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The Plateau State Secretariat of the PDP has been sealed by police, even as the party’s stakeholders meeting is ongoing at the presidential lodge in Rayfield, Jos.The meeting is being chaired by the Deputy Governor of the State, Mr. Ignatius Longjan.Also in attendance are the speaker of the House of Assembly, principal officers of the […]

As the polity continues to heat up ahead of the November, 29th, 2014, gubernatorial primaries, preparatory to the 2015 polls, Plateau StateGovernor, Jonah Jang has taken a swipe at the State’s gubernatorial aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP sayingthey should prove their worth if they want to govern the State. Jang […]

The United State of America on Wednesday condemned the attack in Shonong, Plateau State, Nigeria and urged the government to investigate the incident . U.S in a statement made available to the media in Abuja by its embassy information office, Public affairs Section, said that it was concerned by the cyclical nature of reprisal killings […]

Security operatives will be deployed to search and monitor visitors at recreation centres in Plateau state during the festive period. This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Task Force maintaining security in the state. The statement which was signed and released by the STF spokesman Captain Salisu Mustapha on Saturday in Jos […]

Christopher Giwa, the chairman of Nigeria Professional League club side Giwa Football Club, has been elected as the new president of the Nigeria Football Federation . He polled 27 votes to defeat his challenger former vice president Mike Umeh who got two votes in an election where 29 out of 44 members participated in the […]

Sketchy information permeating the media space in Nigeria suggest that the Emir of Kano, HRH Ado Bayero is reported to be critically ill. No further information has been released by the family, but the information received suggests that this may be due to an existing condition which has lingered. Information at this point remains very […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria suggests that a member of the Special Task Force in Plateau State was yesterday fatally stabbed by a suspected dissident early on Monday along Muhammadu Wada Street in Jos. The soldier whose identity could not be immediately verified at the time of filing in this report was said to have gone to the area […]

Jos, Nigeria – The Governor of Plateau State, Da Jonah Jang, has directed the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission to speed up the process of drafting up a functional timetable for the conduction of the local government polls. He gave directive while inaugurating three new members of the commission, along with two special advisers […]

In an apparent acceptance of defeat in the long standing legal battle between the Plateau State Government and the Sate Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees , the Governor at the weekend said that the State Government would be willing to settle out of court. It would be remembered that Local Government […]