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  • Recruitment: FRSC raises alarm over fake LinkedIn account

    Recruitment: FRSC raises alarm over fake LinkedIn account

    Corps Commander Selina Williams, the Taraba Sector Commander of FRSC, on Sunday alerted the state residents of a fake LinkedIn account circulating over the corps’ ongoing recruitment process.

    Williams, who disclosed this in a statement in Jalingo, explained that the alert became necessary following the wide circulation of the fake account with the name of Corps Marshal Dauda Biu.

    According to her, the fake LinkedIn account has the WhatsApp number  07069777732 and is intended to defraud innocent members of the public under the guise of offering them employment.

    Williams advised interested applicants to visit FRSC verified portal: www.recruitment.frsc.gov.ng where the application does not attract any fee.

    “FRSC recruitment process is on and there is a fake LinkedIn account operating on whatsapp number: 07069777732 under the name of Corps Marshal Dauda  Biu with the intent to defraud innocent members of the public on the guise of offering them employment.

    “I enjoin prospective applicants or members of the public in Taraba to be wary of such fake account and disregard it,” she said.

    Williams also noted that the corps, in synergy with sister security agencies in the state, had put in place strategies for a hitch free Eld-el-Fitr 2023 celebration.

    She noted that FRSC was committed to guaranteeing Taraba people a safe motoring environment during and after Sallah periods.

    Williams appealed to motorists to cooperate with the corps by obeying traffic laws and regulations such as properly fixing and servicing their vehicles meant for long trips to prevent unnecessary breakdown on the road.

  • Taraba APC dismisses Jimkuta’s suspension, passes vote of confidence in Senator-elect

    Taraba APC dismisses Jimkuta’s suspension, passes vote of confidence in Senator-elect

    The Takum Local Government chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has passed a vote of confidence the Senator-elect, Taraba South Senatorial District of Taraba, Emmanuel Jimkuta.

    Chairman of the party in the local government, Alhaji Mijinyawa Salihu, passed the resolution on Monday in Jalingo.

    Salihu said that the party did not have factional executives in the local government.

    He accused those who had earlier announced the suspension of the senator-elect as non-APC members “who were hired for such a dirty assignment.

    “We just want to respond to the purported expulsion of our senator-elect, Hon. David Jimkuta, by a group of people parading themselves as the executives of the party in Takum local government area.

    “We members of the executives of APC in Takum local government area wish to state that there is no factional executive of the party in our local government and we remain the only executives.

    “We equally want to put it on record that the group that signed the purported expulsion of our senator-elect are not members of APC in Takum local government,” he said.

    Salihu described the masterminds of the purported expulsion as the “mercenaries recruited from an opposition party” by some aggrieved members who lost out at the primaries.

    “I wish to state, in a very clear and loud voice, that we, the executives of APC in Takum local government, have passed a vote of confidence in our senator-elect, Hon. David Jimkuta.

    “We also want to put it on record that Jimkuta had worked relentlessly to ensure victory for our party in the just-concluded governorship election.

    “His efforts could not, however, yield results because our governorship candidate was not saleable, but was only imposed on the electorate,” he said.

    The APC chairman described as laughable allegations of anti-party activities levelled against the senator-elect by the group he referred to as mischief makers.

    He said: “What further exposed the group as non-members of APC is their ignorance of the fact that the APC constitution only gave the ward party executives the right to suspend or expel members.

    “We urge the general public and party loyalists in the south senatorial zone to disregard the purported expulsion of our senator-elect.

    “It is the handiwork of some mischief makers who are bent on destabilising the party on selfish grounds.”

    He further said that the senator-elect was already making frantic efforts to reconcile all aggreived party members in the senatorial district.

    “We wish to appeal to members of APC across the zone, especially supporters of the senator-elect to remain calm, as things are being sorted out in our interest,” he stated.

    A factional executive council of the party in the council area had earlier announced Jimkuta’s expulsion over alleged anti-party activities.

    NAN

  • Soldiers kill 2 policemen in Taraba

    Soldiers kill 2 policemen in Taraba

    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 the investigation would be conducted to ascertain the real cause of the incident.

    “The Commissioner of Police, Yusuf Suleiman, and the Commander 6 Brigade, Brig. Gen. Frank Etim have met, discussed, and agreed that a commission of enquiry be set up to look into the real cause of this incident,” he said.

    According to him, the incident occurred at a military checkpoint close to the INEC headquarters in Jalingo and the police command at about 8:30 am.

    “The soldiers shot two police personnel and went away with their riffle.

    “Some proceeded to the command headquarters with guns and sporadically shot in the air, and one police officer who was going off duty was shot and killed instantly.

    “Another who was just reporting for duty and did not even know what was happening was also shot the moment they identified him as a policeman,” Usman said.

    “As we speak, we have gotten reports that our men who are escorting election results or on various duties are been stopped at military checkpoints and harassed,” he alleged.

  • Taraba APC reschedule fresh Guber primary for February 10

    Taraba APC reschedule fresh Guber primary for February 10

    Aftermath of the Supreme court judgement which dismissed the case between Senator Emmanuel Bwacha and David Sabo Kente, the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has rescheduled a fresh gubernatorial primary election for Taraba state, slated for 10th February 2023.

    This was contained in a statement released by the party and made available to newsmen in Jalingo by the state party publicity secretary, Aaron Artimas, stating that the fresh primary election will take place at the Jolly Nyame Stadium, Jalingo.

    The statement reads in parts:

    “This is to notify all members of the All Progressives Congress APC in Taraba State, particularly gubernatorial candidates that the National Secretariat of the party has scheduled to organise fresh gubernatorial primaries for Taraba State on Friday 10th February 2023.

    “To this end, all concerned are advised to prepare themselves for the exercise. The fresh Primaries will take place at the Jolly Nyame Stadium on the stated date of Friday, 10th February 2023.

  • BREAKING: Supreme Court affirms Kefas Agbu as Taraba PDP governorship candidate

    BREAKING: Supreme Court affirms Kefas Agbu as Taraba PDP governorship candidate

    The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed Mr Agbu Kefas as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba .

    Justice Emmanuel Agim dismissed the appeal brought before it by Prof. Jerome Nyameh challenging the May 25, 2022 Taraba governorship primary election that produced Kefas as its flagbearer of the party.

    The appeal by  Nyameh was dismissed by the apex court on the grounds that he failed to explore the internal mechanism for peaceful resolution of primary election before rushing to court to institute the suit.

    Agim, who read the unanimous judgment of the court held that Nyameh also failed to join other aspirants that participated in the primary election as defendants as required by law.

    The apex court said that the law was clear on conditions precedent to be complied with before any aggrieved governorship aspirant can rush to court.

  • Just In: APC campaign coordinator dies in car accident

    Just In: APC campaign coordinator dies in car accident

    The All Progressives Congress APC governorship campaign coordinator for Karim Lamido local government area of Taraba state Hon. Abdullahi Kanti has died in a car accident.

    Kanti was said to have lost his life in a car accident along Lau road on Tuesday while driving to Jalingo, the state capital.

    A statement released by the Bwacha Gubernatorial Campaign Council (BCC), on Wednesday and signed by Mr. Aaron Artimas the campaign publicity secretary, indicates that Kanti died on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, in a ghastly motor accident along Lau Road while driving to Jalingo and his corpse has been evacuated and deposited at the FMC mortuary, Jalingo.

    In reaction to the news, the APC governorship Candidate in the state, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha CON, described the death of Hon Kanti as a personal loss.

    Bwacha recalled personally knowing the deceased when they were both elected into the Taraba State House of Assembly in 1998.

    The APC governorship Candidate lamented that his Campaign Council would miss a diligent politician and notable man of peace, he prayed to God to grant him eternal rest.
    The statement also shows that the late Hon Abdullahi Kanti would be buried on Saturday, December 31, 2022, by Christian rites.

  • Taraba Assembly picks new Speaker as Albasu Kunini quit over personal issues

    Taraba Assembly picks new Speaker as Albasu Kunini quit over personal issues

    Albasu Kunini, the speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, on Wednesday resigned from his position.

    He became the speaker in December 2019.

    Mr Kunini, who represents Lau state Constituency, said his resignation was on personal grounds. He thanked the assembly members for their support.

    Kizito Bonzena, a member representing Zing state Constituency, was unanimously elected as the new speaker.

    Mr Bonzena was the chief whip of the house before his new elevation.

    TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports the speaker tendered his resignation letter on Tuesday citing personal issues as cause of his action.

  • Court orders payment of pension arrears to ex-gov Nyame, others

    The National Industrial Court, on Tuesday ordered Taraba State Government, to immediately pay former Gov. Jolly Nyame and three others, arrears of their pensions.

    The other judgment creditors in the suit are Uba Ahmadu, Abubakar Armayau and Bilkisu Danboyi

    The court, in addition, awarded the sum of N500,000 against the state government.

    Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, while delivering judgment, held that the judgment debtors did not contest owing the judgment creditors, having entered and signed an undertaking to pay their pension arrears.

    The judge said that the undertaking was signed in order to stop the enforcement of the judgment, when the movable property of the judgment debtors were taken by court officials.

    She further held that the judgment debtors submitted same argument and authorities as cited by the garnishee debtor.

    The judge therefore stated that there was no merit in their submissions.

    Obaseki-Osaghae had earlier in the judgment, addressed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) preliminary objection.

    According to the court, the objection raised by the apex bank that the court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the suit, does not have merit.

    CBN in its objection had argued that as an agency of the Federal Government, only a High Court could carry out a garnishee proceeding against it, as provided by Section 251, 1(d) of the 1999 Constitution, and Section 84 of the Sheriff & Civil Process Act, which rule 2 & 3 of the Judgment Enforcement Rule, is attached to.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that a Garnishee proceeding is a judicial process of execution, or enforcement of monetary judgment, by the seizure or attachment of debts due or accruing to the judgment debtor, which form part of his property available in execution.

    The court in response, held that the court was not enforcing a Federal High Court judgment, but rather a judgment that was delivered by the same court.

    The court equally held that it had the power to enforce monetary judgment through a garnishee proceeding.

    The judge also stated that the NICN had the same ranking as any High Court, and its judgment could be enforced in a garnishee proceeding.

    In addressing the issue of CBN being a government agency and public officer that needed the approval of the Attorney-General before a garnishee proceeding could be taken against it, the court stated that CBN was not a public officer in the context of Section 84 of Sheriff & Civil Process Act.

    The court in conclusion held that the judgment creditors in their counter-affidavit, submitted that the Judgment debtor had its funds with the CBN.

    The court therefore pronounced the order of garnishee nisi, made Dec. 2, 2021, absolute, as CBN had not shown cause why it should not be made so.

    The judgment creditors had filed the suit against the judgment debtor, the Taraba State Government and CBN, the garnishee debtor, through a garnishee proceeding.

    The judgment debtor in response filed an application filed on Jan. 24, seeking for the order of the court to set aside the order nisi, granted in favour of the judgment creditors on Dec. 2, 2021.

    An Order Nisi means an order that will ripen or take effect at some set date in the future, unless the order is rescinded by a court before that date.

    CBN on its part, had objected to the garnishee proceeding by stating that the court did not have jurisdiction to entertain the proceeding.

    The garnishee proceeding emanated from a judgment delivered by the same court on July 12, 2019.

    In the judgment, the court had ordered the payment of the sum of N151.1 million, being the unpaid pension arrears of the judgment creditors.

    The judgment, which was delivered by Justice Sanusi Kado, was for unpaid pension from May, 2013 to Oct. 2015.

    The court, in the said judgment, had ordered 10 equal instalment payment, commencing from July 2019, on a monthly basis until the final liquidation of the total sum.

    The judgment creditors were paid the sum of N16.3 million as first instalment, but were never paid again until the expiration of the instalments plan in Nov. 2021.

    The judgment creditors, who were former employees of the judgment debtor upon retirement, were paid the sum of N45 million out of their total pension arrears of N196 million.

    NAN

  • Bandits kill 6 soldiers, commander missing in Taraba

    Bandits kill 6 soldiers, commander missing in Taraba

    The soldiers of the 93 Battalion, Nigerian Army in Takum, Takum Local Government Area (LGA) of Taraba, have come under heavy banditry attack, leaving six dead, and one missing.

    DSP Abubakar Usman, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Taraba Command, who confirmed the report to newsmen in Jalingo, said that the soldiers were on their way to repel an attack on Tati village in Takum LGA, when they were ambushed by the bandits.

    Usman also confirmed that the commander of the operation was still missing in action.

    The PPRO also confirmed a bomb blast at the Headquarters of the 6th Brigade, Nigerian Army, located along House of Assembly Road, Sabongari area of Jalingo.

    He said that the explosive device was thrown into the base by a passerby, and it landed on the ground.

    He, however, said that no casualty was recorded.

    A correspondent who visited the scene reports that there was heavy military presence at the base and the entire road leading to the facility was barricaded, and a diversion was created to prevent movement close to the base.

  • Cholera cases in Cross River, Taraba, others, unacceptable- NCDC

    Cholera cases in Cross River, Taraba, others, unacceptable- NCDC

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, expressed concern over cholera cases in states, with Cross River and Taraba leading.

    Ms Jessica Akinrogbe, the Senior Emergency Response Officer, NCDC, made the centre’s position known at the monthly meeting of WASH in Emergency Working Group in Abuja.

    She said a total of 1,359 confirmed cases were reported from January 2022 till date.

    She added that no fewer than 31 deaths were recorded in 15 states, including Cross River, Taraba, Borno, Bayelsa, Adamawa, Kebbi, Rivers, Ondo and Lagos.

    She said “out of these states, Cross River and Taraba had the highest cases of 558 and 282 respectively.’’

    Akinrogbe said that the centre had deployed rapid response teams to the states to curtail the spread, adding that with the approaching rainy season, efforts must be geared toward preventing recurrence.

    She called on the states to step up their cholera preparedness and response plan and build capacities to manage emergencies.

    Mr Olu-Daniels Ibiyemi, the Deputy Director, WASH Response and Collaboration, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, said the Federal Government had started intervention activities in Kano and Katsina states.

    He said the two states were also part of the cholera hotspot sites, saying the ministry would continue to support states through advocacy and coordination and urged the states to take responsibility on preparedness and response plan.

    Ibiyemi said “it is not the duty of the Federal Government to provide water and sanitation facilities to states, but to give support through advocacy.’’

    The deputy director added that efforts were on to follow up states to finalise their cholera preparedness and response plan, saying this would help in mitigation efforts.

    The UNICEF Chief of WASH, Ms Jane Bevan, said states required clear coordination and response plans to manage emergency situations, “so that
    when emergencies happen, they can quickly see who needed to be contacted, what responses to be given in terms of clean water.

    “This also include actions to be taken to sensitise people on safe water use and hygiene behaviours to minimise spread of the outbreak’’.

    Bevan added that it was impressive to see that the Federal Government had taken responsibility of coordination with the establishment of WASH in emergency working group.

    Mr Rangaiya Kanaganathan, the Head of Department, WASH, Action Against Hunger, said the organisation had strengthened coordination with the National Cholera Technical Working Group.

    He said such coordination ensured the training of volunteers, health workers on cholera response in focal states of Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Jigawa, Kano and Sokoto states.

    He added that “18 cholera kits were distributed to hotspot local government areas, while 5,813 households received water treatment chemicals.

    “A total of 107 persons (60 males and 47 females) were trained on hygiene and sanitation promotion, water quality monitoring, water schemes operation and maintenance, while 40 water points were chlorinated.’’