Pankshin NURTW takes initiative to fill potholes in LGA
Pankshin, June 1, 2016 – Members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Pankshin branch, on Wednesday took up the initiative of community service to sandfill potholes on highways in...
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Lalong to commission electrification project at Heipang
Credits: Kenzy Ngupar Thursday 2nd June 2016 – Hon. Bitrus Doro the management committee chairman for Barkin Ladi LGA is reportedly set to, along with Governor Lalong commission a rural electrification...
View ArticleWives of Mgt. committee chairmen visit IDP to mark democracy day
The wives of the management committee chairmen of the LGAs in Plateau State have donated relief materials to Stephanos foundation IDPs at Zang Commercial secondary school in Bukuru to mark Democracy...
View ArticlePDP Now Ready To Do Things Differently – Mantu
A former Deputy President of the Senate, Alhaji Ibrahim Mantu, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would have governed Nigeria for 60 years as projected by some of its leaders had the party...
View ArticleBECO petitions Plateau security council over activities of herdsmen in Riyom...
A socio-cultural organisation under the aegis of Berom Educational and Cultural Organisation (BECO) has petitioned the Plateau State Security Council over what it described as “a dangerous build up to...
View ArticleRanches for grazing: Plateau among 11 states to provide land for cattle...
Abuja – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh says 11 states have provided 55,000 hectares to establish ranches to curb farmers and pastoralists clashes in their states. Ogbeh...
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Clapai orphanage solicits assistance as hard times hits food reserves & supplies
The hard economic times currently biting the Nigerian state has hit hard at CLAPAI orphanage in Jos. All 356 children at the orphanage are currently at risk of going without vital supplies of food and...
View ArticleLalong builds primary healthcare centre in Ajikamai village of Shendam LGA
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau on Friday inaugurated the first ever Primary Health Care (PHC) Clinic in his own village, Ajikamai, in Shendam Local Government Area. Inaugurating the N13 million...
View ArticleLegendary boxer Muhammad Ali dies
Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74, a family spokesman has said. The former world heavyweight boxing champion, one of the world’s best-known sportsmen, died at a hospital in the US city of Phoenix,...
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Lalong commissions projects in Tunkus, Ajikamai, Shendam & Mabudi
As part of the “Rescue administration’s” development plans, Governor Lalong of Plateau state on Friday 3rd June 2016 commissioned several projects in localities in the Southern Senatorial Zone. The...
View ArticleFun and “Touristy” things to do in Jos at the weekends
Plateau State is blessed with beautiful and impressive rock formations, as well as various other interesting geographical features that make it a good place to unwind. Indeed, the state boasts of...
View ArticleAccident in Simon Lalong’s convoy as two policemen confirmed dead
News available to us suggests that a car in the convoy of Governor Simon Lalong was involved in a ghastly motor accident on Friday afternoon along Mikang town, leaving two police officers attached to...
View ArticleApproval obtained for new College of Education to be sited in Southern Plateau
The Federal Government has granted provisional approval to four new private Colleges of Education to commence operations. This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary of the National Commission for...
View ArticleStaff of Plateau institution call for sack of Provost
Some members of staff of the Federal School of Medical Laboratory Science, Jos, Plateau State, have asked the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, not to renew the tenure of the Provost of the...
View ArticlePLSG plans to revive fertilizer blending plant in Bokkos
The member of the Plateau State House of Assembly representing Bokkos Constituency, Hon. Sunday Malo Muchen, has said steps are underway by the Plateau State Government to revisit the abandoned...
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Plateau youths plan grazing policy protest tagged OCCUPY PLATEAU
Amidst the grazing reserves (or ranching) policy debate raging-on on the Plateau, Dachung Bagos, a former House of Representatives aspirant and convener of the Plateau G17 group has issued a rallying...
View ArticlePLSG to subsidize the cost of set top boxes for digital switch over
The Plateau State Government has pledged to subsidize the cost of “set top” boxes for its citizens, as the Digital Switch Over (DSO) in broadcasting spreads from the state capital in Jos to other parts...
View ArticleHon I D Gyang rejects grazing policy, cautions against actions that can cause...
News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that the member representing Barkin Ladi/Riyom federal constituency, Hon. I D Gyang has issued a terse statement rejecting the promotion of the grazing reserves...
View ArticleEFCC arraigns 3 civil servants for fraud in Jos
The economic and financial crimes commission EFCC has arraigned three civil servants (two employees of the Plateau state ministry of finance and one employee of the the ministry of health) for fraud in...
View ArticleBuhari snubs Plateau in ambassadorial nominations – but why?
In a striking blow to the political establishment of Plateau, President Muhammadu Buhari has snubbed the state in his appointment of ambassadors. In a long list of 47 appointees, the president...
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