The Plateau Government has warned that any landlords who failed to provide toilets in their houses would be prosecuted. Issuing the warning on Tuesday, Mrs Sarah Yusuf, Plateau state Commissioner for Environment said that the state government would no longer tolerate a situation where people went outside their houses to defecate due to the lack […]

News culled from a reliable source indicates that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will tomorrow Thursday November 21, 2013 arraign one Reverend David Kim Pam, Chairman of Goodliving Multi Purpose Cooperative Society at the Plateau State High Court, Jos on a 10-count charge that borders on stealing, fraudulent misappropriation and criminal breach of […]

A fire outbreak on Tuesday night destroyed parts of a timber market popularly known as “Katako Market” in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Witnesses said the fire started on Tuesday night at about 9 p.m. The fire consumed the entire grain section of the market as fire fighters struggled to put out the […]

WaterAid Nigeria, a community-based nongovernment organisation, is to partner with the Plateau State government to find a lasting solution to cholera outbreak in the state. Cholera outbreak in Namu Community in Quan’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau has claimed nine lives. Several persons have also been hospitalised due to the outbreak. The Programme Coordinator of WaterAid, […]

Jos — Gunmen on Tuesday attacked a village in central Nigeria, killing four members of a family, an army spokesman and a community leader said. “Four members of a family were killed in Rantis village of Gashes District in Barkin Ladi local government area” of Plateau state, army Captain Salisu Ibrahim Mustapha, of the Joint […]

The Jos electrical distribution company –a subsidiary of the former Power Holding Company of Nigeria was on Friday 1st November, 2013 officially handed over to its new owners Aura Energy Limited . At the formal handover ceremony chaired by Vice President Namadi Sambo (who was represented by […]

The Former Chief Security Officer to General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha has vowed that he would do all that is necessary to put an end to the incessant killing of people in various communities in Southern Kaduna and Plateau states. Speaking, Al-Mustapha said the continuous killings of innocent citizens in Attakar Chiefdom of […]

Contrary to rumours circulating within the Plateau political space about the demise of veteran Plateau politician Mr. Solomon Daushwep Lar, ViewPointNigeria has authoritatively learnt that such rumours are false, malicious and baseless. Speaking to the son of the erstwhile PDP chairman, Mr. Joshua Lar -ViewPointNigeria correspondent confirmed that Mr. Solomon Lar was alive and kicking, […]

ViewPointNigeria reports of another unfortunate plane crash in Lagos state Nigeria. Approximately half a dozen people have been reported dead, but several others are said to have survived the crash. Below are pictures of the wreckage. count | 23

Basking in the Euphoria of Nigeria’s 53rd independence, the Governor of Plateau State, Da Jonah Jang has granted amnesty to 5 inmates serving time for various offences in the Jos prisons. The beneficiaries of this rare gubernatorial gesture included: Domchang Jatau, Pankyes Yakubu, Jerry Arin, Iyeh Arama and Peter Gazi. They were urged by the […]