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New reaching ViewPointNigeria suggests that a 34-year-old man from Rim, who was sent to dig a grave for the burial of someone who had died earlier, was ambushed and killed whilst digging the grave, in the early hours of Tuesday in Rim, Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau, a lawmaker in the area said. The […]

As relative peace is said to have returned to communities, which have hitherto been bedeviled by attacks by unkonwn persons, in Barkin Ladi LGA, of Plateau State, residents of the Council have raised alarm over renewed plans to launch major attacks on their locality by a group of insurgents. The residents alleged that they had […]

Dissatisfied with the conduct of the recent Permanent Voters Card registration in his council area, Chairman of Qua’an Pan Local Government area of Plateau State, Hon. Theophilus Dakas-Chan, at the weekend led the people of the local government including members of the executive council, the legislative council as well as the traditional council to INEC […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria from our source in Barkin Ladi confirms that women have taken over the main Mangu-Barkin Ladi road, protesting the killing of an Operation Rainbow personnel by the local STF personnels stationed in the area.  At the time of filing this report it remained unclear why the Operation Rainbow personnel was killed or […]

Former chairman of National Population Commission , Samu’ila Danko Makama, has argued that the insistence that Plateau South Senatorial district must be allowed to produce the next governor in the state is not influenced by any personal consideration but for public good. Makama, who is a founding member of the Equity and Justice Forum which […]

Politicians whose relationship with Governor Jang has strained and have therefore formed a coalition to stop him from passing on the mantle of leadership to Senator GNS Pwajok, have again sent warning shots to the PDP national headquarters, arguing that PDP risks losing Plateau, should the Governor succeed with his plans at the coming PDP […]

The Equity and Justice forum spearheaded by Prof. Dakum Shown –which is the umbrella body for aggrieved politicians who are against the choice of Governor Jang’s benefactor appears to be in a state of quandary. The confusion/disagreement appears to be stemming from the efforts of the group to pick a consensus candidate from the Southern […]