Tag: Taraba State

Yerima Defends Controversial Marriage to 14-Year-Old Egyptian Girl; President Tinubu Set to Attend ECOWAS Summit in Guinea-Bissau | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Yerima Defends Controversial Marriage to 14-Year-Old Egyptian Girl President Tinubu Set to Attend ECOWAS Summit in Guinea-Bissau Taraba Governor Declares Free Education in Primary and Secondary Schools Court in Kano…

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PDP takes Zamfara as Dauda Lawal unseats Matawalle; Sanwo-Olu approves 20% salary increase for Lagos civil servants | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

PDP takes Zamfara as Dauda Lawal unseats Matawalle Sanwo-Olu approves 20% salary increase for Lagos civil servants Siminialayi Fubara declared Rivers Governor-Elect INEC declares APC’s Uba Sani winner Of Kaduna…

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Controversy as ‘Fake Bishops’ attend Shettima’s unveiling as Tinubu’s running mate; National grid collapses for 6th time in 2022 | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Controversy as ‘Fake Bishops’ attend Shettima’s unveiling as Tinubu’s running mateNational grid collapses for 6th time in 2022NCAA suspends Dana Airlines operations11 Zamfara, Katsina emirs, district heads sacked, suspended for…

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Body of former Taraba governor, Suntai arrives Nigeria (PHOTOS)

The body of former Taraba state governor, Danbaba Suntai, who died in a U.S. hospital on June 28, arrived today at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. His body was received…

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Four disabled persons win primary elections in Taraba

Four disabled persons have emerged candidates of the All Progressives Congress for councillorship poll in the upcoming local government elections in Taraba State. This was disclosed by the state Chairman…

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Taraba: How truck conveying relief materials to IDPs got missing

The permanent secretary, Taraba State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Nuvalga Dan-Habu has said a full truck of relief materials sent to Taraba state for distribution to the Internally Displaced Persons…

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Taraba is seizing IDPs’ relief material – Minister

Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Jummai Alhassan has accused the Taraba State Government of seizing relief materials provided by the Federal Government for distribution to the internally displaced…

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Job scam: Taraba governor’s aide, accomplice get combined 9 year jail term

Dominic Bukuni , an aide of the Governor of Taraba state, Darius Ishaku, has been convicted of criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery and sentenced to 2 years in prison. Bukuni…

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Boko Haram insurgents are ‘relocating to Taraba state’

Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, the Senate Deputy Minority Leader has said Boko Haram terrorist sect is working towards the establishment of a new base in Taraba state after been dislodged from…

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Why Supreme Court upheld PDP’s victory in Taraba state

The Supreme Court has revealed that the Taraba governorship election victory of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Darius Isiaku, was upheld because the All Progressive Congress and its governorship candidate,…

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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Army to collaborate with Nollywood | ISIS is broke | Boko Haram attacks Adamawa | More stories

Nasarawa Permanent Secretaries, directors return to work. Leadership PDP picks Ali Sheriff as new chairman. This Day We are not privatizing Nigerian communications satellite - FG. Leadership Dasuki is trying…

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PDP to Buhari: ‘There is crisis in the land, dialogue with the people’

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the All Progressive Congress-led Federal Government that it will no longer accept the manipulation of election tribunals. The opposition party said it has had enough…

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APC’s Aisha Alhassan loses to the PDP in Taraba

by Ranti Joseph Well Mama Taraba lost the election after all as Daruis Ishaku of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Taraba supplementary governorship election held on Saturday.…

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Opinion: How violence killed democracy in Taraba

by Mathias Agbu   The crisis presently going on in the Central African Republic is another recent example that suggests to us that violence will not take us anywhere. It…

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Taraba under attack as INEC office, SSG’s house get burnt

by Ranti Joseph The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Gembu, the headquarters of Sardauna local government area on Tuesday was attacked by election rioters. The house of the…

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Alhassan’s fate hangs in the balance as Taraba governorship election declared inconclusive

by Ranti Joseph Well it seems the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate; Aisha Jummai Alhassan, is still in the guber race as the Taraba state Returning Officer for governorship election…

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PDP chieftain slumps and dies after campaining in Taraba

by Ranti Joseph Former Deputy Governor of Taraba State and Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial campaign organisation, Saleh Danboyi is dead. Danboyi, aged 59, was said to…

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#NigeriaDecides: INEC staff arrested ‘for collecting N20million bribe in Taraba’

by Anike Jacobs An INEC officer in Taraba State has been arrested for allegedly collecting N20 million bribe from a politician. INEC resident commissioner in Taraba State, Alhaji Ahmed Makama…

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Taraba PDP members reject ministerial nominee

by Ranti Joseph A coalition of organized forums within the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State on Tuesday has rejected the nomination of Joel Ikenya as a minister from…

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Suntai drama continues as court stops probe into his health

by James Sambo The High Court sitting in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital, has ordered the medical panel constituted by the state's House of Assembly over the health of Governor…

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Sit-tight Taraba Governor Suntai declines to face medical panel

by Kolapo Olapoju Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai is adamant in shunning the recently-constituted medical panel set up by the state House of Assembly to ascertain the state of…

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Let us know what Suntai’s state of health really is – Tsav pleads with Taraba Assembly

by James Sambo A former Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Abubakar Tsav, has appealed to the Taraba State House of Assembly to constitute a medical board to determine whether the…

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‘Forgive me, it’s my first time’: Man, 62, pleads after raping 7-year-old girl

by 'Jola Sotubo A man in Taraba who was arrested by the police on suspicion of rape has been found guilty of the charges against him. Boniface Ankwuli, 62, was…

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21-year-old man burns himself to death because he wasn’t allowed to marry a Christian

by 'Jola Sotubo File photo Onlookers were treated to an unpleasant scene in Taraba yesterday after a 21-year-old man set himself ablaze after a disagreement with his father. Mansur Tanko…

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Monster: Boy, 17, arrested for raping a 3-year-old in Gombe

by Adeola Balogun A teenage boy in Gombe has been arrested after reports that he raped a toddler. The unidentified 17-year-old was apprehended by operatives of the Nigeria Security and…

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Monster: Man, 27, arrested for raping a 5-year-old in Taraba

by 'Jola Sotubo A 27-year-old man in Taraba has been arrested by the police and taken before a court on allegations of rape. William Julius, was arraigned before a Magistrate…

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Taraba Deputy Speaker reportedly escapes assassins, one week after Speaker’s death

by Adeola Balogun The people of Taraba State have recorded a near tragedy after reports that the Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Adamu Tanko Maikarfi, was the…

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Sad news: Taraba speaker slumps and dies

by Oge Okonkwo     Speaker Taraba State House of Assembly, Haruna Tsokwa is dead. He was said to have died this morning from an undisclosed ailment at the Federal Medical Centre,…

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Opinion: Who wants Governor’s Suntai’s job?

by Zayyad Muhammad The centre point of the entire crisis is acting governor Garba Umar— just like President Jonathan, Garba was catapulted to his present position just by destiny, nothing…

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138 suspected hoodlums arrested by police in Taraba over plans to attack gov’t installations

by Tutu Akinlabi Operatives of the Taraba State Police Command, yesterday, intercepted 7 buses containing 138 youths who they suspected had been recruited for a less than honourable purpose. The…

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