News reaching ViewPointNigeria suggests that the Governor of Plateau state, Dr. Jonah David Jang has approved with immediate effect, the payment of scholarship allowances to Plateau students under the aegis of National Association of Plateau State Students. At the time of filing this report, payment of scholarship funds for several institutions within the state were […]

Plans are currently being finalised in Jos to celebrate the 70th birthday of Governor Jonah Jang in Jos, Plateau state. Jonah Jang was born on 13th March 1944 in Du village of Jos South LGA and turns 70 this week . Being the factional leader of the NGF,  it […]

Jos –News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that the father to the immediate past deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mrs. Pauline Tallen has died at the age of 102. He was said to have passed-on at his residence in Jos on the 9th of June 2013. The Governor of Plateau State, Da Jonah Jang was said to […]

The Plateau House of Assembly says it is not probing Governor Jonah Jang over an alleged N50bn scam as being peddled in some quarters. Its Majority Leader, Mr Dem Daniels, PDP-Riyom, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos on Friday. He said that the mere receipt of a petition […]

Jonah Jang’s 70th Birthday Ceremony: President Goodluck Jonathan has commended Gov. Jonah Jang, for his strides in transforming Plateau state. The president, who was represented by Vice President Nnamdi Sambo, gave the commendation during the thanksgiving service organised to mark the 70th birthday of Gov. Jonah Jang in Du, Jos South Local Government Area on Saturday […]

Announcing the results, the Presidential Returning Officer, Prof. Emmanuel Kucha, said Goodluck Jonathan scored 549, 615 votes, while the APC candidate General Muhammadu Buhari got 429, 120 votes. Below is a breakdown of the results according to LGAs: count | 89

According to the source, President Jonathan has been put on pressure from “some respectable quarters” on the NGF crisis. He said: “Even before the visit of the governors to the president, there had been some pressure from some respectable quarters in the land concerning the NGF issue. “It is not as if Mr President was […]

As groups and individuals continue to drum support for President Goodluck Jonathan to run for the 2015 presidential election, a retired Lt.General in the Nigerian Army and former Minister of the FCT, Jeremiah Useni has urged the president to run for the polls. Jeremiah said, “Some of these developmental strides can be seen in major […]