A widow Mrs Lydia Istifanus Dafup has cried out over the forceful abduction of her son Engr. Simput Eagle Dafup by men suspected to be from the Department of State Service DSS for allegedly converting one Miss Nabila Umar Sanda Galadima from Islam to Christianity. Mrs. Dafup made the disclosure while addressing a press conference […]

Former Plateau governor Jonah Jang says his constituents are opposed to the creation of cattle colonies as proposed by Governor Simon Lalong. Jang, who represents Plateau North in the Senate, said in Jos on Friday that he had met with his constituents to gauge their feelings on the proposal. “My people are against cattle colonies; they […]

The Director General of the Plateau Peace Building Bureau has offered an “olive branch” to the people of Benue state. In a press statement signed and shared with ViewPointNigeria, the DG expressed regret at the dastard and unfortunate killings that have been a recurring decimal in Benue for the past few months. He explained that […]

The furnace on the Plateau has extinguished for over two years now. The more than a decade of ethnic tensions and the herders/farmers crisis resulting in loss of lives and the destruction of properties have all vanished. Nigerians know the extent Plateau boiled. The state has gone through terrible times. It has seen the worst […]

January 13th, 2018 CONDOLENCE MESSAGE TO GOVERNOR ORTOM, BENUE PEOPLE AND ALL NIGERIANS I wish to commiserate with the Executive Governor of Benue State, Chief Dr. Samuel Ioraer Ortom, the good people of Food Basket of the Nation and all Nigerians affected in one way or the other over the inhuman and irrational killings in […]

PRESS RELEASE..   CONDOLENCE MESSAGE TO THE LOVING PEOPLE OF BENUE STATE, WORLD-WIDE.   By The Middle Belt Movement   On behalf of the entire Members of the Middle Belt Movement, Worldwide. We commensurate with the loving people of Benue State and the TIV Nation in particular, over the wanton killings of innocent lives and […]

No cattle ‘roaming’, five-year jail term… what to know about the grazing law ‘tearing Benue apart’ THE ANTI-GRAZING LAW The law defines open grazing as “the act of pasturing livestock to feed on dry grass, growing grass, shrubs, herbage, farm crops, etc, in open fields without any form of restriction”. Those who promulgated the law said […]

Plateau Youth G-17 Peace&Progress Forum Press Release OUR SYMPATHY TO BENUE STATE CONDEMNATION OF GOV. LALONG’S STATEMENT ON BENUE SITUATION AND REJECTION OF CATTLE COLONIES Following the resumed hostilities by armed herdsmen in Benue State and other parts of the Country, we wish to register our condolences and sympathy to the Government and people of […]

BENUE KILLINGS: OUR CONDOLENCES, OUR CRY. Rep ID Gyang. It is now a recurring decimal that communities across the nation are being visited by violent herdsmen attacks and mindless killings! Today Benue is bleeding and mourning just as has been the case with communities in Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Adamawa, Taraba, Cross Rivers, Edo, Zamfara, and […]

Ex-Governor of Plateau state, Senator Jonah attended the “Handshake across the Niger” summit in Enugu yesterday Thursday 11th January 2017. The summit which had in attendance top Afenifere leaders, Ohanaeze leaders, governors, ex-governors, senators, house of rep members and community leadersfrom both regions, saw many express deep regrets about the state of the nation. In […]