Jos, Plateau State – News reaching Viewpointnigeria suggests that the Special Task Force, STF, on Friday apprehended 4 suspects involved in the recent killings that sparked off tensions in Riyom Local Government Area of the state. In a public statement by its spokesman, Salisu Mustapha, the STF said it would go the whole mile in bringing justice […]

No fewer than five people were feared killed, scores severely injured and many houses destroyed in a fierce confrontation between the Fulani herdsmen and Eggon farmers. The incident happened in Ambaka area of Wamba local government area, Nasarawa State, Saturday. Trouble was said to have started when three Fulani herdsmen attacked with machetes and killed […]

Reports reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that at least five people have been killed in three villages of Langtang South local government council of Plateau State. Our source revealed that the villages that came under attack by suspected gunmen were Rawaya, Barrack, Buwa and Timshat all in Langtang South local government council. One of the eye witnesses, who […]

A 40-YEAR old mother of two, and her three-year and five-year old children were on Sunday night killed by people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Bokkos local government area of Plateau State. The suspected attackers were said to have stormed the community and set over 20 houses ablaze and destroyed their farmlands. The state […]

First, it was the Structural Adjustment Programme in 1986. General Ibrahim Babangida, the then head of state, in trying to redress the external debt crisis facing the country, committed socioeconomic hara-kiri when he agreed to the loan conditions given by the IMF.  Developing countries, in exchange for obtaining loans from the IMF or World Bank, or […]