The deafening silence on the Plateau political scene appears to finally be disturbed/rattled, as the build-up of the 2015 gubernatorial elections takes centre stage. Several groups and umbrella bodies have sprung up in the past few weeks with various opinions and arguments for one thing or the other. On that note, we have just received […]

As more and more drama continues to unfold on the Plateau political scene, a group known as PLATEAU UNITY GROUP, headed by comrade James Zaki has endorsed Barr. Istifanus D. Gyang the Permanent Secretary of the Governor on security matters, for the 2015 Governorship seat, and urged him to immediately declare his intention to run.  […]

As someone who had never practiced politics in the past and had been in the military all his life, people did not expect that Governor Jonah Jang to be politically savvy to lead a complicated state like Plateau. They expected him to be naïve, slow and make many political mistakes which may ultimately lead to […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has laid down guidelines for the commencement of political activities leading to the 2015 elections. Plateau state, just like the remaining thirty five states of the federation will be heading to the polls in eight months’ time to elect a Governor who will take over from the incumbent, Da […]

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 […]

A foreigner working in Nigeria was freed by security forces a day after being abducted in the central Plateau state, an official said on Monday. Nigeria’s Special Task Force, which is made up of both military and police personnel, had started their search after the man failed to turn up for work on Saturday morning. […]

The Plateau State Secretariat of the PDP has been sealed by police, even as the party’s stakeholders meeting is ongoing at the presidential lodge in Rayfield, Jos.The meeting is being chaired by the Deputy Governor of the State, Mr. Ignatius Longjan.Also in attendance are the speaker of the House of Assembly, principal officers of the […]

The political picture of the calculations on Plateau appear to be becoming more vivid and clear, with the intrigues happening within PDP. The rift is said to have escalated several notches in the past few days with several clandestine meetings and counter meetings held by different parties. It would be recalled that ViewPointNigeria reported about […]

As part of ViewPointNigeria’s efforts to profile prominent politicians ahead of 2015, we caught up with Senator GNS Pwajok to discuss the state of affairs in the Plateau political scene, allegations of financial impropriety levelled against the Jang administration and a sundry of other issues. Below are excerpts of the discussion. VPN: Unlike other states […]