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Plateau Gov. Jonah Jang has advised residents in the state to come out en mass to collect their Permanent Voters Cards whenever INEC started issuing the cards. Jang made the call in Jos on Thursday at a stakeholders’ forum organised by INEC to herald the distribution of the PVCs . The governor urged those […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo will be touching down at the Yakubu Gowon Airport this afternoon to proceed on, to visit his injured son, Lt Colonel Adeboye Obasanjo who is currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed location in the city. It would be recalled that earlier this week, the younger […]

With the hullabaloo in Plateau state with regards succession, the Chairman of Mikang LGA, Mr. Daniel Kungmi has come out to deny any plans to succeed Jonah Jang in the 2015 gen­eral elections. Kungmi averred that since he was elected into office last February, there has been rife specu­lations that he (who is considered a […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria suggests that the Plateau State Government is set to train approx. 8,000 Primary and Secondary School teachers in both public and private schools on prevention, control and containment of Ebola Virus Disease. This development was made clear to journalists, by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Fom Dakwak at the weekend, during the […]

A 40-YEAR old mother of two, and her three-year and five-year old children were on Sunday night killed by people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Bokkos local government area of Plateau State. The suspected attackers were said to have stormed the community and set over 20 houses ablaze and destroyed their farmlands. The state […]

News reaching ViewpointNigeria indicates that the Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang has approved the release of N95 million for the fight against Ebola virus in the state. The development was made known to newsmen by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Fom Dakwak at a press briefing on the situation report on Ebola Virus. Dakwak state in […]

The airlift of the 1,300 Muslim pilgrims from Plateau to Saudi Arabia is to begin on Thursday, September 18, an official said in Jos. The Executive Secretary of the Plateau Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Salisu Musa, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos that the pilgrims would be lifted in segments. Musa said […]

Gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, on Tuesday night raided three communities in Sanga Local Government Area, in the Southern part of Kaduna State, killing no fewer than 32 villagers. The attackers, it was learnt, also killed a soldier and injured four others in an ambush. The Vice Chairman of Sanga LGA, Mr. Bulus Mande, […]