Suspected gunmen, on Monday night, kidnapped Chief Alhaji Umaru Abubakar Nyala, a second-class chief in Pupule, Taraba State, his pregnant wife and 15 others at Pupule town in Yorro Local Government Area of the state. The Informant247 gathered that the gunmen, numbering over 20, invaded the palace of the Chief of Kwaji at Pupule at…
A Catholic Priest of Wukari Catholic Diocese, Thaddeus Terhembe, has been abducted by suspected gunmen in Taraba State. According to the Communication Officer of the Catholic Diocese of Wukari, John Jerome, in a statement on Sunday, the priest was abducted in his parish at Saint Ann’s Parish, Sarkin Kudu, in the Ibi Local Government Area…
Justice G.A Sunmonu-led Taraba governorship election petition tribunal has upheld the election of Kefas Agbu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the state’s duly elected governor. Justice Sunmonu, in a judgment delivered on Saturday, dismissed the petition filed by Muhammad Yahaya and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for lacking merit. The Independent National…
Dr. Agbu Kefas, the Taraba State Governor, on Sunday, approved a N75,000 welfare package for National Youth Service Corps members serving in schools across the state. In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Re-orientation, Zainab Usman Jalingo, in Jalingo, said the governor has approved significant allowances for NYSC corps members serving in…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday were reported to have killed a housewife and wounded her husband in Jalingo, Taraba state capital. SP Usman Abdullahi, spokesman of Taraba Police Command, while confirming the incident to newsmen in a telephone interview, explained that the incident happened at Mile 6 area of Jalingo metropolis in the…
Four new states, namely Kaduna, Nasarawa, Taraba and Gombe States have been enlisted into the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission. Abubakar Yelwa, Managing Director of the commission, made the disclosure on Monday during a five-day capacity-building workshop on a social standards short course held in Kaduna State. According to the HYPPADEC boss, the admission…
The Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, on Friday declared primary and Secondary School education as Free in the State. Kefas, who made the declaration at the Ebenezer Primary School in Wukari, said that starting from the next academic session, primary and secondary education in Taraba State will be free. The governor also emphasized that it…
The member-elect for Jalingo, Yorro, Zing constituency in Taraba State, Ismaila Yushau Maihanchi, has died. The newly elected member of the national assembly reportedly died on Saturday April 22 in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). While breaking the sad news in a statement released on Saturday, the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Andeta’rang…
2 police officers lost their lives while 2 other persons got injured in a clash between soldiers and police officers in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state on Monday, March 20. Those who witnessed the scenario said a minor misunderstanding between the members of the armed forces, who were securing the headquarters of INEC in…
The family members of a traditional ruler in Taraba State have been recovered dead days after being kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The sad development was confirmed by the Chief of Mutumbiyu Justices Chiefdom in Taraba State, Justice Sani Muhammed (rtd), on Saturday, February 4, 2023. The Informant247 recalls that the spokesperson of the state police command, Usman…
The house Taraba State House of Assembly has elected the member representing the Zing constituency, John Kizito Bonzina, as the new Speaker. It could be recalled that the former speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Joseph Albasu Kunini was on Wednesday resigned his position. Kunini who was elected on the platform of the Peoples…
Prof. Joseph Albasu Kunini, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, has tendered his resignation letter on personal ground. The resignation letter which was forwarded to his colleagues on Wednesday was read by the Deputy Speaker, Hammanadama Ibn-Abdullahi. It was gathered that the deputy Speaker acted in the capacity of the Speaker pro-tempo during the…
The Court of Appeal in Yola on Thursday, reinstated Aishatu Binani and Emmanuel Bwacha as the governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa and Taraba states respectively. The Appeal Court has ruled out the High Court judgment which earlier cancelled the primary elections which produced the two as the governorship candidates in…
One Yusuf, a member of a vigilante group in Jada Local Government Area of Taraba State has been gunned down by his stepson, Suugbomsumen Adamu, while testing the efficiency of gun charms. A source informed newsmen that the stepson was directed by the victim to shoot him after putting on the charm around his stomach….
Taraba State Governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku was on Thursday booed while in Donga local government council to coronate and present the staff of office to the Gara-Donga of Donga, Sanvalla Varzoa Shimbura Gargbanyi ( ll). Ishaku was booed when he stood up to pay homage to former Minister of Defense, Theophilus Y. Danjuma. Armed with…
Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku on Sunday said he would not pay Taraba university lecturers who joined the lingering strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Ishaku stated this in Jalingo during the combined service of TAKAN/ECWA 3rd quarter service, saying Taraba varsity lecturers have no reason to join ASSU strike. He noted…
Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo on Tuesday nullified the governorship primary election that produced Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha as the candidate of the party in the 2023 election. Justice Amobeda in his ruling in a case filed by one of the governorship aspirants, Chief David Sabo Kente directed the Independent…
The Taraba State Government has told the Federal Government to refund it for the money spent so far on federal roads across the state. While making the appeal on Saturday, during a media parley in Jalingo, the state capital of Taraba State, the Commissioner of Works, Irimiya Hammanjulde, revealed that if the money, is refunded,…
Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, ordered free treatment for victims of a terrorist attack in the state on Friday. The Governor, through his deputy, Haruna Manu, on Monday ordered free treatment for the victims. He made this revelation during his visit to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jalingo, the state capital, where the victims…
Bandits have again killed no fewer than sixteen persons in different communities of Taraba State. It was learnt that the bandits stormed the communities in their numbers at the weekend and whisked away several persons. Communities invaded by the attackers are Gidado and Garinkuka villages in Gunduma district of Mutum-Biyu chiefdom in Gassol Local Government…
