News reaching the ViewPointNigeria news desk indicates that former Governor of Plateau State, Ambassador Fidelis Tapgun, on Friday lambasted the Plateau PDP for asserting that he is not a PDP member and describing him as a defector.  It would be recalled that the state PDP had, in a statement signed by its Secretary, Prince […]

With the current debate about whether or not a zoning arrangement exists for the governorship seat of Plateau, a past civillian governor of the state Mr. Fidelis Tapgun has waded into the debacle, saying that it is the turn of the southern senatorial zone to produce the next Governor, because the zone has never produced […]

Former Plateau State Governor, Fidelis Tapgun, has said that he declined to contest the 1999 governorship election under the PDP in the state for the sake of unity. He then faulted insinuation making rounds that he once governed the state, saying it was during the illegal military democracy. In a chat with Royal Times, he […]

Following last Friday’s Supreme Court ruling that reinstated the Taraba’s State’s Deputy Governor, Sani Danladi, after winning the case against his impeachment about two years ago, the State’s House ofAssembly on Monday mandated him to serve as Acting Governor of the State, and has elected Hon. Mark Useni as its new Speaker. Hon. Danladi’s mandate […]

The Ngwang Ishi ‘O’Tarok, an association of the Tarok people of Plateau State, has debunked the claims by the Fulani umbrella body, Miyetti Allah Cattle Rearers Association, that 717 cattle belonging to its members were recently rustled. In a press statement issued by the Secretary-General of NIO, Pastor Nanlir Kartim Napbut, the association regretted that […]