A close aide of President Goodluck Jonathan from Southern Kaduna, Isaiah Balat, is dead. Mr. Balat, a former senator and minister of works was serving as a senior special adviser to the president in the office of the vice president before his death. He died in Abuja on Tuesday at about 1pm, his political ally and kinsman, […]

The Plateau Governor, Jonah Jang, on Monday in Jos swore in two new commissioners to fill vacancies created by the minor cabinet reshuffle he did in January. The new commissioners are Abubakar Dashe, now in charge of Ministry of Transport, while Lawrence Gotau has been deployed to the Ministry of Sports. count | 17

News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that there is an ongoing gunmen attack on Atakar community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The number of casualty or extent of destruction has not been confirmed as at time of going to press. It will be recalled that ViewPointNigeria earlier reported of attacks in […]

Plateau state Executive Council has approved N368 million for the completion of office accommodation for special advisers to Governor Jonah Jang. The meeting chaired by Governor Jang gave the approval during the first executive council meeting for the year that took place in Jos the Plateau state capital on Thursday. Mrs Olivia Dazyam who is […]

Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission has implored political actors on the need to avoid electoral violence during the upcoming February 25th Local Government elections in the state. At a one- day stakeholder’s forum on Preventive Peace building for Partisan Political Conflicts held in Jos the Plateau state capital, Chairman PLASIEC, Hon. Peter Dalyop said […]

The Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Plateau, Mr Yiljap Abraham, on Tuesday, said the state government had developed a new tourists’ site at Dio, in Jos South Local Government. Abraham, who took journalists on tour of the site, described the massive rock formation shaped in the form of a crouching lion, as the latest site […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]