Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau state has blamed the security conditions of the country on failure of the nation’s legal system. He was speaking at the swearing in of three high court judges. Messrs Arum Ashom, Ishaku Kunda and Samson Gang were sworn in at the main conference hall of Government house Jos. Jang said, […]

The Police and Special Task Force in Plateau have put their operatives in Jos, on high alert following reports that members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, fleeing from military onslaught in Borno State have been sighted in Bauchi and other neighbouring states. There was high presence of riot policemen as well as increased […]

London – A soldier of the Royal British Army has been murdered in an alleged terrorist attack in Woolich, South East- London just outside the army barracks. One of the alleged terrorists has been confirmed as a British man of Nigerian origin, named Mujahid Adeboloja. ViewPointNigeria learns that at 2pm this afternoon, the two suspects were said […]

WARRI- FORMER national chairman of the Traditional Rulers of Oil Minerals Producing Communities of Nigeria, TROMPCON, HRM Charles Ayemi-Botu, has said declaration of state of emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan in only three Northern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa was not enough. Speaking in his palace at Okpokunu in Burutu Local Government Area, Delta […]

Culled from Premium Times The Nasarawa State Government on Monday issued cheques of N1 million each to the widows of policemen killed at Alakyo, Lafia Local Government Area by the Ombatse militia group. Presenting the cheques to the widows at the State Police Command in Lafia, Governor Umaru Al-Makura commiserated with them over the loss. […]

Da Jonah Jang, the Plateau State Governor has described the decision by president Goodluck Jonathan to impose a state of emergency in three Northern states as applaudable.  He made the assertion while speaking to newmen on arrival at Jos airport, having been away on a three-week foreign trip. Jang said “the president is better placed on […]

Culled from Naija Pundit A Northern activist of Southern Kaduna origin, John Dan Fulani, has said that if Professor Ango Abdullahi and his Northern Elders Forum start a war with the South over 2015 they should expect that Southern Kaduna will fight against the North if they allow war break out. Tempers have reached […]

Despite Monday’s suspension of the three months strike embarked upon by workers of tertiary institutions in Plateau State, the leadership of the union of Plateau State Polytechnic lecturers has stated that its members may not shelf the strike until the national industrial action was fully called off. In a chat with one of our partners, […]

The fragile peace in Southern Kaduna State has once again been interrupted with an overnight attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Reports reaching us indicates that soldiers stationed around Kagoro township were engaged in fierce gun battle with suspect Fulani herdsmen last night following series of attempts by the marauders to access the area. The gunmen […]

A Lagos high court has sentenced an Iranian Azim Aghajani who was accused of importing sophisticated arms and ammunition into Nigeria. Aghajani was arrested when the discovery was made in concealed containers at a Lagos port by the Nigerian Customs Service in October 2010. Rockets and explosives were said to be hidden in 13 containers […]