Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has said the level of infrastructural decay in most public schools in the state has gone to a level which domestic animals rearing is unacceptable in the structures let alone training of future leaders. Governor Kefas stated this in Jalingo during a 5-day training...
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Taraba State Government has threatened to sack workers of the Taraba State Environmental Sanitation Agency (TSESA) who fail to provide evidence of registration in the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) e-registration exercise. Findings revealed that workers of the agency have been directed to present proof of their APC e-registration...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged a stronger development partnership with Taraba State following the formal entry of Governor Agbu Kefas and his supporters into the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is just as Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that the state is pivotal to Nigeria’s food and...
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, has received the Executive Governor of Taraba State, His Excellency, Dr. Agbu Kefas, on a courtesy visit to the Force Headquarters, Abuja. This engagement underscores the ongoing commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to sustain professional institutional alliances aimed at...
A Taraba woman, Mrs. Ramatu Abbas, from Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State, who allegedly mutilated a teenage girl over her husband’s advances, has reportedly been divorced by her husband in line with Islamic rites. The incident occurred on January 21, 2026, when Ramatu allegedly attacked a 17-year-old...
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has flagged off massive construction of roads in the state to ease transportation of farm products and encourage local farming activities in the state. The flagg off ceremony which took place on Monday in the middle of Takum and Lisam 12 kilometre state road...
Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, on Sunday formally sealed his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), receiving his official party card in a low-key but symbolic exercise at the Government House in Jalingo. The registration drew a notable gathering of political leaders across the state, including the...
Tiv highest decision-making body in Taraba State (Ijir Tamen) on Sunday commended Governor Agbu Kefas for what it described as decisive steps in confronting rising insecurity, especially the recent herdsmen attacks on Tiv communities in Chanchanji Ward of Takum Local Government Area. Rising from its 5th Ijir Tamen (expanded...
Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas has presented a budget estimate of ₦650,631,700,000 to the State House of Assembly for the 2026 fiscal year. The governor told the members at Plenary that the budget tagged ‘Development we can see’ is focused on massive infrastructural development next year. He said that...
Senator representing Taraba Central Senatorial District, Senator Haruna Manu has congratulated Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas on the occasion of his 55th birthday celebrations. He described the Governor as a true democrat working to take Taraba to greater heights of excellence. In a congratulatory letter on Wednesday, personally...
Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially confirmed that Governor Agbu Kefas has “crossed the Rubicon” to join the ruling party. Party officials say members across the state are ready to welcome him with open arms. APC’s State Director of Publicity, Aeron Atimas, disclosed this...
By JOHN MKOM, Jalingo – Following the perfected plans by Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas to defect from People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC), the state chairman of the APC, Ibrahim El-Suldi, has disclosed that the state’s government house his party has been yearning for...
By JOHN MKOM, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally received and cleared him to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), signaling his imminent defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja during an expanded meeting...
A chartered accountant and financial analyst in Taraba State, Olayinka Gabriel, has faulted the recent claim by a former lawmaker, Hon. Danjuma Shidi, alleging that the state’s debt has risen to N1.2 trillion, stating that the figure presented by Shiddi is misleading. Hon. Shidi who represents Wukàri/Ibi Federal Constituency...
Following the recent symbolic flag-off ceremony of free school materials, Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, is poised to kick off full-scale distribution of the items across schools in the state within the coming days. The official flag-off, which took place on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at Nyabusara Primary...
A prominent All Progressives Congress (APC) figure and former gubernatorial aspirant, David Sabo Kente—widely known as DSK—has revealed that he is facing increasing pressure from political and socio-cultural groups in Taraba State to contest the 2027 governorship election. Speaking during a phone conversation with journalists in Jalingo on Tuesday,...
In a rare show of political unity, major stakeholders from Taraba State’s northern senatorial district have unanimously endorsed Governor Agbu Kefas for a second term in office, ahead of the 2027 gubernatorial elections. The endorsement came during a high-profile zonal stakeholders’ engagement meeting held Wednesday in Jalingo, the state...
A prosecution witness, Ismail Lawal, has told an Abuja High Court that he was instructed to collect all allowances due to former Governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku. Ishaku and a former Permanent Secretary, Bello Yero, are charged with 15 counts bordering on criminal breach of trust, conspiracy, and conversion...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama has overruled former Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku’s objection to the admissibility of key documents in his alleged N27 billion fraud trial. Justice Slyvanus Oriji held that the statement of the prosecution’s witness, Ismail Lawal, made at the EFCC office, was admissible...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has declared his commitment to sustaining close collaboration between the state government and the Nigerian Army (NA) to improve the security of the state. The governor, accompanied by legislators of Taraba State extraction from the National and Taraba State House...