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Governorship, National Assembly and state House of Assembly candidates of different political parties as well as community representatives who held an interactive forum in Jos yesterday said the state government had not justified a loan of N8 billion to provide water. Speaking at the citizens engagement meeting organized by the Community Action for Popular Participation […]

A startling revelation has been made by concerned citizens of Borno and Yobe, two of the troubled states in North-Eastern Nigeria.Elders in both states are said to have disclosed that Boko Haram militants get supplies delivered to them by helicopter. They also wondered how convoys of vehicles used by the militants could move freely within the […]

On paper, the battle over who succeeds Jonah Jang as governor of Plateau State come May 29, could be said to be between five political parties. However, the real battle is between two of them, the All Progressives Congress [APC] and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party [PDP]. count | 38

REGARDING the race for 2015, Plateau State seems very quiet. In fact, Governor Jonah David Jang, who bestrides the state like a colossus seems to have conquered and pocketed the state. Remnants of scattered groups in opposition parties are not offering alternatives clues. There are still some in the opposition, who are not too sure, […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria suggests that the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission has resolved with major political parties in the state to shift the already scheduled local government elections from its previous set date of 21st December 2013 to an undefinitive date in January or February 2014. The communique of a meeting between PLASIEC leadership […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has called on politicians nationwide to respect the outcome of the 2015 elections because all electoral laws and procedures would be put in place to ensure credible polls. Speaking on behalf of INEC, the Plateau state’s resident electoral commissioner, Godwin Kwanga cautions politicians against heating the polity. Akwanga who made […]

Reports from Premium times suggest that at least 44 soldiers of the Nigerian army are currently being held and are languishing in an underground cell in Jos. An army source told this newspaper that the soldiers were part of those stationed in Mubi, Adamawa State, when the town was over run and captured by Boko […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that an umbrella group under the auspices of the All Progressives Congress, tagged the APC Integrity Group, consisting of youths and women in Plateau State has unananimously supported the National Secretariat of the APC over the annulment of the election of Latep Dabang as APC Chairman of Plateau State. It would […]