Nigeria lost 6500 citizens, $14.7bn and 62,000 others displaced in record 850 perennial attacks on farmers in the middle belt region of the country, a report has said. The report which was an ‘Assessment of current responses to attacks on farmers in Nigeria’ titled “Responses to Farmers and Herders conflicts in the Middle Belt Region […]

The demise of Dr Wummen Bako has thrown Plateau into a deep sense of mourning and grief. The promising young man’s life was cut short by a lingering illness, which incapacitated him in the last few months. ViewPointNigeria gathered that the Governor’s late brother died around 1:30 am at the Jos University Teaching Hospital , but […]

Information reaching ViewPointNigeria’s news desk indicates that the trend of murdering traditional rulers in Plateau has assumed another dimension, with the murder of another village head i.e., of Gyangyang village – Baba Suleiman. The 71 year old monarch was murdered in the early hours of Friday 29th September […]

News reaching us indicates that the Plateau State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a France-based company, called Kankerizo Park Ltd,  for the rehabilitation, upgrading and re-positioning of Pankshin Hotel as part of efforts to boost tourism. The Commissioner for Tourism, Culture and Hospitality, Mwankom Peter John signed on behalf of the state […]

Following our initial report of the attack on Wereh village in Barkin Ladi LGA, see: http://www.viewpointnigeria.com/3-people-killed-fresh-plateau-attack/ ViewPointNigeria has contacted eye witnesses in the community and is in the process of putting out a full report of what happened –including video interviews with witnesses, pictures etc. At the time of filing this report though, it was […]