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COCIN president urges Plateau Assembly to ban open grazing

viewpointnigeria November 15, 2017

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Church of Christ in Nations has advocated for the ban on open grazing in crisis prone states in the country, saying the Plateau State House of Assembly needs to take urgent actions to institute the policy just like Benue and Taraba states. President of COCIN, Rev Dachollom Datiri made this known while speaking at […]

Plateau, Kano, Adamawa lead in Codeine and Tramadol consumption

viewpointnigeria May 7, 2018

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Many states in Northern Nigeria are major markets for two popularly abused drugs –Tramadol and codeine cough syrup. These states include Plateau, Kano, Adamawa, Sokoto, according to National Bureau of Statistics data on drug seizure in 2017. Worried by the abuse of codeine cough syrup by Nigerian youths, the Federal Government last week directed […]

Jos Housing Units: Quality Of Work “Impressive” – Minister

viewpointnigeria October 24, 2017

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Power, works and housing minister of state Suleiman Haruna, on Monday, inspected work on 80 housing units in Jos and declared the quality of project execution as “very impressive”. The N771 million housing units, which are part of Federal Government’s new National Housing programme phase 1, are being built on 5.04 hectares of land located […]

Plateau to spend N38 billion on road construction in fiscal year

viewpointnigeria July 3, 2017

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Mr Pam Dongs, the Plateau Commissioner for Works and Transport, said the state government had set aside N38 billion for the construction of 16 roads in the state this fiscal year. Dongs told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Jos that the projects would aid rural development and improve the economy of […]

London protest against herdsmen killings planned for tomorrow 22nd January 2018

viewpointnigeria January 21, 2018

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Following the spate of killings in Benue, Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Taraba, Ogun, Abia, Ekiti, Rivers, Delta, Enugu etc and the attendant silence of the Nigerian Government and Security Services to the plight of local farmers, Nigerians who are resident in the UK are encouraged to attend a protest at the Nigerian High Commission Tomorrow at […]

Official results of Kaduna LG polls start to trickle in, APC leads but PDP wins Zangon Kataf

viewpointnigeria May 13, 2018

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The ruling All Progressives Congress has widened its lead in the just concluded Kaduna local council elections, winning Sabon Gari and Igabi local government areas. The returning officer for Sabon Gari local government, Micah Victor, announced Mohammed Ibrahim Usman of the APC as winner. Usman won with 20,576 votes against PDP’s Suleiman Ibrahim Gambo […]

Two killed by suspected herdsmen in Latya-Rayfield

viewpointnigeria September 2, 2018

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In another sad development, ViewPointNigeria reports of the killing of two individuals in Latya village , this evening. The two were reportedly ambushed at 8pm this evening, when suspected herdsmen waylaid and opened fired on them, killing both instantly. Sporadic gunshot could be heard in various corners of Latya at the time of filing […]

Aminu Zang Advises PLASIEC Against Shifting Date Of LG Polls

viewpointnigeria January 22, 2018

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Jos – As Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission continues to maintain silence over whether it would conduct the local government poll on February 18th or not as scheduled, the Peoples Democratic Party has urged the commission not to shift the election. Hon Aminu Zang, the Jos North PDP candidate in the forth coming election challenged […]

Campaign funds: Group commends EFCC for investigating Ochekpe others

viewpointnigeria February 6, 2018

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The Economic and Financial Crime Commission has been commended for investigation the embezzlement of government money by previous administration to fund the 2015 elections. The group, Coalition of Youths Congress of Nigeria said what EFCC is doing is instructive as another election year approaches and expressed the hope that those involved in diverting public […]