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Ten persons were feared dead on Saturday as rampaging Fulani herdsmen attacked two villages in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government of Kaduna State. Scores of others said to be seriously injured were rushed to the General Hospital in Birnin-Gwari. The suspected herdsmen, it was learnt, invaded Dangaji and Ungwan Gajere villages and unleashed terror on residents […]

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, yesterday said the proposed cattle colonies were not an attempt to encourage colonisation of the states by herdsmen. Receiving Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State in Abuja, the minister stated that the policy would not in any way transfer communal land ownership to the nomads. Highlighting the […]

A widow Mrs Lydia Istifanus Dafup has cried out over the forceful abduction of her son Engr. Simput Eagle Dafup by men suspected to be from the Department of State Service DSS for allegedly converting one Miss Nabila Umar Sanda Galadima from Islam to Christianity. Mrs. Dafup made the disclosure while addressing a press conference […]

Former Plateau governor Jonah Jang says his constituents are opposed to the creation of cattle colonies as proposed by Governor Simon Lalong. Jang, who represents Plateau North in the Senate, said in Jos on Friday that he had met with his constituents to gauge their feelings on the proposal. “My people are against cattle colonies; they […]

The Director General of the Plateau Peace Building Bureau has offered an “olive branch” to the people of Benue state. In a press statement signed and shared with ViewPointNigeria, the DG expressed regret at the dastard and unfortunate killings that have been a recurring decimal in Benue for the past few months. He explained that […]

The furnace on the Plateau has extinguished for over two years now. The more than a decade of ethnic tensions and the herders/farmers crisis resulting in loss of lives and the destruction of properties have all vanished. Nigerians know the extent Plateau boiled. The state has gone through terrible times. It has seen the worst […]

Ex-Governor of Plateau state, Senator Jonah attended the “Handshake across the Niger” summit in Enugu yesterday Thursday 11th January 2017. The summit which had in attendance top Afenifere leaders, Ohanaeze leaders, governors, ex-governors, senators, house of rep members and community leadersfrom both regions, saw many express deep regrets about the state of the nation. In […]

Sequel to Governor Lalong’s address to pressmen at the Presidential Villa Abuja today, after a parley with President Muhammadu Buhari, the governor has clarified statements he made with regards warning the governor of Benue state not to implement an anti-grazing law. Full text of his press statement, signed by the director of press and public […]