As I write this piece, Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia has just had his conviction of 50 years upheld by the international court of Justice in the Haque, Netherlands. Charles Taylor was convicted on 11 counts of war crimes and terror, including murder and terror. Taylor who is already 65 years old, would […]

Your Excellency Sir,I know that you descend from a line of Fulani Aristocrats who played a crucial role in the capture of Zaria from the original Habe/Hausa rulers who retreated to Suleja area in December 1808. The defeated Habe rulers lived in the territories of the Koros and the Gbagyis … perhaps hoping to recapture […]

In February, 2012, the Chairmen of the 17 Local Government Council’s of Plateau State were dissolved and replaced with Transition Implementation Committee Chairmen for the LGAs appointed by the Governor of Plateau State. The Chairmen of Shendam, Qua’an Pan and Barkin ladi Local Governments were, however, fortunate to retain their seats. Immediately after dissolving the […]

As Plateau state’s political influence continues to diminish on the national stage, ViewPointNigeria analyses how the death of Solomon Lar deals a huge blow to the relevance of Plateau state on the national stage. There is no gainsaying that since dawn of the administration of Goodluck Jonathan, Plateau State lost its political relevance in sensitive […]

The death of elder statesman of PDP and Plateau State, Chief Solomon Lar, was received with shock. Again, Plateau has lost a worthy and illustrious son. As we tacitly understand, every dead man is a good man, so another good man is gone and the world is left with evil people. The very first civilian […]

Some questions are very easy to answer –for instance, is Plateau state truly the “Home of Peace and Tourism”? Any Nigerian asked this question should find it incredibly easy to provide a response, perhaps even primary school pupils. Plateau state is definitely not the “Home of Peace” –this has become very clear over the last […]

You move me! You move me like the ‘sweet melody’ of the Nigerian anthem at independence. Like the swirling ‘green-white-green’ flag, waving at the despair of our British colonial masters. Like the extreme frenzy of slaves just freed……   You move me like Chinua Achebe’s ‘things fall apart’. Like Gani Fawehinmi’s life. You move me […]

Since the commencement of the Fourth Republic, I have observed premature closure of unsolved cases of corruption, mass murder and other vices that keep occurring in Nigeria. In as much as these phenomena are neither new nor peculiar to Nigeria, they are known to thrive unabated. Impunity has secured a cosy and spacious room in […]

Every society and Governments at all levels know for sure that for phenomenal transformation and emancipation to take place, education is the key. I suppose it is in view of this fact that the United Nations Organization stipulated that each member country should endeavour to commit at least 26% of its […]

For the umpteenth time, Plateau State Local Government elections have been shifted but very few people raise questionable eyebrows, the citizens seem to be passively satisfied with the development, perhaps it all boils down to the political unconsciousness of Nigerians as a whole. Most appalling is the attitude of the ‘opposition’ politicians in the State […]