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Taraba Commissioner for Rural Electrification, Alexander Markus Senlo, has died after a brief illness.Senlo, a former local government council chairman and two-time commissioner, died in a Yola hospital on Monday April 6.The State Commissioner for information, Danjuma Adamu, who confirmed the news, said that Senlo died after falling ill three days ...![]()
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Coronavirus is changing how we live life and how we approach the very basic things in life! Well, who would have ever thought a Nigerian wedding could take place inside a palour in Nigeria? That is the case, it is happening John Lawrence Ogwuche and Faith Nathaniel Odang got wedded in their living room by an ECWA pastor. The excited groom told Gis ...![]()
Couple, John Ogwuche and Faith Odang Hold Coronavirus Wedding In a Palour In Taraba state -
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Residents of Gembu area of Taraba state have been given a surprise by nature after it rained hail yesterday.A Nigerian woman has taken to Twitter to show off photos after hail rained in Gembu area of Taraba state. Panso Queen with the handle @NinaMeelah couldn't hide her excitement after sharing photos of the hail storm on her page. She wrote ...![]()
Ice Blocks Rained In Gembu Area Of Taraba Yesterday -
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An aide to the Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, has explained why his principal has been away in Abuja for close to two months now.Bala Abu, on Friday, said the governor “is receiving adequate medical treatment for a domestic accident.’’ Mr Abu, a senior special assistant, was reacting to calls for the governor’s impeachment “for ...![]()
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Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, on Friday stormed the resident of Dr. Mike Dio-Jen, the Provost of College of Education Zing in Taraba State, killing his gateman.The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday at the Green Beach area of Kona ward in Jalingo, the state’s capital city.An eye witness who spoke under anonymity said that the k ...![]()
One Killed As Gunmen Attack Taraba College Of Education Provost, Dr. Mike Dio-Jen -
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Uche Obi, A millionaire Igbo business man and three other who lives in the same environment have been kidnapped in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.Obi’s was abducted on Saturday midnight which was not known until Sunday when his abductors dropped a letter at the gate of his home, notifying that Obi was in their den.The Independent reports that ...![]()
Igbo Billionaire Businessman, Uche Obi Kidnapped In Jalingo, Taraba State -
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A woman goes to babysit for her son-in-law. But she ends up carrying, in the deal, two babies for the same man: one in her arms and the other in her stomach. It’s a story with various angles and tangles to it, a tragedy of immense proportion, with many loops and layers. And, untangling it, understanding it, is not going to prove an easy task for ...![]()
Man Impregnates 'Mother-in-law' Who Came To Take Care Of Newborn Baby in Taraba -
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The students are said to have engaged in causing chaos, gangsterism, drugs and conflict within and outside the school campus.Students of Taraba State university whom engaged into confraternity have been expelled due to their nefarious activities and tarnishing the image of the institution.. The report got to the school security division on Monday, ...![]()
Taraba State University Expels Eight Students For Cultism (Photos & Names) -
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The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal on Monday affirmed the judgment of the Taraba State Governorship Election Tribunal which affirmed the re-election of Governor Darius Ishaku of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 9 governorship election in the state.A three-man panel of the Tribunal led by Justice M O Adewara had in a unanim ...![]()
Darius Dickson Ishaku Wins Taraba Governorship State Election Appeal In Court -
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The principal of Tsokundi Government Secondary School, identified as Yusuf Yaro, has been killed in a fresh attack along Wukari – Tsokundi road in Wukari local government area of Taraba state. Daily Trust gathered that the victim was travelling with other people along the road when a group of suspected gunmen ambushed them at about 8am on Tuesda ...![]()
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JUST IN: Taraba School Principal, Yusuf Yaro KIilled In Fresh Attack At Wukari -
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Taraba Command, has arrested 21 suspected drug dealers with a total seizure of 299.6 kg of assorted illicit drugs.News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NDLEA Commander in the state, Alhaji Suleiman Jadi, disclosed this on Friday in Jalingo while parading the suspects and the items seized fr ...![]()
NDLEA Arrests 21 Drug Dealers, Seizes 299kilos Of Drugs In Taraba -
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The suspect, who was reportedly arrested following a tip off, was taken to the Force Headquarters in Abuja for interrogation. Efforts by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP)’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT) to rid Taraba State of kidnappers and armed robbers have started yielding fruits, as the team has arrested another kidnap kingpin. Confir ...![]()
IRT Arrests Another Notorious Kidnap Kingpin In Taraba State -
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According to PM News, the chairman of the Kufai Adamu, Shiban Tikari has confirmed the killing of a Catholic priest, barely 24 hours after gunmen raided villages in Taraba.Tikari who identified the deceased as Reverend Father David Tanko, also confirmed that the gunmen set him and his car ablaze.He was ambushed at Kufai Amadu in Takum local govern ...![]()
Suspected Bandit Kills Catholic Priest, Sets Vehicle Ablaze In Taraba -
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The Army Officer Working With Billionaire terrorist Kidnapper in Taraba State has been identified. The police authorities has unveiled the rogue army officer, Captain Tijani Balarabe. Capt Balarabe allegedly instructed his men to rescue the Taraba billionaire Hamisu Bala Wadume after killing 3 Nigerian Elite Police Bala Wadume, The Kidnapping king ...![]()
Army Officer Captain Tijani Balarabe, Working With Taraba Kidnapper, Identified (Photo) -
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The arrest of Hamisu Wadume, seems to have left a sour taste in the mouths of some residents of Ibi which is the hometown of the multi-millionaire kidnapper in Taraba state. The kidnapper whose escape was initially aided by some soldiers who ended up killing 3 police officers and a civilian, was re-arrested by the IGP Intelligence Response Team on ...![]()
Ibi Residents In Taraba State Call For The Release Of Billionaire Kidnapper, Wadume For His Kindness -
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The Nigerian Army Captain, who allegedly ordered soldiers on security check-point along the Ibi-Jalingo Expressway in Taraba State, to attack and kill police operatives attached to the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, has been identified by the force.It was gathered that police investigation revealed that teleph ...![]()
UPDATE On Taraba Killing: Army Captain Had 191 Phone Chats With Wanted Kidnapper -
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Last night, Police received bodies of their officers killed by soldiers in Taraba.No one has been arrested for the organised murder so far ...![]()
PHOTOS: Police Receive Bodies Of Their Three Colleagues Killed By Soldiers In Taraba -
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The Nigerian Police Force has lamented afresh, in a special tribute, the death of three of its men killed on 6 August by trigger-happy soldiers of the 93 Battalion Takum, Taraba state in a special tribute.Unknown to their killers, the three men, Inspector Mark Edaile, Sgt. Usman Danzumi and Sgt Dahiru Musa were stars of the force, among the most d ...![]()
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Nigerian Police Reveal identities of 3 Operatives Killed By Soldiers In Taraba State (Photos) -
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Soldiers in Taraba State have killed three policemen who went to arrest a wanted kidnap kingpin and set the suspect free.This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police Frank Mba.According to Mba, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered full-fledged investigations into the c ...![]()
Shocking! Soldiers Opens Fire On Policemen Kill Three Just To Free Kidnap Kingpin In Taraba State -
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Some residents of Kona community in Jalingo and Ardo-Kola local government areas of Taraba State on Thursday alleged that they could not access their homes despite deployment of security in their villages.Some of the residents who spoke to our correspondent including Mr Danlami Kwambo, Musa Notari and Augustina Yatai, said though soldiers had been ...![]()
Herdsmen Have Made Our Villages Inaccessible –Taraba Residents Cry Out -
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Mr. Benjamin Ezekiel, a senior lecturer with the Taraba State University, Jalingo has been kidnapped.According to Channels TV, Ezekiel was abducted by unidentified gunmen in his residence in the university quarters at ATC near Grace Junior Academy in the early hours of Sunday.The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP David Misal, said the Police ar ...![]()
Taraba State University Senior lecturer Benjamin Ezekiel Kidnapped At Home -
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Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, on Tuesday said the Federal Government should cancel RUGA program, rather than suspending it.Speaking with reporters at the Government House, Jalingo, Ishaku said the scheme was a form of colonialism and that its suspension was not enough, as it still raises suspicion.“Ranching is the best modern practice of ...![]()
RUGA Is Colonialism, Taraba State Gov. Ishaku Insists On Total Cancellation -
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The Taraba House of Assembly, on Tuesday amended the state Kidnapping and Abduction Prohibition Act 2010, to introduce death penalty and life imprisonment for offenders.Mr Charles Maijankai, Majority Leader and member representing Karim Lamido 1 constituency, moved the motion for the amendment of the Act which was seconded by Alhaji Bashir Mohamme ...![]()
Taraba Assembly Adopts Death Penalty For Kidnappers -
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Despite the harsh criticism of the planned establishment of Ruga settlements across the country, the Federal Government is set to commence the pilot phase of the project in Taraba, Adamawa, Plateau, Kaduna and seven other states, Saturday PUNCH’s investigations have confirmed.It was learnt in Abuja on Friday that the execution ...![]()
FG Begins Ruga Settlements In Taraba, Adamawa, Plateau, Kaduna, Others -
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No fewer than five persons were killed on Tuesday and several houses burnt in a fresh crisis between the Tiv and Jukun in Rafinkada Village of Wukari local government area of Taraba State.Daniel Adidas, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Council confirmed the development. He alleged that gunmen in army camouflage attacked Rafinkada and set se ...![]()
Communal Clash: Taraba State Boils Again As Tiv And Jukun Communities Clash In Bloody Fight -
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Many persons have been feared killed and houses burnt in fresh crisis in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.According to Daily Trust, Some students of Taraba State University, Jalingo, who fled the area, said they saw hundreds of people, including women and children, also running away from the area.A traveler, Mallam Musa Dauda, who narrowly escape ...![]()
Photos: Many Feared Killed And Houses Burnt In Fresh Communal Crisis In Jalingo, Taraba State -
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Senator Jumaii Alhassan, AKA "Mama Taraba" after a surgery (undisclosed ailment), she's learning how to walk again ...![]()
Senator Jumaii Alhassan, AKA "Mama Taraba" Trying To Walk Again After Surgery -
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The chairman of Wukari Local Government Council of Taraba State, Mr. Daniel Adi, has confirmed that 10 people were killed and several others injured in the ongoing clashes between Jukun and Tiv ethnic groups.The Jukun and Tiv ethnic groups share common boundary between Benue and Taraba states.In an interview with newsmen in Wukari on Sunday, Adi, ...![]()
Casualty Figure In Taraba Tiv/Jukun Ethnic Clashes Rises To Ten -
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At least four persons were feared dead with several houses burnt in a fresh communal clash between Jukun and Tiv ethnic groups in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba on Monday.According to NAN, a witness, Jerry Luka, told NAN that trouble started in Kente village in the evening when youths from both ethnic groups clashed over a misunderstanding ...![]()
4 Reportedly Die in Fresh Jukun/Tiv Clashes in Taraba -
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It has been reported that an Igbo businessman narrowly escaped death after being attacked by thugs in Taraba. Rotn Akanwoke Gideon, aka Arkgee, the CEO of Arkgee Computers in Yola was attacked along Wukari Road in Taraba state. Arkgee's car was destroyed during the attack. He was also injured, so much so that he was bleeding badly and h ...![]()
Igbo Businessman Narrowly Escapes Death After Being Attacked By Hoodlums In Taraba
Taraba State Commissioner, Alexander Markus Senlo Dies After Undislosed Brief Illness
Couple, John Ogwuche and Faith Odang Hold Coronavirus Wedding In a Palour In Taraba state
Ice Blocks Rained In Gembu Area Of Taraba Yesterday
See Reasons Why Taraba Governor, Darius Ishaku Is Working From Abuja – Aide Reveals
One Killed As Gunmen Attack Taraba College Of Education Provost, Dr. Mike Dio-Jen
PHOTOS: Police Receive Bodies Of Their Three Colleagues Killed By Soldiers In Taraba
Senator Jumaii Alhassan, AKA "Mama Taraba" Trying To Walk Again After Surgery
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