Tag: Taraba State
A Replay Of Yar’Adua Saga
With yesterday’s arrival of ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State in the country after 10 months of medical treatment…
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Photospeak: Puzzles over Governor Suntai’s return
Governor Danbaba Suntai has been away from his job as governor of Nigeria’s northern state of Taraba, since October last…
Governor Suntai returns home…but no speeches yet
Gov. Danbaba Suntai of Nigeria’s Taraba state on Sunday arrived in Abuja after 10 months of medical treatment in Germany…
Taraba Governor Suntai departs New York for Nigeria
Governor Danbaba Suntai of Nigeria’s Taraba State early Sunday left the Republic Airport in Long Island Area of New York…
Court affirms impeachment of ex-Taraba deputy gov
The Nigerian Court of Appeal on Friday in Abuja affirmed the removal of the former Deputy Governor of Taraba state,…
Robbers raid Taraba bank, sack police station
Suspected armed robbers have attacked the branch of a first generation bank and the Divisional Police Headquarter in Karim-Lamido Local…
Ex-Gov Nyame denies statement at fraud trial
Rev. Jolly Nyame, former governor of the Nigerian north eastern state of Taraba has added a new twist to his…
Residents of Nigeria’s curfew town in distress call
Residents of Wukari, a central Nigerian town where 39 people died in fierce fighting between Christian and Muslim mobs said…
Death toll rises in Nigeria’s latest religious fracas
More deaths have been reported in the bloody clash between Christian and muslim mobs in Wukari, Taraba state, in the…
Curfew in Taraba after 20 killed in religious violence
At least 20 people were killed in violent clashes between Christian and Muslim mobs in central Nigeria’s Taraba state on…
Census Tribunal nullifies 2006 census figures for 3 LGAs in Taraba
The Census Tribunal on Thursday declared as invalid the 2006 census figures of three local government areas in Taraba. A judgement delivered…
Nigerian lawyers boycott court over killing of colleague
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Jalingo, Taraba state in Northeastern Nigeria, on Wednesday, boycotted court proceedings as a mark…
Curfew in Nigeria’s strife torn town
Officials in Nigeria’s northeast Taraba state on Sunday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Ibbi following reported clashes between Christian and…
Governor Suntai recovering fast, says police commissioner
The Nigerian governor who survived an air crash yesterday, Danbaba Suntai of Taraba state and was hospitalised at the Specialist…
Nigerian governor unconscious after plane crash
Ben Adaji/Jalingo The Governor of Taraba State, Dambaba Fulani Suntai has crashed his private jet into a bush in Adamawa.He…
Another beer joint bombed in Jalingo
Ben Adaji/Jalingo Another bomb explosion at a drinking joint in Jalingo, capital of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Taraba, has…
Terror in Jalingo as drinking joint bombed
Just some days after the slaying of 40 people in Adamawa state by yet to be identified gunmen, terrorists have…
Taraba deputy governor challenges impeachment panel
The Taraba Deputy Governor, Alhaji Sani Abubakar, on Saturday challenged the competence of the panel investigating allegations of gross misconduct…
Bankole’s Contract Scam Trial Stalled
The contract inflation scam trial of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole scheduled for Monday was stalled following…
Tension In Taraba Over Impeachment Saga
Tension is high in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, Northeast Nigeria, over the insistence of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP,…
Gunning For Mr. Deputy Gov
The Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Sani Danladi Abubakar is facing impeachment proceedings at the state House of Assembly …
Gunmen Attack Corps Members In Taraba
Corps members in Taraba State, northern Nigeria, were attacked by gunmen in the early hours of Thursday, sources said. Sources…
Irish project manager killed in Nigeria
Ben Adaji/Jalingo An Irish expatriate, Mr. Robert Gray, 45, working with PW Construction Company and handling the $25 million Wukari-Takum…
Taraba University gets funds from councils
The Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Nigeria’s Taraba State has approved the remittance of three percent of…
Nigeria police arrest 5 over communal clashes
The Taraba Police Command has arrested five persons in connection with ethnic clashes between the Bachama and Fulani people at…
18 Corps Members Die In Auto Crash
Unconfirmed reports say that at least 18 fresh graduates of Imo State University, Southeast Nigeria, have all died in a…
Tension In Taraba
Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, Northeast Nigeria came under serious tension yesterday following a clash between the police and…
TARABA: Soldiers, MOPOL Sent To Crisis Zone
Soldiers and mobile policemen have been deployed to some communities in Taraba State were eight persons including a serving councilor…
IG Orders Transfer Of Governor’s Aides, Boko Haram Suspect To Force Headquarters
The Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, has ordered the immediate transfer of Barrister Kabiru Dodo, Special Adviser to the Taraba…
How Nyame Looted Taraba Treasury
An Abuja High Court was on Thursday told how former Governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba state diverted the sum of…