Several hundred people, mainly Christians, were killed in three villages near the city of Jos in Nigeria's Plateau state, which lies between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
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Plateau United have been banned from their Jos ground for three games and their chairman has been suspended from attending all NFA organised games for the rest of the season.
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