As political intrigues in Plateau state continue to advance into critical stages, a PDP stalwart in the state confirmed to ViewPointNigeria’s correpondents on Independence day in Jos, that the Governor of Plateau state, Da Jonah Jang appears to be working behind the scenes to present his Deputy Amb. Ignatius Longjan as his possible successor come […]

One of the aspirants for the Chairmanships in Plateau state, Mr Emmanuel Jugul has described the change of date of the forth coming chairmanship elections as a ploy by the ruling party ran government to rig the elections. He made these assertions at the APGA secretariat in Jos, shortly after picking up his nomination form. […]

Reports reaching ViewPointNigeria indicate that the political scheming within Plateau state PDP has reached simmering levels. An inside source confirmed that a large section of aggrieved PDP members who were previously denied a chance to rejoin the party had started looking for ways to align themselves with the Alhaji Kawu Baraje faction of the PDP. […]

After months of pressure on Governor Jonah Jang to ensure elections into local government councils in Plateau State, the state government has finally blown the whistle ushering activities that would culminate into election of chairmen and councillors into the council areas on December 7, 2013. Local government areas in Plateau State, last administered by elected […]

The immediate past chairman of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State Peter Vwang Dung has explained why development funds accruing to the 17 local government areas of the state were not disbursed throughout the 20 months of the caretaker committee regime. Speaking with newsmen, he said the money was saved so that elected […]

Some soldiers are to face death penalty while others will go to jail for their alleged links to Boko Haram. The soldiers affected are one lieutenant, one warrant officer and 16 others. The General Court Martial has been trying them since July 1 of this year. Their offences range from communicating with Boko Haram members, […]

Plateau State Government has concluded plans to name streets and number housings in Jos. This was disclosed by the Director of Research and planning in the Plateau State Government House, Mr Chris Kwaja in Jos. Kwaja who is the Chairman of the Sub-Committee set up by Governor Jonah Jang to name streets and number houses […]

News reaching our desk suggests that suspected dissidents have invaded farmlands in Gyel -a suburb of Bukuru and destroyed crops and plants worth millions of Naira. Up to 30 farmlands were said to have been completely destroyed by yet to be identified dissidents. At the time of filing this report, it was not immediately clear […]

News reaching ViewPointNigeria suggests that the paramount chief of Mupun land -Da Nuhu Daswep passed-on at approximately 8:00 am this morning . He is reported to have died of a protracted illness which has incapacitated him for the past few months.  The exact nature of the illness was not clear at […]

Reports reaching our newsdesks suggests that four persons were on Monday killed in an attack on two villages in Langtang South Local Council Area of Plateau State by gun weilding marauders. The two villages,  Karkashi and Barrack were said to have been completely destroyed and burnt down by the marauders. Speaking on the matter with newsmen […]