The special adviser to the Plateau State Governor on political affairs, Nde Alexander Mwolwus, has explained that it is not the wish of the Jang administration, that caretaker management committees inaugurated a year ago, continue running the seventeen local government councils to this period without elections. In a media briefing with newsmen in Jos, the […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that gunmen attacked the villages of Dakum and Jol in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau over the weekend and killed two aged women. The gunmen set ablaze about thirty houses and rendered over a thousand homeless. Majority leader in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr Daniel Dem who is […]

In the whole of Africa, one country stands out as the most religious, surprisingly however, the same nation is also known to be the most corrupt. To this extend, we are still searching for theories which can juxtapose these two facts and probably establish a strong correlation between the two. Corruption has bred violence, vandalism […]

Da Jonah Jang, the Plateau State Governor has described the decision by president Goodluck Jonathan to impose a state of emergency in three Northern states as applaudable.  He made the assertion while speaking to newmen on arrival at Jos airport, having been away on a three-week foreign trip. Jang said “the president is better placed on […]

According to the source, President Jonathan has been put on pressure from “some respectable quarters” on the NGF crisis. He said: “Even before the visit of the governors to the president, there had been some pressure from some respectable quarters in the land concerning the NGF issue. “It is not as if Mr President was […]

Similar to the unfortunate incident that occurred in Barkin Ladi two months ago, where a speeding truck killed several boys brigade members jogging on the road side, another such incidents appears to have just occurred at Dorowa, Barkin Ladi. Two villages were said to be crushed to death at approximately 10:30 am this morning, when […]

The Plateau state Governor Jonah Jang has expressed confidence in the Nation’s democracy and democratic rule as the most sustainable form of government in the country. The Governor released a statement on behalf of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum signed by Kassim Yakubu. He said that the progress made in the states within a little […]