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Ahead of the 2015 general elections and in its efforts to rid the nation of illegal immigrants, the Nigeria Immigration Service in Adamawa State said it has arrested 280 illegal aliens in the State. The State Comptroller of the Service, Ubi Ikpi, while parading the suspects in Yola, Wednesday, said the arrest was part of […]

Jos – The Independent National Electoral Commission in Plateau, has started the distribution of more Permanent Voter Cards , especially for those who registered in November 2014 in the state. The commission’s Head, Voter Education and Publicity in Plateau, Mr Imahiyereobo Osaretin, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos, that the distribution […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria suggests that the residence of one of Governor Jang’s aides Hon. Pam Ayuba Dangwong may have been the subject of an assassination plot by yet to be identified gunmen. The alleged assassins were said to have stormed his residence at Dandyes-Chugwi in Vwang district of Jos South LGA with sophisticated weapons and […]

Goodluck Jonthan today January 26th 2015, visited Jos in furtherance of his Second term bid for the Nigerian presidency. In a lavish event at the Rwang Pam stadium, venue of the event – the president was received by key PDP stalwarts and dignitaries. count | 23

Teachers in Plateau on Friday in Jos staged a protest rally over alleged non-payment of their seven months salaries by the state government. The state government says the delay is due to the on-going bio-metric data capturing of the teachers. An official of the government, Mr Nanle Dashe, told the News Agency of Nigeria […]

The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Plateau State, Godwin Kwanga, has said most election observers are obstacles to the success of polls. Mr. Kwanga said this on Tuesday at a meeting of the heads of security agencies, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, candidates of some political parties, traditional rulers and the public, held at […]

Former Governor of Plateau, Chief Joshua Dariye, on Monday reviewed his eight years as governor and regretted that he “trusted too many undeserving people” when he was in power. “Looking back at my eight years as governor, and with the benefit of hindsight, there are so many things I would have done differently. “But, one […]

A civil society group, Civil Society Network Against Corruption, CSNAC, on Tuesday asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate the Plateau State Government, over a N20 billion corruption allegation.CSNAC is a coalition of some civic groups in Nigeria chaired by Olanrewaju Suraju. On June 5, PREMIUM TIMES reported that a group, Plateau […]

The Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission has formally released the timetable for the long awaited local government elections in the state.  In an interaction with newsmen in Jos on Monday 2nd September 2013, the chairman of the commission, Mr Peter Dalyop presented the timetable and stated that the commission had commenced the process of […]