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PLATEAU State governor Jonah Jang looks set for a showdown with the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party after he shunned a delegation of reconciliators sent to Jos to try and reconcile the governor and his old political foes. With the 2015 elections around the corner, several former PDP members who has left the […]

Up to 7 French nationals have been kidnapped by gunmen in Northern Cameroon, only a few miles from the Nigerian border, French President Francois Hollande has said. The president said they all belong to the same family and were seized by a “known terrorist group which is active in Northern Nigeria”. He added that the […]

Information reaching suggests that the Governor of Plateau State Da. Jonah Jang, may be on the verge of instituting a N1 billion suit against Honourable Ibrahim Baba Hassan, over what has been said to be a “wicked and malicious attack on the Government of Plateau State.” In a document made available to journalist, Jang frowned […]

Confirmation has just been received that Jonah Jang has just been declared winner of the Plateau North Senatorial Primaries. Jang was in contention with several other candidates in the Northern Senatorial zone and was said to have won the nomination under a peaceful and largely free process. Actual margins of the number of votes that […]

Reports  reaching ViewPointNigeria suggests that the Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board claims to have spent N1.7 billion on the renovation of 288 classrooms and the construction of 234 new ones in the 2012 period.  The claim was made by Lyop Mang, the chairperson of the board on Monday in Jos. She expressed gratitute to the State […]

The silence in the Plateau political scene is eerie and sinister, that it can almost be felt in the entire Nigerian federation. For the first time in the history of the state, PDP has held its cards very close to its chest -even as there is barely 6 weeks to […]

Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission has implored political actors on the need to avoid electoral violence during the upcoming February 25th Local Government elections in the state. At a one- day stakeholder’s forum on Preventive Peace building for Partisan Political Conflicts held in Jos the Plateau state capital, Chairman PLASIEC, Hon. Peter Dalyop said […]

The National Union of Road Transport Workers in Plateau, on Sunday, said it had acquired security gadgets to safeguard motor parks across the state. The union’s Chairman in the state, Mr Danjuma Jeji, said in Jos that the measure was aimed at securing commuters and property at the parks.   count | 24

The Police and Special Task Force in Plateau have put their operatives in Jos, on high alert following reports that members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, fleeing from military onslaught in Borno State have been sighted in Bauchi and other neighbouring states. There was high presence of riot policemen as well as increased […]