The ousting of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the erstwhile active CBN Governor, didn’t come to many Nigerians as a surprise, even though it was mildly referred to as ‘suspension’, but it is quite glaring that the real intention of the president is to terminate the CBN Governor’s tenure. In response, Sanusi has declared that he will […]

The case instituted by the All Progressive Congress challenging the February 25th Local Council elections in Plateau have been quashed by the state high court. Delivering judgement, Justice David Mann stated that the suit by APC lacked merit and dismissed the suit. He also awarded damages of N50, 000 to each of the defendants […]

Plateau state Government has declared Tuesday the 25th of February a public holiday to enable people of the state vote in the local government election. The state Governor, Da Jonah Jang made the announcement on Friday in Jos at the campaign rally for the People’s Democratic Party that took place in the northern senatorial […]

Ahead of the 25th February local government elections in Plateau, Senator GNS Pwajok and other PDP big weights have been on a campaign tour to garner support and interest for PDP candidates in the Northern Senatorial zone. The entourage included several notable politicians/individuals -the likes of former Minister of Sports, Mr. Damishi Sango, PDP state […]

In another very sad development, up to 29 people have been killed in a Saturday morning attack on Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. In addition to the dead, approx. 17 others were said to have been injured in the attack, believed to have been orchestrated by suspected Fulani herdsmen. According to the head […]

Reports reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that palpable tension is rife in the Dadin Kowa/Zarmaganda axis as a handful of Hausa youth were said to have intermittently blocked the expressway, burning tyres, harassing/beating motorist and smashing their wind shields.  Their actions were said to have been informed by the alleged “non-return” of 5 of their kinsmen, who […]

Investigations by ViewPointNigeria suggests that voters accreditation and voting may have already commenced in several polling booths across Jos South, Barkin Ladi, Mangu and Pankshin LGAs. Jos South: At Gold and Base polling booth for instance, several individuals were said to have finished voting and were heading home. The turn-out as at 10:00 am was said […]

2014 Plateau LG Election updates – at 12 noon: – Langtang North: At Zangzat polling unit, the electoral officers were said to have arrived at 8:30am and proceeded with voters accreditation. Zangzat is one of the polling units said to have witnessed a good turn-out of voters. Several of these voters were however disappointed and disenfranchised because […]

Updates – Plateau LG Elections 2014 Bokkos: Reports reaching us suggest that the election in Bokkos is relatively peaceful. However there have been reports that ballot papers were not made available to voters in the entire Mushere axis and a few other areas contrued to be oppposition strongholds. Electoral registers were also copiously absent and a […]

At 5pm, the reports reaching our desks suggests that the polls have been largely completed except for a few local governments where voters accreditation started very late and as such voting was still in progress -albeit to be finalised shortly. ViewPointNigeria’s correspondents in a variety of areas observed that the polls were marred by very […]