Unknown gunmen struck and killed five villagers on Tuesday night in Foron village of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state. The gunmen whom villagers described as Fulani herdsmen stormed the village at about 9pm and shot the victims who were on the verge of retiring to bed. Plateau state deputy Police Public Relation […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that there is an ongoing gunmen attack on Atakar community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The number of casualty or extent of destruction has not been confirmed as at time of going to press. It will be recalled that ViewPointNigeria earlier reported of attacks in […]

A close aide of President Goodluck Jonathan from Southern Kaduna, Isaiah Balat, is dead. Mr. Balat, a former senator and minister of works was serving as a senior special adviser to the president in the office of the vice president before his death. He died in Abuja on Tuesday at about 1pm, his political ally and kinsman, […]

The Plateau state southern zone played host to the People’s Democratic Party’s stalwarts who came in mass to kick off the zonal rally for its candidates in the fort coming Local Government elections. State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Peter Shyepsuk stated that the rally covered all the local Government areas in the southern […]

The case instituted by the All Progressive Congress challenging the February 25th Local Council elections in Plateau have been quashed by the state high court. Delivering judgement, Justice David Mann stated that the suit by APC lacked merit and dismissed the suit. He also awarded damages of N50, 000 to each of the defendants […]

The Department of Petroleum Resources on Tuesday sealed two filling stations in Jos, Plateau, for diversion of products. Shehu Yusuf, Head, Retails, Outlets and Marketing of the department of DPR, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos. He said the two stations were NIPCO at Bauchi Ring Road and E. O. […]

Confirmations reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that the last bomb blast in Abuja swallowed one of Plateau’s illustrious daughters. The lady, Jennifer Pam Jack was until her tragic death an economics graduate of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi and was known for her kindness and gentle spirit. count | 40

“The most important investment any country can make is educating its youth…” These were the words of President Barak Obama at the Young African Leaders Initiative town hall meeting in the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 30, 2013. One year on, his words cannot be any truer. This informs us of the misdirection […]

The State Executive Committee, SEC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Plateau State has suspended its chairman, Dr. Haruna Dabin from the party. Dabin was accused of failure to render financial accounts to the party. He was also said to have deliberately refused to call regular meetings of the various organs of the party […]

Barely six weeks to the governorship primaries in Plateau State, the battle to replace Governor Jonah Jang has continued to heat up, as Dr. Haruna Dabin, who is the immediate past PDP Chairman of the State officially declares his intension to run for the governorship seat of the State, come 2015. Dabin said, “The 7th, […]