Tag: Taraba
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Tears as thunder kills siblings in Taraba
Three siblings were on Tuesday struck to death by thunder while their mother, Justina Nyavoro, who sustained injuries is receiving treatment in the hospital. The incident occurred at about 5.30 pm in Pupule village, Yorro local government when Justina and her three children were returning from the farm. According to a source in…
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Court summons Gov. Ishaku, service chiefs, others over frequent Taraba clashes
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered Governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku, to appear before it over allegations of bias levelled against him in setting up a probe panel on the incessant communal clashes between the Jukun and Tiv Tribes in the state. Also summoned are the four service chiefs of the country and…
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Tragic! Gunmen kill popular Taraba school owner
The family of Danlami Shamaki, the proprietor of Winners Comprehensive High School Jalingo, have been thrown in mourning as Shamaki was killed by gunmen on Sunday. According to an eyewitness the late Shamaki was returning from Abuja in his Toyota Jeep at about 5pm with three other people when they ran into a group of…
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Taraba kidnap: Why we did not arraign Army collaborators of Wadume – Malami
Malami disclosed this on Friday in Abuja through a statement by Dr. Umar Gwandu, his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations. Malami said what his office did was to sever the charges in view of the unavailability of the soldiers who in their own case needed to be released by the military authorities, as…
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FG arraigns alleged Taraba kidnap kingpin, Wadume, 6 others
The Federal Government on Monday, arraigned alleged Taraba kidnap kingpin, Bala Hamisu (aka Wadume), and six other defendants on 13 counts bordering on terrorism. When the matter was called, the prosecuting counsel, Mr Shuiabu Labaran prayed the court to have the charge read to the defendants. He, however told the court that the defendants were…
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Taraba discharges all Coronavirus patients, says no more active case
The Taraba State Government on Tuesday said it has discharge all coronavirus patients from its isolation centre after they recovered from the virus. As at Monday, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, recorded 17 confirmed Coronavirus cases for Taraba, with one discharged so far. But Taraba’s Deputy Governor, Haruna Manu, said the patients were…
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Female COVID-19 patient escapes from Isolation Centre in Taraba
A female patient, who tested positive for COVID-19 in Taraba State, has escaped from the isolation centre. The state Commissioner for Health and Chairman of state’s Technical Committee on COVID-19, Innocent Vakkai, disclosed this while briefing journalists in the Taraba’s capital, Jalingo, on Saturday. Vakkai identified the patient at large as Tatu Idris, noting however,…
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Ishaku reacts as Taraba records six confirmed COVID-19 cases at once
Six persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Taraba state. The news of the six confirmed cases was reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), after samples taken from the victims who are being quarantined at the NYSC Isolation Center, Sibre, tested positive. Governor Darius Ishaku also confirmed the report in a state…
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Taraba: Ishaku’s two-term Commissioner, Senlo dies
Taraba State Commissioner for Rural Electrification, Mr. Alexander Markus Senlo is dead. The commissioner reportedly died on Monday after a brief illness. Danjuma Adamu, Commissioner for Information confirmed Senlo’s death on Monday. He told the Sun that the state was “deeply saddened by his sudden death at a time his wealth of knowledge and expertise…
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Gov. Ishaku prohibits kissing, other social activities
Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba on Saturday ordered the immediate shutdown of schools and all social gatherings of more than 20 persons including Mosques and Churches across the state to check the spread of coronavirus (Covid -19). The governor in a State Broadcast said the decision had become imperative following the global threat by Covid…