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Cosmetic or Genuine “Peace” on the Plateau? – By D’yong Mangut

viewpointnigeria September 25, 2017

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Peace is a relative term. It does not mean just absence of war. It has different layers. Societal peace, that’s the general peace among people when there is no intergroup or intra group war or crisis. Individual peace; that’s when individual members of the society are at peace with society or government. The individual peace […]

Counting the losses: Faces of the Plateau elders who have fallen to Fulani Bullets

viewpointnigeria October 17, 2017

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With the incessant attacks by Fulani herdsmen, we thought it was prudent remind our readers of the Plateau elders who have been killed through the carefully executed pogrom The Saf Ron Kulere Date of murder: 18th July 2016 Location of murder: Sha village (while returning from the inspection of […]

Court adjourns for written address in fraud case against Hitler Dadi

viewpointnigeria June 14, 2017

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The management of the Low Land Micro Finance Bank in Langtang had dragged Dadi to court for allegedly defrauding it of well over N1.7 million while serving as the Chairman of Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau State Justice S. J. Bukur, the presiding Judge of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Langtang […]

Court declares dissolution of elected Councilors by Governor Lalong illegal

viewpointnigeria August 6, 2017

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The controversy and legal tussles over the appointment of 17 Management Committee Chairmen and Councilors to run affairs of the seventeen local government areas of Plateau State has taken another dimension following the pronouncement of the State High Court sitting in Jos that Governor Simon Lalong has no power to sack the councilors, he sacked […]

Court orders APC’s Maitalla to open defence

viewpointnigeria August 17, 2019

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The election petition tribunal sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday, ordered the All Progressives Congress and its candidate, Haruna Maitalla, to open and close their defence on Friday. Jonathan Dabo and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party , are challenging the victory of Maitalla at the March 9 re-run for Jos North/Bassa Federal […]

Court Orders Arrest Of Former Plateau Speaker Dabwan

viewpointnigeria June 5, 2017

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A High Court sitting in Jos has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a former Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly, Honorable John Dabwan. Justice Felomina Lot gave the directive on Monday after revoking the bail she granted Dabwan in a case of issuance of a dud cheque in the sum of […]

Court rebukes INEC, orders Okorocha be given certificate of return

viewpointnigeria June 7, 2019

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An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has nullified the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission to refuse to present former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, with a certificate of return as senator-elect. The Court ruled that the decision to deprive Mr Okorocha of the certificate falls outside the provisions of the […]

Court sentences 2 students in Jos for possession of fire arms

viewpointnigeria July 24, 2018

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A Plateau Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, has sentenced two students of the Federal College of Education, Panshin, Plateau state, Panret Jacob, 22; and Peter Wunying, 24; to two years in prison for unlawful possession of firearms and six months for conspiracy. The Judge, Mr Yahaya Mohammed, who did not give the […]

Court stops Gov. Lalong from tampering with Gbong Gwom Jos stool

viewpointnigeria May 24, 2019

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A Plateau State High Court on Thursday issued an interim injunction stopping Gov Simon Lalong from tampering with the composition of the Gbong Gwom Jos Traditional Council. The injunction was issued by Justice Christine Dabup, after listening to Mr Niri Darong, Counsel to seven “illustrious sons of Berom nation”, who had dragged the state government […]

Court stops JUTH from sacking resident doctors

viewpointnigeria September 2, 2017

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An Industrial Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday stopped the management of Jos University Teaching Hospital from sacking its resident doctors. JUTH, in moving to sack the doctors, relied on the Federal Government circular of 2013, which stipulated that the doctors could serve for only six years. The News Agency of Nigeria […]

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