The Central Bank of Nigeria has flagged off a sensitization program for the commencement of full application of the cashless policy in Plateau state.  The CBN cashless policy was introduced last year and is been implemented across the country on zonal bases. It was first tried in Lagos state and expected to cover the […]

Abuja – In a unanimous show of cooperation, senators across the political divide yesterday called on the Federal Government to allow the establishment of state police just as the Senate directed four standing committees to probe killings in seven states. Senate mandated its Committees on Security and Intelligence, Defence and Army, Interior and Police Affairs to […]

The Plateau Government says it will spend two billion naira to restock the 30-years-old Jos Wild Life Park. A state commissioner for one of the key portfolios, Abraham Yiljap, made the disclosure in an interview in Jos on Sunday. Yiljap said the step would address the park’s declining fortunes and patronage following years of neglect […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]