Senator Gyang Pwajok, yesterday, in Jos called for trauma management centres to assist victims of the protracted violence in Plateau North. Pwajok, who represents Plateau North, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the war-weary victims needed more attention and should not just be abandoned to their fates. “It is a huge regret that the victims […]

Various interest groups in Jos are reported to have disagreed sharply on need for National conference during their presentations at the zonal consultation meeting organised in Jos Plateau state, by the Presidential Advisory Committee. In his presentation, a member of Arewa Elders Forum, Barrister Solomon Dalung, averred that his group was skeptical about the convocation […]

The Middle Belt Forum , yesterday threw its weight behind the proposed national conference, saying “by its very nature, democracy benefits immensely from popular debate, sound discussion, mutual dialogue and profound analysis of issues, principles and policies.” The forum, whose memo was presented to the National Conference Advisory Committee sitting in Jos, Plateau State by […]

At least eight people have died and 61 hospitalized in Plateau state after an outbreak of cholera in a community where people displaced by conflict in neighbouring areas, live. Medical authorities confirmed an outbreak of the disease in Namu village in the Qua’pan Local Government Area of the state. Namu, a village at the Plateau and Nasarawa […]

The Plateau state chairman of the newly formed and registered political party Peoples Democratic Movement , Alhaji Usman Ibrahim Abubakar stated that they are doing all they can to permanently dislodge PDP from being the ruling party in Plateau state and Nigeria at large. In an interview with viewpoint correspondent, PDM chairman was optimistic that […]

The Plateau State House of Assembly has called on the State Government to immortalise the former state Governor Chief Solomon Lar who died in a US hospital on October 9th. Lar who was the pioneer National chairman of the ruling People’s Democratic Party was also a one-time Minister for Police affairs. While raising a […]

Former Honourable speaker of the House of Assembly Plateau state, Mr John Clark Dabwan has broken silence on why he resigned his position, averring that he resigned in the interest of peace and unity. Speaking yesterday at the NUT hall in Mangu Local Government Area of the state, where he was received by a large/jubilant […]

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 […]

While presenting gift items to inmates of the Jos prison and some disabled persons at the city’s central mosque, the commissioner of water resources Mallam Idi Waziri said the Plateau state government had spent more than N42 million to purchase some items, which were distributed to the Muslim community as Eid-el-Kabir gifts. count | 23

PANKSHIN – Senator Joshua Dariye has blamed corruption and violence for the slow pace of development in the African continent. Speaking at a National Teachers Conference, organized by Federal College of Education, Pankshin, Plateau State, Dariye said that unless the two evils were effectively tackled, speedy development would continue to elude the continent count | 47