On the TVC news programme “Big Talk” last week, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state was the guest of the host Sam Omatseye. Sam Omatseye asked the Governor several questions about herdsmen attacks, agriculture, why he deserves a second term, mining etc. Governor Lalong answered the questions cogently and succinctly with great composure. However on […]

Lesson #1: Any attack on Benue state is met with 5 times the outcry, sympathy and national condemnation of an attack on the Plateau. In fact, I posit that the national outcry of an attack on one Benue village is comparable with the outcry of five attacks on the Plateau. Reason being that: the entirety […]

Aside “zoning” which was one of the cardinal reasons the Jang administration was ousted from office, another reason widely touted –was the perceived turning of government into a family affair. When Lalong assumed leadership, he made clear that he will not repeat mistakes of the past by running a more inclusive government –as such, he […]