Tag: suntai
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Seven years after, AIB releases reports of Late Suntai’s crashed airplane
Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Thursday released six final accident reports involving the crash that involved late Taraba State Governor, Danbaba Suntai; who the bureau said was not competent to fly the ill- fated Cessna 208B that crashed on October 25, 2012. The other final reports involved Delta Airlines Airbus A330- 223 on February 13,…
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Ishaku, Fayose, others mourn as ex-gov, Suntai is laid to rest
The remains of the former Governor of Taraba, Danbaba Suntai was laid to rest on Saturday in his hometown, Suntai in Bali Local Government Area of the state amidst tears and eulogies. Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba, described the late Suntai, as an epitome of humility with great sense of humour and passion for the…
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Suntai’s body arrives Nigeria, as burial rites commence
The remains of the immediate past governor of Taraba State, Pharm. Danbaba Danfulani Suntai, have arrived Nigeria from the United States. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the body arrived the country Friday morning. The body of the late governor, which arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja enroute Jalingo few minutes past 5am, was thereafter received…
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Taraba Gov postpones Suntai’s burial to Aug. 19
Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku has postponed the state burial of former Governor Danbaba Suntai from Aug. 5 to Aug. 19. A press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa in Jalingo on Saturday said the new date followed the governor’s consideration of the report submitted to him by the…
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We won’t forget reforms initiated by late Suntai – PDP
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said reforms initiated by late Taraba governor, Danbaba Suntai, to promote delivery of dividends of democracy to Taraba people would not be forgotten. The National Caretaker Committee of the party stated this in a condolence message on the demise of the former governor issued on Sunday in Abuja by its…
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Suntai lived a short but fulfilling life – Obasanjo
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said the late former governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai left good legacies behind despite the fact that his life was short. Obasanjo in a letter of condolence he sent from Kigali, Rwanda, on Friday, to the current Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku, noted that though Suntai died at…
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Gov Ishaku, Taraba Speaker, others mourn Suntai
Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State and the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr Abel Diah, have described the death of a former governor of the state, Danbaba Suntai, as a huge loss to the state and the entire Nigeria. Ishaku said in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr…
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Dogara mourns Suntai
Says former governor left indelible footprints in Taraba The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said he is saddened by the death of former Taraba State governor, Danbaba Danfulani Suntai, who passed on earlier today. In a press statement signed by the special adviser to the Speaker on Media and Public…
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BREAKING: Former Taraba Gov Danbaba Suntai dead at 55
Dambaba Suntai, a former governor of Taraba State, who survived an air crash at the Yola Airport in Adamawa State in 2012 has died. He was 55 years old. Suntai died at home where he was undergoing rehabilitation for brain injuries arising from the plane crash. A former commissioner of information in the state, Emmanuel…