Reports reaching the ViewPointNigeria news desk suggests that Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume who has been charged to court over his alleged connections to the deadly Boko Haram sect, has asked the Appeal Court to squash the evidence presented against. Senator Ndume’s call was following the presentation of additional evidence by the Federal Government, proving that […]

Reports reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that nine polio health workers were on Friday shot death in two separate attacks by gunmen on tricycles as they were administering the polio vaccine within the State Capital. No one has claimed responsibility but it is suspected that the militant group Boko Haram may be behind it although there have […]

Reports reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that 21 persons were arrested over the deaths of Senator Gyang Dantong, Hon Gyang Fulani and scores of others. Senator Dantong who represented Plateau North at the senate and Hon Danfulani who was the majority leader in the State House of Assembly were killed alongside others while attending the funeral of […]

Reports reaching the ViewPointNigeria news desk suggests that the Plateau State Government has awarded a N749 million contract to 10 different contractors for the revival of it’s moribund newspaper, the “Nigerian Standard” which was established by the Late J D Gomwalk in 1972 and has been out of circulation for over a decade. Speaking at the contract […]

Another orgy of violence was recorded on Monday 11th February 2013 in Plateau State when gunmen unleashed terror in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state. Accounts from the scene suggests that three people who were working on their farms were shot dead by unknown assailants. However, men of the special task force who […]

Tuesday 12th February 2013 recorded another round of bloodshed in Plateau State, when suspected Fulani assailants stormed WAMCO Nigeria Limited, Vom killing four security guards. ViewPointNigeria investigation reveals that the incident occurred at about 3am, when the suspected assailants snuck up and opened fire on the security personnel. The men of the STF who were on […]

Nigeria Labour Congress Plateau state chapter has disputed the claim by the State Government that it discovered about 6,000 ghost workers on its payroll after a verification exercise. The Chairman of the congress, Mr Jibrin Bancir while speaking in Jos the Plateau State Capital described the claim as untrue. Bancir stated that the NLC […]

An appeal has been filled by the Independent National Electoral Commission against the judgement of an Abuja High Court annulling the election of Gyang Pwajok of the People Democratic Party as the Senator representing Plateau North. Congress for Progressive Change had earlier challenged the by election conducted on the 6th October 2012 […]

Federal pensioners in Plateau are to embark on a three-day peaceful protest over the “rot in pension administration in the country”, an official has disclosed. Mr Lucky Oyinbo, Secretary, National Union of Pensioners , told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Jos that the action would begin on Monday, Feb. 25. “The action […]