Taraba Facts

... Mubaraq To Appeal The Judgment of FHC? A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State capital, on Tuesday, sacked the Member representing Bali/Gasol federal constituency in the National Assembly, Hon. Mubarak Gembo. The presiding judge, Justice Simon Amonbita, in his four-hour ruling, ordered that the Certificate of Return issued to Gembo by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) be withdrawn immediately. The Judge noted that unless a candidate participates in the process of an election, he or she can not be issued a certificate of return by INEC as in the case of Gembo. The court further ordered Gembo to stop parading himself as the Member representing Bali, Gasol federal constituency in the House of Representatives. The presiding judge also ordered Gembo to return all the monies collected by him as salary and allowances since assumption of office as Member of House of Representatives since he used fraudulent means of obtaining the certificate of return from I...

The Taraba State government has approved the upward review of the 82 kilometer Mararaba-Baissa Abong road from over 5billion naira to over 6billion naira. Commissioner of Information and Reorientation  Danjuma Adda announced this after the State Executive Council Meeting headed by Governor Darius Ishaku said the review was approved in view of the significance of the road. He stated that the Mararaba￾Baissa Abong road project is very critical to the heart of the State Governor because of the potency for economic growth as a result of the Mambilla Hydro Power Project. The Commissioner assured people of the State of timely completion of the project. Explaining further, Commissioner of Works Irimiya Ibrahim Hammanjulde  disclosed that the upward review of the contract followed increase in the initial contract by CCECC Construction Company handling one of the three lots as a result of inflation and cost of construction materials. He said the road is very important because of its cl...

Panic gripped residents of Jalingo, Taraba State  capital over raising cases of missing persons reported in the metropolis in recent time as one among the latest victim was found slaughtered to death in a maize farm within the state capital. According to unconfirmed reports 26 People were Lost in Taraba State out of which 13 are from Jalingo three people were found murdered and the rest are still missing. Taraba Truth and Facts Newspaper gathered that most cases of missing persons happens in the night, ATC, New CBN Bye Pass and other isolated areas around J alingo Mr Sulaiman Musa Kantiyel, a Taxi driver whose house is located at Anguwan Gaadi, in the heart of Jalingo went missing on Thursday16 October when he left his house at about 10 pm for his Taxi job, which he runs due to the night restriction on tricycle in the city. Suleiman’s lifeless body was found in a maize farm at Deeper Life Camp Bye￾Pass on two days later with his hands to his back and slaughtered in cold blood....

  Vehicles plying Takum, the country home of Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of Taraba and the road leading to Ussa local government council, were earlier today left stranded when floods took over the roads. The flood, caused by a heavy downpour also brought business activities in the two local governments to a standstill as access to businesses premises were totally blocked. Houses and other valuables including farm produce, were not spared. Some residents were also forced to relocate to public places following the flood. Commenting on the incident a member representing Ussa Constituency in the state House of Assembly Habila Anderufun , asked the state government to as a matter of urgency come to the aides of affected persons. He said ”So many residential houses have being affected the situation is making life difficult for the people ” He called on the state government to direct the state road construction and maintenance agency to rehabilitate the roads to ease the trauma faced b...

  Dreams of no fewer than Nine Hundred and eighty students who were duly admitted into the Taraba State University to pursue their academics have been dashed. This followed their inability to register within the specified period of time and participate in the just-concluded matriculation exercise carried out by the institution. The school Vice-Chancellor, Professor Vincent Ado Tenebe who confirmed the withdrawal of their admission letters, said out of the 5,870 students recently given admission, only 4, 890 only 4, 890 registered and took the matriculation oath. DAILY POST findings showed that 980 of the students admitted did not register or physically appear during the matriculation. By the institution’s tradition, the students who had failed to present themselves for the matriculation, automatically lose their admissions into the institution. ” This is because matriculation is the actual induction and oath-taking to verify that one has become a bonafide student of an institution,...

Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of Taraba State has agreed that former employees of the defunct Nigerian Beverages production company limited will all be paid their entitlements. The gesture, he said, will reach out to those who have been identified by the committee earlier put in place to screen former workers of the defunct company which is located in Kakara community of Sardauna council of the state. The governor, who stated this on Friday while receiving the report of the ex-gratia payment of backlog of salaries owed the ex-staff of the Highland Tea, said the company has assisted the state in reducing the high rate of youth unemployment in the state. Demonstrating his resolve to settle the entitlements of the former workers of the beverages company, the sum of N30 million, he said has been approved by his administration for the payments. Elated by the reduction in unemployment with the company “in Kakara” he said “our women and youths are gainfully employed.” Stressing how his decis...

  After a mid-term performance review, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday dismissed two ministers. Out are Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Sabo Nanono and Minister of Power Saleh Mamman. the President redeployed Minister of Environment Muhammed Mahmood Abubakar, who replaces Nanono in Agriculture Ministry and Minister of State (Works and Housing) Abubakar Aliyu to take over from Mamman in the Power Ministry. Ministers were shocked when the announcement was made at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. Sources told  The Nation  that the ministers were fired for poor performance and unfavourable security report on their activities. The erstwhile Power minister missed the power generation target. He failed to take it beyond where it was when he took over,” a source explained. Nanono, the former Agriculture Minister, was found to have reversed the gains made by the ministry between 2015 and 2019. Unknown to other ministers, President had informed the...

  Anxiety mounted in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State when the news of the sack of Sale Mammah as minister for power by President Muhammadu Buhari filtered in. Some party members in the state who spoke to LEADERSHIP said the news came as a shock, stating that the president must search for another committed APC member to refill the position. Though the chairman APC Taraba State Ibrahim El-Suldi refused to comment on the sack of the minister, LEADERSHIP gathered that some of the top members of the party were already in a rush to Abuja to push for replacement. “I don’t have a comment now. El-Suldi stated when contacted. Chief David Sabo Kente, a staunch member of the party and APC governorship hopeful described the sack as shock, he said Taraba State chapter of APC did not expect the news as at the time it came. “The prerogative of the appointment of a minister lies in the hands of the president, though it is shocking to some of us because he is one of us and...