Tag: Taraba
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Offa robbery: IG deploys three mobile force units to Kwara, Taraba
The Inspector-General of Police( (IG), Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the deployment of three units of Police Mobile Force ( PMF), high powered police investigation team and Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) to Kwara. The Force spokesman, ACP Jimoh Moshood, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said anti-robbery equipment and 10 crew members were also deployed…
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Again, herdsmen invade Taraba community, kill five
Tragedy struck again on Thursday in Taraba State as armed herdsmen invade Donga Local Government Area of the state killing five people. The Thursday’s attack came less than 12 hours after armed herdsmen attacked and wiped out a family of four in neighbouring Takum, the hometown of a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus…
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Taraba Killings: Army extends ‘Operation Cat Race’ by two months
The Army has extended the Exercise Ayem Akpatuma in Taraba by two months to rid the state of militants and other criminal elements. The army Spokesman, Brig.-Gen Texas Chukwu explained in a statement on Monday in Abuja, that the extension became necessary to further consolidate on the gains achieved so far in the state. Chukwu…
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Killings: Again, Taraba Govt blasts FG, Military, says ‘We’ve lost confidence in you’
The Taraba State Government on Friday reiterated losing confidence in the Federal Government’s security apparatus in the state, particularly the military to curtail the recent killings by Fulani herdsmen in the state. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr. Bala Abu in an interview with The Punch said that the…
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FG, Military and Herdsmen attack: our side of the story – Taraba Gov
The Taraba State Government on Tuesday came out with their side of the story in the raging controversy that followed the call by former chief of army staff, General TY Danjuma on Nigerians to defend themselves against the rampaging herdsmen. General Danjuma accused the military of having an unholy alliance with the herdsmen. Darius Ishaku,…
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Taraba CAN chairman dies in auto-crash
Rev. Ben Ubeh, the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Taraba, died on Sunday in an auto accident on the Zing-Yola Road. The Vice Chairman of CAN in the state, John Aina, confirmed the incident in Jalingo. Ubeh , who died in the early hours of Sunday, was on his way to…
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Video: Military collaborating with armed bandits to kill Nigerians – TY Danjuma
…urges Nigerians to defend selves against killers A former Minister of Defense, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), on Saturday, accused the Nigerian military of collaborating with armed to kill innocent Nigerians. Danjuma revealed this while speaking at the maiden convocation of the Taraba State University, Jalingo, Taraba State. “The military are helping the herdsmen to…
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Buhari’s visit to Taraba: ‘Merely a roadshow to score cheap political points’ says PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said a recent statement made by President Muhammadu Buhari during a visit to Taraba state, where he compared the number of deaths through killings in affected states, was not only morbid but ill-thought. It also said the president’s planned visits to states affected by bloodletting and violence was an…
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Herdsmen/farmers clashes: Why I didn’t rush to Taraba, Benue, other troubled states – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on explained why he didn’t rush to some troubled states despite the criticisms. The president reiterated that he has his way of monitoring developments instead of “rushing” to crises spots and “making noise”. Buhari spoke in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, during his visit to assess the situation in the state and…
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Visit: Residents of Taraba, Benue, others won’t be hoodwinked by your ‘cosmetic sympathy’, Fayose tells Buhari
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has said residents of troubled Taraba, Benue, Zamfara, Yobe and Rivers states won’t be hoodwinked by President Muhammadu Buhari’s belated visit. The governor emphasized that the president never deemed it fit to visit the states when it matters most. Fayose, in a statement issued on Monday by his Special…