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The ViewPointNigeria can report that two police officers serving with the Plateau State Police Command were killed at their duty post on Tuesday morning near the University of Jos. The police officers, whose names and identities are yet to be released, were a sergeant and a Corporal.Reports reaching us indicate that the deceased were guarding […]

The Nigerian State Security Service have confirmed the arrest of five suspected Boko Haram members including their spiritual leader. The arrested men, who all hail from Kogi state and attended Islamic schools are Muhammad Nazeef, Umar Musa, Mustapha Yusuf, Ismaila Abdulazez, and Ibrahim Isah, were paraded publicly before the press after their arrest. Muhammad […]

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 […]

Plateau State Government through its Universal Basic Education Board on Tuesday sacked 2,000 Grade II teachers from its workforce. Mrs Lyop Mang who is the Chairperson of the board told newsmen in Jos that the affected teachers failed to upgrade their certificates to National Certificate of Education . “They had to go because they […]

Governor Jonah Jang of the central Nigerian state of Plateau on Thursday in Jos swore in four new commissioners to replace the four that recently resigned to pursue their political ambitions. Among the new commissioners are Mr Abubakar Mohammed, posted to Ministry of Information to replace Mrs Olivia Dazem, who was moved to Ministry of […]

The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Plateau state, Dr. Godwin Kwanga, said on Saturday that there will be no election in 14 polling units in the state because the names of the voters there “did not reflect on the register”. “We don’t have any registers to take there,” Kwanga said in an interview with our […]