Jonah Jang Governor Jonah Jang is serving his second and final term as governor of Plateau State on the platform of the PDP. It is clear that he is heading for the Senate in 2015. By then, he will be over 71 years old. When Senator Gyang Dantong was killed in a stampede during a […]

In a new political development, indigenes of Southern Plateau state have renewed their quest for the creation of a new state from the present Plateau state -to be called Lowland state. This new development was made known to newsmen on Friday 28th March 2014 by the National Chairman of the body leading the agitation -i.e., Movement […]

The event, which flagged off at Tahir Guest Palace on Day one and continued at Afficent Centre, along Sultan road, on Day two, featured mostly a select group of northern elders and leaders, particularly those with history of discontent against the present federal administration. Indeed, as the participants began to surface at the hotel lobby […]

The killing spree across Middle belt states has escalated another notch, with another gruesome attack in Benue and Nasarawa states. In Benue, gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, yesterday invaded Agena in Gwer Local Government Area of the state, killing about 20 persons.This attack is happening approx. 3 days after another bloody attack by Fulani […]

Two persons were on Tuesday confirmed dead and several wounded in a communal clash at a border community between Pankshin and Kanke Local Government Areas of Plateau.  The Chairman of Pankshin Local Government, Samuel Goar, confirmed the incident to journalists in Pankshin. He said the clash was between Ngas and Pai people in Shiwer community of […]

The carnage on the Plateau and surrounding middle belt states appear to continue unabated with another round of orgy of violence in the last few days. In this particular instance, another round of mindless killings has occurred in both Plateau and Taraba state with approx. 14 people said to have lost their lives. In Taraba […]

The Tiv community residing in Jos, Plateau state are seeking divine intervention to end the ongoing attacks in their villages in Benue state. The community met on Sunday at the NKST church Jos to pray for the end of the incessant killings and destruction of properties and livelihoods. Reverend Solomon Igyor who led the prayer […]

At the backdrop of the unsuccessful attack by Fulani herdsmen on Rantya Jos, yesterday. The herdsmen have successfully launched another guerilla attack on Benue state, killing approximately 55 persons. ViewPointNigeria gathers that it was a bloody Sunday in the state, when the herdsmen launched the clandestine attack at Gbajimba, the headquarters of Guma […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria confirms that security officials in Jos have averted what would have been another bloody Sunday in the state. Reports affirm that well over 100 gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen stormed Rantya Lowcost community of Jos metropolis and shot sporadically at worshippers who were attending services in the churches in the area. count […]