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Toll-free hotline for reporting of religious freedom violations launched in Taraba

NewsDeskNgOct 12, 2024October 12, 20240

A toll-free hotline geared at encouraging residents to report violations of religious freedom in Taraba State has been launched. The initiative was introduced on Saturday during the screening of the movie, ‘Bridging the Abyss’, in Jalingo, the state capital. Our reporter gathered that the initiative is part of ongoing efforts...

Peace Committee condemns Taraba killings, calls for urgent action

NewsDeskNgAug 12, 2024August 12, 20240

The Taraba Independent Peace Committee has expressed sadness and outrage over continuous attacks and killings in some parts of the state. Making the condemnation on Tuesday while reacting to the gruesome killings of six passengers in Takum LGA by unknown gunmen, the group called on the Taraba and Benue governments...

PDP zones chairmanship position to Taraba Central

NewsDeskNgJul 13, 2024July 13, 20240

The Taraba State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, has finally resolved to zone the state chairmanship position to the Central geopolitical zone of the state. The unanimous decision was taken on Saturday at the caucus meeting of the party which took place at the Government House in Jalingo,...

Families of Taraba fishermen allegedly killed in Anambra cry out for help

NewsDeskNgJul 2, 2024July 2, 20240

Family members of 13 fishermen from Taraba State allegedly murdered by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Anambra State, have urged security agencies to apprehend those behind the killings. The families who also expressed concern at the alleged inability of both the Taraba and the federal...

Taraba Sallah killings: Police, community differ over number of casualties

NewsDeskNgJun 17, 2024June 17, 20240

The Taraba State Command of the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, has confirmed a clash between farmers and herders in Bali Local Government Area of the state. What is however not certain is the number of casualties that was recorded as the community and the police have continued to reveal different...

NLC, TUC cripple govt activities in Taraba, shut banks

NewsDeskNgJun 3, 2024June 3, 20240

Government agencies across Taraba State were grounded on Monday due to the indefinite strike embarked on by organized labour. The premises of various banks spread across the state were also sealed by labour leaders who were bent on enforcing the strike. Some of the labour leaders who spoke with our...

Troops nab six suspected kidnappers, reject N2m bribe in Taraba

NewsDeskNgMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240

Six suspected kidnappers have been captured in Taraba State by troops of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army. The suspects, according to the Acting Assistant Director 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Oni Olubodunde, were nabbed in separate operations carried out within the state. He said, acting on a tip-off, troops from...

Gov Kefas decries blackout in Taraba, condemns delay in power restoration

NewsDeskNgMay 9, 2024May 9, 20240

Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has expressed concern over the disruption in electricity supply caused by the alleged vandalization of four transmission line towers along the Jos-Gombe 330kV line. The disruption which occurred on 22 April 2024, has left the state in total blackout for almost three weeks. The governor,...

NSCDC parades 2 for phone theft in Taraba

NewsDeskNgJan 3, 2023January 3, 20230

Two suspects alleged to have been terrorising Di-Nyavoh community areas of Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, and its environs, have been apprehended by the state command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. The suspect paraded before newsmen on Tuesday in the command’s headquarters, were arrested following the...

Why we suspended our party chairman -Taraba PRP

NewsDeskNgJan 3, 2023January 3, 20230

The leadership of the Taraba State Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has finally broken their silence on why the party’s chairman, Abdullahi Maikasuwa, was suspended from office. In an interactive session with newsmen on Tuesday, in Jalingo, the party alleged that the chairman had on many occasions been involved in “corrupt...