Yet to be identified gunmen on Wednesday morning kidnapped a member representing Nguroje Constituency in the Taraba House of Assembly, Barr. Bashir Mohammed. It was gathered that Mohammed was kidnapped from his residence at about 1am. The lawmaker was the Chairman of the House Committee on Information.More details shortly…
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No fewer than four persons killed on Saturday by unknown gunmen suspected to be Jukun militias invaded Tor-Iorshaer community, Rafinkada ward in the Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. It was gathered that the victims recently returned to their community based on the directives given to them by the state government. The gunmen, who
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At least five students of Holy Ghost Secondary School, Pave Chanchji, in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State have been killed by a special force of the Nigerian Army stationed in the community. It was gathered that one Mr Matthew, a teacher in the school, got married to one of his students named Ngufa
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House wife abducted on Saturday, four days after she gave birth by armed men suspected to be kidnappers at Namne village in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State. it was gathered that Zainab Buba, a 25-year-old house wife gave birth to a baby boy four days ago and was kidnapped from her room at
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Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have eliminated four-armed militia men at Rafin Kada in Wukari Local Government Area and Yojaa in Donga Local Government Area of Taraba. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the troops operated under the Operation Accord. Enenche said the troops
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The news around town is that Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of Taraba State has joined the league of governors that run their states’ affairs from either the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) or overseas. But what people of the state find upsetting, however, is his failure to hand over power to his deputy before leaving. The situation
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Three people were reportedly killed and houses burnt following a bloody clash between Fulani and Tiv farmers in Pangari village of Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State on Monday. A local resident, Pius Gura, told newsmen that a Fulani herder reportedly invaded a beans farm belonging to a Tiv farmer, Mr Dooior James, in
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Unknown Gunmen on Friday invaded Dan-Anacha village in the Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, killing four people and burning homes. There has been uneasy calm in Dan-Anacha following the renaming of the village by the state government from Dan-Anacha to Kwararafa. Tiv have been locked in a fierce battle with Jukun over who owns the village. Residents told our
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