The Taraba State Government has announced the temporary closure of the Danbaba Suntai Airport in Jalingo to facilitate ongoing upgrade works aimed at modernising the facility. This is contained in a press statement released by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Transportation Development, Kwantar Genesis, and made available to journalists in Jalingo on Friday. According to the statement, the closure which …

Troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have nabbed a kidnap kingpin suspect in Lau local government area of Taraba state. The suspect identified as Suleiman Ahmad a local of Bomanda village is said to have orchestrated the kidnap of 20 persons within Lau local council, and extorted over N70 million from his victims. The …

Troops of 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Jalingo, have recovered 118 cows from bandits operating in the Karim Lamido Local Government Area of the state. Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Captain Oni Olubodunde, in a statement, Saturday, said seven suspected terrorists have also been rounded up while caches of weapons were also recovered in separate operations. …

The Taraba State Police Command has stated that three children died in Didango Geita village, Karim Lamido Local Government Area of the state following a suspected “accidental discharge” from a dane gun. The state Commissioner of Police, David Iloyonomon said this while refuting claims made by some villagers who attributed the deaths to an explosion from Improvised Explosive Devices. Iloyonomon …

The Taraba State government has said that it would pay a one-time N50,000 medical allowance, a N25,000 accommodation allowance per term, and a monthly N10,000 to members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state. In a statement on Sunday, the state Commissioner for Information and Reorientation, Mr. Zainab Usman said that the N50,000 medical allowance would be …

Eighteen registered political parties have signified their interest to participate in the forthcoming local government elections in Taraba State. At a meeting with heads of media organisations in the state on Tuesday, the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (TSIEC), Philip Duwe said that over 2,222,000 eligible voters would be participating in the exercise. Duwe said the figure was …

An 18-year-old girl has been reportedly raped and killed by yet to be identified criminal gangs in Taraba State. The name of the victim was given as Wassa Joel Tuwa. A family source, Ayuba Solomon Bissa, who spoke with newsmen in Jalingo, the State capital, said the victim who hailed from Yorro Local Government Council of the State was gang-raped …

Governor of Taraba State, Agbu Kefas on Friday declared free education in all primary and secondary schools with effect from the next academic session to cushion the effects of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit known as petrol. The decision came barely 48 hours after announcing the reduction of university school fees by 50 per cent to cushion …

Taraba State Governor, Lt. Col. Agbu Kefas (rtd.) has signed Executive Order No. Three suspending all mining activities in the state. The action, according to the governor, became necessary given the danger it poses to the ecosystem, leading to the exploitation of vulnerable communities and increased crime rate, contributing to social unrest, and affecting the revenue generation of the state. …

The Gassol 1 Constituency Stakeholders and Elders Forum in Taraba State on Sunday demanded that Governor Darius Ishaku “follow the decision of the court and suspend all proceedings on the creation of Kwararafa Chiefdom and appointment of a new chief”. In a press release by the spokesman for the forum, Hamman Tukur-Kawu, the group said that it had in 2019 vehemently …