Blackout: Taraba commissioner blames FG for neglect By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Commissioner of Energy and Economic Development, Engr. Naomi Tanko Agbu has blamed the Federal Government of Nigeria for neglecting its responsibility to ensure people have access to steady power supply. Engr Naomi stated this on...
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BY DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Catholic Bishop of Jalingo Diocese, Taraba State, Most Reverend (Dr) Charles Michael Hammawe, has expressed disappointment with the democratic leadership and economic policies imposed by government on Nigerians which turned to be curse instead of blessing. Bishop Charles spoke during an interview...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo- As Christians commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ across the World, the Federal Road Safety Corps of Nigeria (FRSC) Taraba State Sector Command has deployed over six hundred officers and men across the state to ensure free flow of traffic during the...
BY DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Commander Peace Corps of Nigeria, (PCN) Taraba State Command, Mr. Manti Daniel Manti has said expressed the readiness of the PCN to assist other sisters security agencies to curb criminality across the sixteen local government of Taraba State. Manti disclosed this during...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo- The 6th and 7th combined convocation ceremony of the Federal University Wukari, in Taraba State which scheduled to hold on Saturday, March, 2024, at the Alh. Dr. Adamu Baba Convocation Square, is to graduate a total number of 3,031 Students across six faculties of the...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Chairman Taskforce Committee against Illegal Miming and prohibition of deforestation in Taraba State, Brig. Gen. Jeremiah Faransa (Rtd), has called on religious leaders to redouble their efforts in ensuring illegal mining activities in Taraba State has being squashed. Gen. Faransa made the...
The Chief Judge of Taraba, Justice Joel Agya, on Friday sentenced Yusufa Adamu and Adamu Abdullahi to death by hanging for kidnapping Balkisu Kambe and Maryam Musa in Gashaka Local Government Area of the state. Agya, while delivering the judgement in Jalingo, said the prosecution had proven...
Taraba State Police Command in collaboration with local hunters have rescued 40 kidnapped victims in Yorro Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr David Iloyanomon, said the success was achieved due to strategic use of the local hunters, who were familiar...
By MARK JANG, Jalingo – Troops of 93 Battalion under 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army have arrested a suspected female kidnapper while trying to pick ransom for an abducted victim in Taraba. The acting Assistant Director of 6 Brigade Lieutenant, Oni Olubodunde, disclosure this in a statement on...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Saturday’s Jalingo, Yorro and Zing Federal Constituency by-election as inconclusive. INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Daniel Ayuba, said this after the collation of results in Jalingo on Sunday. Ayuba said that the decision was based on the provisions...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo- Troops of 114 Battalion (Rear) of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, in conjunction with other security forces, on Saturday destroyed multiple bandits’ hideouts and rescued 4 kidnap victims in Yorro Local Government Area of Taraba State. The Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Lt...
The Taraba State Police Command has arrested thirteen suspected bandits and kidnappers on their watchlist for terrorizing residents of Jalingo, Yorro, Lau, and Zing local government areas of the state. This was disclosed by the state commissioner of Police Joseph Eribo while parading the suspects and their...
The Police Command in Taraba has announced the arrest of a suspected kidnapper, Aliyu Muhammed, in possession of N8.55 million and seven mobile phones. Mr Joseph Eribo, the Commissioner of Police in the state, who made this known on Wednesday in Jalingo, said that the suspect was arrested...
The founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has said the party is disappointed with the Supreme Court’s ruling, dismissing NNPP’s petition against the 2023 Taraba governorship election outcome. Aniebonam, who expressed this on Friday in Lagos, however, said the party had decided...
By MARK JANG, Jalingo – Troops of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, deployed to Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba have eliminated three notorious bandits. The Public Relations Officer of the brigade, Lt. Olabodunde Oni, disclosed this in a statement issued in Jalingo on Thursday. He said that...
The Taraba State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested two suspects attempting to traffic 16 children. The suspects were arrested on Thursday at the Jalingo Main Motor Park with the 16 children heading to Benin in Edo. The state NSCDC Commandant, Adamu...
The 6 Brigade Nigerian Army, with headquarters in Jalingo, has expressed its determination to flush out bandits and kidnappers as well as stem the tide of other criminal activities in Taraba. Brigade Commander of the formation, Maj.-Gen. Frank Etim, made the declaration on Thursday at the Combined 6...
Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, in the early hours of Tuesday, kidnapped a Second- Class Chief and 20 residents in the Pupule area of Yorro local government in Taraba state. The gunmen, according to locals in the area, invaded the community around 2:am and took away 21 members...
Taraba State Police Command has killed no fewer than 50 suspected bandits terrorising communities across the Bali Local Government Area of the state. The feat which is a major breakthrough in the fight against banditry in the North-East state was achieved on Tuesday. The police spokesman in...
Troops of 6 Brigade Garrison, Nigerian Army, have captured two suspected kidnappers and rescued two kidnap victims in Taraba. The suspects were arrested on Sunday during an anti kidnapping patrol by the troops in Jalingo, the Brigade spokesman, Lt. Ayodeji Abiodun, said in a statement on Monday....