Former Minister of Power and governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, Engr. Saleh Mamman, has expressed confidence that he will secure the party’s governorship ticket ahead of the 2027 general elections, provided the primaries are conducted in a credible manner. Mamman made the declaration...
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Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has approved the release of over N1.39 billion to cover the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) fees for thousands of students in public secondary schools across the state, in line with his administration’s free and compulsory education policy. The intervention is aimed at eliminating...
Taraba State Government has announced that the restored Nwonyo Annual Fishing and Cultural Festival will hold on April 18, 2026, in Ibi Local Government Area, as part of efforts to sustain the state’s growing tourism and cultural revival drive. Commissioner for Information and Reorientation, Hon. Zeinab Jalingo, disclosed this...
Taraba State Commissioner for Tertiary Institutions, Mike Dio Jen, has disclosed that Governor Agbu Kefas has committed billions of naira toward sustaining Taraba State University (TSU) since assuming office nearly three years ago. Jen made the revelation on Monday while addressing journalists in his office in Jalingo amid the...
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has launched the distribution of 25 data capturing machines and printers to strengthen the National Identity Number (NIN) registration process across Taraba State. The equipment, procured by the Taraba State Government to support the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), was officially presented on Friday,...
Tiv Cultural and Social Association (TCSA) has commended Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, and his Benue State counterpart, Hyacinth Alia, for their joint visit to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the border communities of Wukari, Abako and Chanchanji. The association described the visit as a significant gesture of solidarity...
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has urged the newly elected members of the State Working Committee (SWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State to promote unity, fairness, and inclusiveness among all party members. The state congress, which followed extensive consultations, was resolved through consensus. The announcement...
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas and Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia on Monday held a high-level security and peace meeting in Wukari, as part of renewed efforts to end persistent violence along the Benue–Taraba border. The meeting, which also featured prominent traditional rulers including the Tor Tiv, James Ayatse,...
Outgoing State Working Committee (SWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State has formally endorsed Governor Agbu Kefas for the 2027 governorship election and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in office. The endorsement was announced on Monday in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, during...
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, alongside his Adamawa State counterpart, Ahmadu Fintiri, and elder statesman, Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, have held a high-level security meeting with the Minister of Defence, Christopher Gwabin Musa, in Abuja. The strategic engagement took place at the Federal Ministry of Defence headquarters as part of...
Chairman of the Taraba State Bureau for Peace and Conflict Management, Bishop Innocent Solomon, has presented the Bureau’s five-year strategic plan to Governor Agbu Kefas. The strategic document was formally submitted on Thursday at the TY Danjuma House Jalingo. Presenting the plan, Bishop Solomon explained that the document contains...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commended Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, for ensuring the full and consistent payment of lecturers’ salaries at Taraba State University, despite the ongoing indefinite strike. This was disclosed by the Taraba State Commissioner for Information and Reorientation, Zainab Jalingo, following a meeting...
Superintendent of the Southern Nigeria Annual Conference of the Global Methodist Church in Nigeria (GMCN), Rev. Bazel Yoila, has tendered a public apology to Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, and the Secretary to the State Government, Gibon Katabs, following what he described as “unguarded and emotional” remarks made during...
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has disbursed ₦300 million to resolve the lingering mosque ownership crisis in Donga, the headquarters of Donga Local Government Area in southern Taraba State. The intervention, announced on Tuesday, is aimed at preventing further unrest among three Muslim groups in the area and restoring...
Taraba State Commissioner for Information and Reorientation, Barrister Zainab Jalingo, has commended the ongoing grassroots development initiatives across the state’s 16 local government areas, particularly in the education sector, as championed by Governor Agbu Kefas. She recalled that on February 4, 2026, during a five-day training workshop for permanent...
North East Development Commission (NEDC) has commissioned and handed over several multi-billion naira projects to the Taraba State Government, as part of its ongoing development interventions across the North-East region of Nigeria. The commissioning exercise, which took place in Jalingo, forms part of the commission’s wider programme of transferring...
In line with the recent directive issued by Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, mandating local government chairmen to rehabilitate three basic schools each across the state’s sixteen local government areas, some council leaders have begun taking concrete steps to implement the policy in their respective communities. The governor gave...
Global Methodist Church (GMC) has commended Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas for restoring peace in state particularly in the ongoing disagreement between the GMC and United Methodist Church of Nigeria (UMCN) Bishop of the GMC Nigeria, Rev. Dr John Pena, stated this on Thursday while applauding Kefas for restoring...
Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas has denied granting the United Methodist Church of Nigeria (UMCN) access to the Jatutu Memorial Cathedral Magami in Jalingo, the state capital to conducted their reconciliation service come February 22nd 2026. Governor Kefas also revealed that he has embraced the recent reconciliation process carried...
An industrial crisis may be looming at the Federal University Wukari, FUW, Taraba State, following a petition to the Federal Ministry of Education by a group of Concerned Person with Education Interest, alleging attempts by Governor Agbu Kefas to influence the appointment of his brother, Dr. Benjamin Kefas, as...