The Nigerian State Security Service have confirmed the arrest of five suspected Boko Haram members including their spiritual leader. The arrested men, who all hail from Kogi state and attended Islamic schools are Muhammad Nazeef, Umar Musa, Mustapha Yusuf, Ismaila Abdulazez, and Ibrahim Isah, were paraded publicly before the press after their arrest. Muhammad […]

Bamanga Tukur says the vacuum created by the death of Mr. Lar will be difficult to fill because Mr. Lar “was an emancipator of the less privileged and a democrat of repute”. Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau on Friday in Abuja, renamed the Plateau State University after Solomon Lar, the late first executive Governor of the […]

Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau state has called on the members of the National Assembly to put a hold on constitutional amendment pending the outcome of the national conference being planned by the present administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. Jang spoke during a valedictory session held in honour of retiring chief judge of Plateau, Justice […]

Plateau state Government has vowed to deal decisively with those causing trouble in the state. This was released in a statement in Jos on Sunday by the State commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs Olivia Dazyam. The statement condemned the recent killings in Riyom and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas and sympathised with the […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that the Former Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Plateau state, General John Nanzip Shagaya has requested that the Interim National Chairman of APC, Chief Bisi Akande to disqualify the newly elected chairman of the party, Hon. Letep Dabang, because of what he construes as his not being […]

THE Conflict Resolution and Peace Building Committee, which was set up by Benue State Government during the Tiv/Fulani crisis early this year, has called on the Federal Government to be proactive in resettling victims in their respective communities. This was part of its recommendations as it submitted its report at the weekend. The Guardian learnt […]

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Plateau State, Senator Gyang Pwajok, has said the present administration under Governor Jonah Jang inherited a debt profile of over N80 billion. Pwajok, who spoke at a media forum organised by the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists in Jos, said this […]

The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Plateau state, Dr. Godwin Kwanga, said on Saturday that there will be no election in 14 polling units in the state because the names of the voters there “did not reflect on the register”. “We don’t have any registers to take there,” Kwanga said in an interview with our […]