By Nanmwa Golok Minister of Youths and Sports development Solomon Dalung on Saturday celebrated his 54th birthday with inmates at the Jos prison. Speaking at the occasion, Dalung called for a review of the Criminal Justice system of the country. He said “Justice is important to peaceful co-existence so there is a need for the […]

The long arm of the law has caught up with two notorious gang members allegedly responsible for the disturbance in Jos, a forthnight ago, which witnessed the killing of two residents. The two suspects were arrested by men of the Special Military Task Force code-named ‘Operation Save Haven’ and according Matthias Tyopev, the spokesperson for […]

Information reaching ViewPointNigeria’s news desk indicates that the trend of murdering traditional rulers in Plateau has assumed another dimension, with the murder of another village head i.e., of Gyangyang village – Baba Suleiman. The 71 year old monarch was murdered in the early hours of Friday 29th September […]

Tarok youth in the Southern Senatorial district of Plateau state have organised a “leadership and good governance” lecture to mark the 2017 independence day celebration. Lecture, which is organised by Comrade Jesse Nanden Zwalda bears the theme “Tarok youths arise” and seeks to critically analyse and quantify the contribution of Tarok youths to democratic governance […]

Information available to us indicates that the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission under the leadership of Hon. Febian A. Ntung today 27th September, 2017 released the timetable for the much awaited 2018 Local Government Elections in Plateau State. In a statement signed by Hon. Ntung, the following are some important dates of activities as […]

The Plateau State Judiciary has designated two High Court judges to hear and speedily dispose of all corruption cases in the state. This follows the directives of the Chief Justice of Nigeria that special courts be established for hearing and speedy determination of corruption and financial crime cases. The Chief Registrar in the Plateau State […]

The demise of Dr Wummen Bako has thrown Plateau into a deep sense of mourning and grief. The promising young man’s life was cut short by a lingering illness, which incapacitated him in the last few months. ViewPointNigeria gathered that the Governor’s late brother died around 1:30 am at the Jos University Teaching Hospital , but […]

Nigeria lost 6500 citizens, $14.7bn and 62,000 others displaced in record 850 perennial attacks on farmers in the middle belt region of the country, a report has said. The report which was an ‘Assessment of current responses to attacks on farmers in Nigeria’ titled “Responses to Farmers and Herders conflicts in the Middle Belt Region […]

A Social Political group operating under the aegis of Plateau Regeneration Group has commended Governor Simon Lalong for his good governance in the state, stressing that he has not failed Plateau people since his assumption of office as governor of the state. They also said that Gov Lalong deserves a second term in office . […]