President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday promised that the Federal Government will closely monitor the disbursement of the N5.7 billion which it recently approved for victims of the 2011 post-election violence in nine states to ensure fairness and equity. Speaking at the State House Abuja during a meeting with leaders and representatives of the Middle Belt Forum, […]

As I sit to ponder the above theme, I couldn’t contain the pain ravaging me. At a time when the good people of plateau are beginning to heave a sigh of relief following the wave of peace blowing across the state, Wednesday the 26th of June 2013, saw another release of “hells fury” on the […]

The National Emergency Management Agency has provided relief assistance to persons affected by communal crisis in Langtang south local government area of plateau state. Addressing the displaced persons at the camp in Mabudi, the member representing Langtang north/Langtang south federal constituency at the House of Representatives, Beni Lar, stated that over seven thousand persons were […]

Yesterday, we brought you word that the Senate refused to ratify Zamfara’s Governor Abubakar Abdulaziz Yari’s plan to provide arms for the state’s vigilante groups because of the somewhat obvious inherent disadvantages. The Editorial also explored the several sides to arming untrained men even if it […]

Plateau State Government through its Universal Basic Education Board on Tuesday sacked 2,000 Grade II teachers from its workforce. Mrs Lyop Mang who is the Chairperson of the board told newsmen in Jos that the affected teachers failed to upgrade their certificates to National Certificate of Education . “They had to go because they […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that the Plateau State Secretary of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association Alh. Muhammad Nura Abdullahi may have been arrested in connection in last weeks Langtang attacks and may still be in the custody of the State Security Services .  Our sources confirmed that Alh. Muhammad Nura Abdullahi was invited to […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria suggests that the anti-robbery and kidnap squad of the Special Task Force in Plateau state have rescued seven persons hitherto kidnapped by orgnaised gangs in Jos. The report indicates that concerned members of the public got wind of the kidnappers activities and tipped-off the STF, leading to their arrest of the […]

The Plateau State chapter of the All Progressive Congress has said it is confident that 2015 would be the year when PDP would be shown the way out. In a statement signed by its organising secretary Mr. Garba Pankwal, he said PDP has been dominant since the begining of the democratic dispensation in 1999 […]

The statements release by four northern governors after visiting the Rivers State Governor in Port harcourt on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, should serve as a lesson to Nigerian leaders on how not to be contradictory in public policy. According to reports, the visiting governors said in a communique that “with the way the police is being […]

It is one thing for political gladiators to throw their hats into the ring for a election contest; it is another thing for them to ensure they woo sufficient voters to enable them successfully land the hats. As the 2015 general elections are gradually unfolding, nocturnal political activities by those eyeing the governorship seat of […]