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The Plateau state police command has warned different Muslim groups in the state against violence during the Eid-el-Maulud celebration. This is coming after the meeting initiated by the State police commissioner, Mr Chris Olakpe and two Muslim sects to douse tension within their communities. Olakpe warned the Izala and Derika sects to maintain the peace […]

Updates on the Local Government elections in Plateau reaching ViewPointNigeria indicate that there was a clash between supporters of Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressive Grand Alliance in Jos South LGA. Unconfirmed reports suggest that five persons sustained injuries and were rushed to Vom Christian hospital. Our correspondent gathered from the youths […]

Strong indications emerged that the incumbent President of the National Association of Plateau state Students comrade Hoomsuk Dabup Baba is surreptitiously oiling his campaign machinery and consulting stakeholders to vie for the House of Assembly seat under one of the slots of the Southern zone. This development was reliably disclosed to ViewPointNigeria’s correspondent on […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that the Plateau State governor, David Jonah Jang has ordered the demolition of illegal structures built along waterways in the state. Jang gave the directive yesterday when he undertook an inspection tour of ongoing projects initiated during his tenure. Describing such structures as illegal, he said “It is very risky to […]

Relations between Plateau state government and the state’s legislators are reportedly not at their smoothest at the moment. The source of this disagreement is a petition written by a group known as the Plateau Patriotic Front, which accused the state government of financial impropriety in the utilization of SURE-P funds. Activities at the state house of […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that a group known as Plateau State Youths Coalition for Consolidation has condemned a petition written by the Plateau Patriotic Front, against Governor Jonah Jang alleging misappropriation of the state SURE-P funds. The group said the petition, which was submitted to the speaker Plateau State House of Assembly “lacks substance and […]

IN line with the newly-introduced presumptive Tax Regime in Plateau State and its policy of improving the revenue base of the state, the State Internal Revenue Service says it would soon introduced electronic data cards for payment of all taxes. The electronic card, according to PSIRS, would not only make the payment of taxes […]

As the battle for 2015 governorship elections continues to gathered momentum in Plateau State, an aspirant in the State and Senator Representing Plateau South, Sen. Victor Lar, said Governor Jonah Jang will not impose a candidate from Plateau North in the forthcoming PDP primary. Lar made the disclosure Friday in Jos, when he visited the […]

A soldier attached to the Special Task Force on Jos crisis has allegedly shot and killed a man for insulting his girlfriend at Jarmai village of Kanam Local Government Area, Plateau State. The deceased ,whose name was given as Buhari Alhaji Kawu, was said to have been shot dead by the soldier who intercepted […]