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As the political environment begins to heat up in Plateau State ahead of the 2015 general elections, seven political appointees of Governor Jonah Jang on Monday resigned their appointments in line with the directive of the People’s Democratic Party to contest for elective positions. Viewpointnigeria investigation revealed that their resignation letters were presented to […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria suggests that the All Progressives Congress party stakeholders in Plateau state have rejected a purported plan by the hierarchy of the North central zone of the party to impose Senator John Shagaya as Interim Chairman of APC in the state and ex-Minister of state for Information and Communication, Alhaji Salisu Nakande […]

News reaching the ViewPointNigeria news desk indicates that former Governor of Plateau State, Ambassador Fidelis Tapgun, on Friday lambasted the Plateau PDP for asserting that he is not a PDP member and describing him as a defector.  It would be recalled that the state PDP had, in a statement signed by its Secretary, Prince […]

MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, PLATEAU STATE. PRESS STATEMENT The Plateau State Government has noted with utmost concern the resurgence of violent attacks in some parts of the State – just when the state had been enjoying steady peace for some time. These recent unprovoked attacks have resulted in the loss of many lives especially and caused […]

Jos –News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that the father to the immediate past deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mrs. Pauline Tallen has died at the age of 102. He was said to have passed-on at his residence in Jos on the 9th of June 2013. The Governor of Plateau State, Da Jonah Jang was said to […]

Chairman, Pankshin Local Government of Plateau, Mr. Samuel Goar, on Thursday directed contractors handling various projects worth N215 million to complete them or face revocation. The chairman gave the directive in Pankshin while inspecting various projects being executed by his administration within its one year in office. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the […]

News reaching our desk suggests that suspected dissidents have invaded farmlands in Gyel -a suburb of Bukuru and destroyed crops and plants worth millions of Naira. Up to 30 farmlands were said to have been completely destroyed by yet to be identified dissidents. At the time of filing this report, it was not immediately clear […]

Events in the last few days in the political firmament of Nigeria clearly show that our so-called new breed politicians have not learnt any lessons from the nation’s political experiences right from the first Republic when the same politicians through their greed and wanton disrespect for democratic tenets invited the military to destabilise the nascent […]

The chairman of the People’s Democratic Party elders in Plateau State, a group tagged Equity and Justice Forum, Prof. Dakum Shown, has said citizens of the state are yet to feel President Goodluck Jonathan’s impact despite their one million votes for him in 2011. The group threatened to mobilize the Plateau electorate against Mr. […]