Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi says that there is no plan to establish Ruga settlement in any part of the South-East and South-South zones of Nigeria. Umahi disclosed this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Emma Uzor, in Abakaliki on Sunday. Umahi, chairman of the South-East Governors Forum’s reaction followed controversies and […]Read More
The police in Taraba State on Wednesday paraded 49 suspected kidnappers in the state. Taraba State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Alkasim Sanusi while parading the suspects before newsmen at the command headquarters in Jalingo said their arrest followed the launch of ‘Operation Forest Storm’ an initiative of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. Alkasim […]Read More
At least five people have been killed and many injured in fresh attacks on Fulani communities in Sardauna local government area of Taraba state. David Misal, spokesman of the police in the state, confirmed the attack, saying a militia group is suspected of being behind it. Misal told NAN that crisis erupted in Nyiwa and […]Read More
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Thursday said late former Taraba Governor, Danbaba Suntai, was not certified to operate the Cessna 208B Caravan aircraft which crashed on October 25, 2012. The bureau said the aircraft, with registration number 5N-BMJ, which crashed at Kwanan-Waya Village, Yola South in Adamawa State, was also not in the Nigerian […]Read More
Again, the ongoing Lassa fever outbreak in over 21 states of the federation has killed eight Nigerians and infected another 39 in Edo, Ondo, Ebonyi, Bauchi, Taraba and Kogi. According to latest figures published yesterday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in the reporting Week 09 (February 25–March 3, 2019), thirty-nine new confirmed […]Read More
The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, through Operation Whirl Stroke, said on Tuesday that armed groups were still hiding in hinterlands in Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa states as a result of the rainfalls and rough terrain. The Operation Commander, Maj. Gen. Adeyemi Yekini, who stated this during a press briefing, however said those criminals hiding in areas […]Read More
A former Special Adviser on Revenue Matters to Taraba State Government, Joshua Augustine, has been convicted of alleged fraud. Augustine was first arraigned in court in 2016 at the Taraba state high court on a two-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, misappropriation and conversion of public funds. The former special adviser was accused […]Read More
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