Posts tagged as: Taraba State

Policemen Reject  N8.5m Bribe From Suspected Kidnapper

LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Taraba State Police Command on Tuesday says its officers rejected a bribe of over N8.5 million offered them after they intercepted a vehicle in Jalingo, the state capital. Joseph Eribo, the state commissioner of police disclosed this while parading some suspects at the state police headquarters in Jalingo. According to the […]

Mobile Policemen Reject N8.5m Bribe From Suspected Kidnapper In Taraba State

LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A team of mobile police officers attached to the 40 Police Mobile Force in Jalingo, rejected a bribe of eight million, five hundred thousand Naira (8,500,000:00) offered to them by a suspected kidnapper. Taraba State Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Eribo, disclosed this while parading some suspected criminals. He said the suspected […]

NYSC Members Teaching In Schools To Receive Special Allowance Of N85,000 In Taraba

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government of Taraba State has announced its decision to 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 in the state. The Taraba State Commissioner for Information and Reorientation, Zainab Usman, disclosed this development in a […]

APC Expels Senator-Elect For Gross Anti-Party Activities

LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator-elect, David Jimkuta, has been expelled from the All Progressives Congress (APC), over allegations of gross anti-party activities. The Taraba State Chapter of the party in the Takum Local Government Area made this known in a letter dated April 7th, 2023 and signed by the party’s council chairman, Honourable Sirajo Sallau. […]

Eight University Students Travelling For Election Die In Ghastly Auto-Crash

LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight students of Madonna University, Elele, Rivers State have reportedly died in an auto crash on their way to Taraba State from Port Harcourt. According to reports, the students were travelling home from school on account of the forthcoming general election. An eyewitness, Matthew Mbam, said the incident happened on Saturday, February […]

APC Gov Candidate’s Campaign Coordinator Dies In Car Crash

LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, Emmanuel Bwacha, is mourning following the demise of his campaign coordinator in the Karim-Lamido local government council, Abdullahi Kanti. Kanti was said to have lost his life in a car accident which occurred along Lau road on Tuesday while driving […]

Court Annuls APC Gubernatorial Primary In Taraba State

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Taraba State on Tuesday nullified the state governorship primary election that produced Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election. The case was filed by one of the governorship aspirants, David Sabo Kente. Justice Simon Amobeda in his ruling […]

Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Bombing Taraba Market, Says About 30 Killed Or Hurt

LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Islamic State claimed responsibility for an explosion that it said killed or injured 30 people at a market where alcohol was sold in Taraba State, Nigeria, marking an expansion of the area where the extremist group operates in the country. Northeast Nigeria, especially the states of Borno and Yobe, have been in […]

Three Killed, Nineteen Injured As Bomb Explosion Rocks Drinking Joint In Taraba

LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three persons have been confirmed killed following a bomb explosion that rocked a drinking joint at a cattle market in Iware Community, a suburb of Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State. At least 19 other persons have also been confirmed injured and receiving treatment at various health centres […]

Pandemonium As Gunmen Invade Taraba Market In Broad Daylight, Abduct Traders

LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium at the Pakri grain market in the Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State as men armed with sophisticated weapons invaded the market and abducted three grain merchants.  It was gathered that the gunmen, numbering up to twelve, invaded the market situated along Jalingo-Bali Road in the early hours […]

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