Tag: Taraba
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2019: Buhari unperturbed by APC’s loss in Anambra, Taraba polls – Presidency
The Presidency on Sunday said President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to deepening the roots of democracy in Nigeria and as such is not perturbed when his political party (the All Progressives Congress, APC) losses elections to other political parties. This was coming on the heels of the rerun elections conducted over the weekend in Anambra…
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PDP’s Bukuni wins Ardo-kola Constituency bye-election in Taraba
Mr Dominic Bakuni of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP ) has won the Ardo-kola State Constituency Bye-election, Taraba, conducted on Saturday. The bye-election was conducted in ten Registration Areas: Alin Gora, Ardo kola, Iware, Jauro Yinu, Lamido Borno, Mayo renewo, Sarkin Dutse, Sunkani, Tau and Zongon kombi. Announcing the result on Sunday in Jalingo, the…
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Three killed, six injured in fresh communal clash in Taraba
The police in Taraba State on Monday confirmed the death of three persons while no fewer than six others sustained injuries in another overnight attack on Maisamari town in Sardauna Local Government Area of the state by a suspected militia group. Monday’s attack occurs a few days after about 24 people were killed in attacks…
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One dead, others missing as police, suspected illegal miners clash in Taraba
The Police Command in Taraba says at least one person has died and six others injured during a clash between illegal miners and policemen in Mayo-Sina, near Nguroje, Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba. The command’s Spokesman, ASP David Misal, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that one policeman also got missing…
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A good thing In Taraba, By Evaristus Bassey
By Evaristus Bassey And so all I cared to know about the late Governor Suntai was that he was from a poor state called Taraba but managed to build an airport because he wanted to fly in a private jet straight from Jalingo to Abuja, a venture which eventually triggered his demise, as he crashed…
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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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Manbilla Killings: Rights group drags Taraba Governor, Ishaku, Speaker to ICC
The International Criminal Court (ICC), has been asked to investigate Taraba state governor, Architect Darius Ishaku over the incessant killing in the state. According to a criminal complaint petition written against the governor to the Office of Madame Fatou Bensouda, the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), in Hague, Netherlands, the governor and some other…
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2019: Ondo, Cross River, Taraba, 11 others get new RECs
In preparation for the 2019 general elections,the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has approved the posting of 14 newly sworn-in Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to states, according to a statement by its Secretary, Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo had last week approved the appointment and deployment of the…
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Danbaba Suntai: The evolution of a relationship – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. In April 2012 when I was Acting General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) then Congress President, Abdulwaheed Omar walked into my office to inform that he had just received a call from the Executive Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Danfulani Suntai that he just landed at the Abuja airport and…
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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…