The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh has assured Nigerians of the commitment of the newly appointed service chiefs in ensuring that the Boko Haram insurgency is ended before the general elections in 2015. Badeh who was decorated alongside the Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff and Chief of Air […]

News reaching our desk, indicates that a Plateau State High Court has struck-out a law suit of libel and defamation brought before it by the Plateau state Attorney-General, Mr. Edward Pwajok and the state government against rtd. Colonel David Dungs and the Guardian Newspaper Limited. After diligently reviewing the submissions/arguments of the counsels, along with […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointments of the following to fill in existing positions. 1. Gen. Martin Luther Agwai – Chairman of SURE-P count | 24

About 22 persons have been reported killed by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Mavo village of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau. The attack which happened in the early hours of Thursday morning also left ten houses burnt. An eyewitness said that the gunmen in their hundreds stormed the village at about 2am […]

The Governor of Plateau State Da. Jonah Jang has come out to deny insinuations that he has zoned the 2015 Governorship slot to the Plateau Northern Senatorial Zone. He made the assertions at the 3rd session of the Plateau General Assembly –an interdenominational initiative of the state Government, where different religious groups, politicians and government […]

Honourable Sulaiman Kwande the member representing Jos North/Bassa Federal constituency in Plateau state has dismissed the threats made that his seat will be declared vacant. The lawmaker recently dumped the Democratic People’s Party for the All People’s Congress . The Chairman of DPP, General Jeremiah Useni stated on Friday that the process for […]

The People’s Democratic Party though plagued by internal strife and crisis remains the most dominant political party. The All Progressives Congress is as good as non-existent in the state. APC has not been able to put itself together to hold any meaningful meeting in the state. Unlike the APC however, during the 2011 general […]

The senator representing Plateau North, Gyang Pwajok has applauded the Special Task Force maintaining peace in Plateau for arresting 16 cattle rustlers in the state recently. He was reacting to the recent arrest by the STF in the zone which he represents. Pwajok said that bursting the racket would “certainly reduce future excuses for […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria confirms that there was palpable tension this morning in Bukuru, Jos South, as three corpses were discovered in the early hours the morning in an abandoned building in the area. An eye witness at the scene said one of the victims was a lady (identified as a […]

As the zoning furore in Plateau state continues to hot-up, the coalition of Youths of all the tribes in the Plateau South senatorial zone have on Tuesday demanded that the Governorship slot be zoned to the area in the forth coming 2015 elections. […]