Taraba Facts

  A mentor of mine would always say that “if you jump up, you will come down. If you however, grow up, you will stay there.” Gravity, as amazing as it is, has a hold on almost everything in the universe except growth. It does not matter how strong, young or dynamic you are, gravity will fasten her claws around you until you submit, except of course, you are growing.  Think about it. When I was a little boy, I used to be extremely intrigued by the motor car. I believed it to be a thing of magic. I considered my father a magician for possessing the knowledge that made the magic box move. He had acquired a green Mercedes Benz 200 when I was quite little, and the car was so sleek, I would have packed all my things to live inside it were it not for my Father’s stern look and my Mother’s watchful gaze.  Soon enough, I started to observe whoever it was that drove the car. Their legs touched some things, and their hands pushed the little stick hanging in the middle. I had no idea...

‎ The Wukari Federation of Muslim Ummah has appealed to the Federal Government to take urgent step to put an end to incessant crises in Wukari area of Taraba State in which scores of people have lost their lives and properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed. Briefing journalists in Abuja on yesterday, the president, Wukari Federation of Muslim Ummah, Malam Saany Sule Sale said the latest in the crises occurred on Sunday November 8, 2015 when some unknown gunmen stormed the Muslim community in Wukari and other surrounding villages in Gindin Dorowa, Jibu and Chinkai and in the wake of attack some residents were sent to their untimely graves. Sale said the timely intervention of the military on the day “saved the Muslim population of the town from total annihilation limiting their casualty figure to eight person, 20 seriously wounded and over 400 commercial buildings belonging to Muslims totally destroyed.” Sale said the attack which started in 2013 has resulted in the deat...