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Report from the United Nation says more than 1,200 people have been killed in Islamist-related violence in north-east Nigeria since a state of emergency was declared in May. The UN said the figure related to killings of civilians and the military by the Islamist group Boko Haram sect in the states of Adamawa, Borno […]

The Democratic People’s Party in Plateau State, yesterday, said it suspected a foul play in the Tuesday Local Government elections held in the state. Chairman of the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission , Peter Dalyop , had while announcing the result of the elections yesterday said PDP won in 14 of the 15 council […]

The Plateau Government says it will spend two billion naira to restock the 30-years-old Jos Wild Life Park. A state commissioner for one of the key portfolios, Abraham Yiljap, made the disclosure in an interview in Jos on Sunday. Yiljap said the step would address the park’s declining fortunes and patronage following years of neglect […]

At the backdrop of the unsuccessful attack by Fulani herdsmen on Rantya Jos, yesterday. The herdsmen have successfully launched another guerilla attack on Benue state, killing approximately 55 persons. ViewPointNigeria gathers that it was a bloody Sunday in the state, when the herdsmen launched the clandestine attack at Gbajimba, the headquarters of Guma […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that Mr. Pamson Dagyat, the Statistician General of Plateau state and a native of Kuru, Jos South LGA has built and donated a library to his community. The project was said to have been undertaken in 3 phases –with phase 1 of the development being the building of the library structure […]

Miffed by what they described as insensitivity to their plight by President Goodluck Jonathan, the people of Southern Kaduna in Kaduna State, said on Thursday they would not vote for him in 2015. This, they said, was because the President had not shown enough commitment towards stopping killings in the area.Three villages of Ugwar Sankwai, […]

The deafening silence on the Plateau political scene appears to finally be disturbed/rattled, as the build-up of the 2015 gubernatorial elections takes centre stage. Several groups and umbrella bodies have sprung up in the past few weeks with various opinions and arguments for one thing or the other. On that note, we have just received […]