The Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mr. Ignatius Longjan, seems to have heed to the passionate appeal by the people of his Local Government of Qua’an Pan to contest the 2015 gubernatorial elections in the State as his posters flood the whole State. Longjan who is from Southern Plateau has been loyal to his boss […]

Mr Geofrey Miri, a PDP gubernatorial aspirant in Plateau, has pledged to guard against misappropriation of funds meant for local governments in the state, if voted into office in 2015. The aspirant made the pledge on Thursday in Pankshin during a courtesy call on the Chairman of Pankshin Local Government, Mr Samuel Goar. He said […]

Politics in Plateau is experiencing a generational shift, as youth are now getting involved in record numbers. Aside activism on social media , several youth have bitten the bullet and are taking a plunge into political waters, by aspiring for political offices. Several of these youth, whom hitherto did not […]

The Plateau State Working Committee of the People’s Democratic Party has asked the State Chairman of the party Dr. Haruna Dabin to resign his position and pursue his gubernatorial ambition. ViewpointNigeria gathered that the action of the State Working Committee followed reports that Dr. Dabin had declared to run for governorship of the State […]

As the battle for the governorship of Plateau State continues to gathered momentum ahead of the 2015 polls, a group under the aegis of Equity and Justice Forum, has called on the National Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party to dissolve the State Exco of the party, for what it describe as “grave ineptitude and […]

In its efforts to ensure a violent free political transition, candidates of different political parties, in the 2015 general elections, were on Tuesday committed into signing a violence free peace-pact by the Commissioner of Police Plateau State Command, Nasiru Oki. Oki said the Police are ever ready to deploy security personnel in all the polling […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner for Plateau State, Hon Habu Zarma has warned politicians in the state to stop campaigning for the 2015 general elections or risk arrest. Zarma, who issued the threat on Thursday in Jos, the Plateau State capital, said campaign activities at this time were in violation of […]

It’s been aptly said that political journeys are not marathons, but ‎relays. As such, no public office holder is constitutionally guaranteed to stay permanently in office. Every office holder would have to at some point, pass the baton of leadership to another at the expiration of his/her tenure. In view of the fast approaching 2015 […]

As the gubernatorial race in Plateau continues to gather momentum, more candidates are said to be oiling their campaign machineries and building political structures to succeed the incumbent, Da. Jonah Jang. One such individuals is Prof. Sunday Gwanle Tyoden –a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos. News about his candidature was broken to […]