News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo will be touching down at the Yakubu Gowon Airport this afternoon to proceed on, to visit his injured son, Lt Colonel Adeboye Obasanjo who is currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed location in the city. It would be recalled that earlier this week, the younger […]

Plateau Gov. Jonah Jang has advised residents in the state to come out en mass to collect their Permanent Voters Cards whenever INEC started issuing the cards. Jang made the call in Jos on Thursday at a stakeholders’ forum organised by INEC to herald the distribution of the PVCs . The governor urged those […]

Plateau Stakeholders for Democracy and Good Governance has joined Governor Jonah David Jang and others to commend the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Edward Pwajok, and his team of lawyers for working for the past six years to give the state new laws.The group’s chairman, Timothy Nanle, and secretary, Obed Peters, in Jos, disclosed […]

The Plateau State government has stated its commitment to a vibrant and complete electrification of its rural communities.Speaking at the commissioning of the Jos office of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission , Governor Jonah Jang, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Water Resources and Energy, Mr. Idi Waziri, said, “rural electrification is our […]

A Ward Chairman in Riyom Local Government of Plateau State, Mr. Gyang Fwa has been arrested by the Police in Kum village of the LGA in connection with the stealing of Railway equipment meant for the construction of rail lines that passed through the village linking Kuru in Jos South Local Government of the […]

The Acting Governor of Adamawa State and Chairman of the Congress Committee, Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Fintiri has emerge winner of the PDP primaries for the October, 11th, 2014, bye governorship election. Fintiri won with 624 votes, while Dr. Modibbo came a distant 2nd after he scored 197. Retired Brigadier General Buba Marwa got 54 votes, […]

Gunmen on Saturday evening attacked Lamba Gyambar community of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State killing six people including a two weeks old baby, residents have said. A resident of the community, Nuhu Musa, narrated to journalists in Jos, the state capital, on Sunday how the gunmen invaded the community. “The attackers took us […]

‎According to Ray Ekpu in his famous discourse published by NEWS WATCH Magazine in 1989, “political power is a revolving door. Some people are coming in through it, some people are going out through it. All those who come in through it must sooner or later go out through it. The door hardly ever stands […]

A 38-year-old man was on Friday evening electrocuted at Payanm, Mangu Local Government Area of Central Plateau state at about 8:30 pm, a family member said. This victim’s niece, Loveling Nanlop, told journalists on Sunday that her uncle died while “changing over” to a power generating set that had high voltage. “He got electrocuted in […]