By Nanmwa Golok Operation Safe Haven deployed to restore Law and Order in Plateau state has said it killed five assailants while repelling a new attack on a small village near Ancha in Bassa local government area of the state . ViewPointNigeria’s correspondent reports that […]

Information available to us indicates that an attack occurred last night in Dundi-Maiyanga village of Kwall district in Bassa LGA. One man was said to have been killed, while the other sustained critical injuries, but survived. Report from the village indicate that the deceased and the injured were brothers – who […]

Unanticipated gunshots in Central Plateau’s Daffo village, West of Bokkos town on Tuesday have forced journalists on official assignment to flee along with terrified traders. The incident followed a media tour of burnt down villages in the Daffo area following recent attacks. Some two people were said to have been killed in Ganda village where […]

Information available to ViewPointNigeria indicates that two people have been murdered by suspected marauders in Gana Ropp as they mined tin in a secluded area of the village. Both were snuffed out by multiple gunshot wounds to the face head and chest respectively. The equipment of the dead were still in tact and were not […]

FRIVOLOUS CANCELLATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS AND THE PERPETUATION OF UNELECTED AND UNDEMOCRATIC LOCAL COUNCILS IN PLATEAU STATE The unfortunate indefinite postponement of the much anticipated Local Government election by the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission is a sad reminder of the steady decline and erosion of democratic values, principles and practices in present […]

I arrived in Abuja with my friend Jeff Okoli at about 8 p.m. on the last night of NYSC registration. We arrived at Kubwa camp for registration barely two hours before closing time. With just ₦20 in my pocket—my last card, as they say—I stepped into Kubwa camp with a cloud of uncertainty about how […]