Stakeholders and elders of Gassol 1 Constituency in Taraba have urged Gov Darius Ishaku to respect the order of a Jalingo High Court restraining the government from creating a new chiefdom from the present Gasol. Addressing a news conference in Jalingo on Saturday, spokesman of the forum, Alhaji Hamman-Tukur...
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The Police Command in Taraba has confirmed the killing of two of its personnel by soldiers on Monday in Jalingo. The command spokesman, Abdullahi Usman, told newsmen that two others were injured and currently receiving treatment. Usman said investigation would be conducted to ascertain the real cause of the...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba has cautioned the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state against orchestrating cheap blackmail with alleged plans by the PDP to rig Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. Mr Andeta’rang Irammae, the state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, gave the advice...
A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo on Saturday night, dismissed an alleged certificate forgery case brought by chief David Kente, against the governorship candidate of the APC, Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha, for lack of evidence. Justice Bala Usman, in his ruling, said the plaintiff and his counsel failed to...
Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi says Nigeria is collapsing very fast with the worsening statistics of people living in poverty. He also said only Nigerians can take back their party from the ruling class who have continued to ensure that despite the huge potential of the country,...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Yola has set aside the High Court rulings nullifying the primaries that produced Emmanuel Bwacha and Aishatu Binani as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidates for Taraba and Adamawa states respectively. The court on Thursday ordered that their names should be forwarded...
Rep. Danjuma Shiddid (APC-Taraba) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene over alleged political persecution against the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State. He fingered Gov. Darius Ishaku as the arrowhead of the persecution of the major opposition party in the state. The lawmaker, representing Wukari/Ibi Federal...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Nov. 15 for judgment in a suit filed by Sen. Yusuf Yusuf seeking the nullification of the Taraba All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary held on May 26. Yusuf, a senator representing Taraba Central, who was also a governorship aspirant in the...
A Federal High Court in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, has sacked the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in the state, Emmanuel Bwacha. Bwacha’s sacking comes after a petition by one of the aspirants, David Sabo Kente. Relying on the evidence before the court that no governorship primary was...
No fewer than 13 persons have been reported killed after a bandit attack in Karekuka village of Gassol local government area of Taraba state. It was learnt that many others were also left injured in the attack that occurred on Friday. A source who confirmed the incident to Channels...
Suspected terrorists have raided and killed three residents of Bali town, the headquarters of Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State. The attack also led to the abduction of an unspecified number of people through a nearby bush path by the suspected terrorists. Sources within the town disclosed that...
The House of Representatives has called for the deployment of more troops to Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba in a bid to dislodge terrorists and restore normalcy in the area. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Rimamnde Kwewum (PDP-Taraba) at the...
Police in Taraba State on Saturday rescued the four members of the committee to conduct primary elections of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Senate and House of Representatives from being lynched. Aggrieved party members waylaid the quartet at Pupile, a community between Yola and Jaingo, having gotten wind...
A member of the Taraba State APC governorship primary electoral committee has been shot and is in critical condition at a hospital. Chairman of the Committee, Lawrence Onuchukwu, informed journalists of the development at the Police Headquarters in Jalingo, the state capital on Thursday night. A protest had erupted...
Alhaji Ibrahim El-Sudi, Chairman Taraba chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the party had put every machinery in place to take over the Taraba Government House in the 2023 general elections. El-Sudi made the declaration on Wednesday while welcoming members of the state Congress/Screening Committee for House...
Nigerian troops have eliminated scores of suspected Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, terrorists in Taraba State. The ISWAP elements met their waterloo when they attacked troops on a military operation, at Tati village under Takum local government area of the State. But the Commanding Officer of 93...
At least seven Nigerian soldiers have been killed following an ambush on the convoy of the commanding officer of the 93 Army Battalion, Takum, Taraba State by gunmen suspected to be terrorists, according to SaharaReporters. Military sources told SaharaReporters that the Brigadier General was on his way to Jalingo...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari, asking the court to “declare illegal, and incompatible with the oath of office, and public interest the recent pardon granted to former governors of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, and...
An explosion has occurred in Jalingo the Taraba State capital, leaving at least five persons injured. The incident is said to have taken place at the entrance of the district head’s house where local gin (Brukutu) is being sold. Although no life was lost in the explosion, some of...
Six persons have been confirmed dead with an unspecified number injured following a bomb explosion that rocked a drinking bar in Mashaya market, Iware Community located in Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State. The blast occurred on Tuesday. A visit to the scene of the incident by Channels...