocent.........until they are to identify dis people and also equip our forces with d latest fire arms........I WISH I WAS I JOS>>>>