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N39bn corruption allegation against gov Ishaku fake, Group defends N39bn corruption allegation against gov Ishaku fake, Group defends Share The Taraba concerned youth forum, on Thursday, said the 39 billion naira corruption allegation against governor Darius Ishaku being submitted to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), was fake and was calculated to mislead Tarabans. The group stated this during a press briefing in Jalingo, they alleged that the deputy Senate minority leader an...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The leadership of the Taraba Concerned Youths Forum (TCYF), has called on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to as a matter of urgency investigate the petition written and submitted to its headquarters on allegations of corrupt practices leveled against the deputy Senate minority leader, Emmanuel Bwacha. The petition, which according to them was written by the Southern Taraba concerned youths against the Senator representing the southern part of the ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 May 2021 Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State has said the 3,000 teachers he hired at the beginning of his administration transformed the education sector in the state. Ishaku stated this in Yola against the background of the improvement in the performance of students sitting the West African Senior School Examination and the National Examination Council exams in the state. The success rate of Taraba students in the two exams recently moved from 25 to 85...

Buhari mourns ex-minister Alhassan, says she will be missed Stephen Angbulu, Abuja Published 12 May 2021 The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on Tuesday mourned with the people of Taraba State over the death of a former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan. In a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari said Alhassan’s death left a gaping void in Nigerian politics. The President w...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved new security measures for the South-east and South-south regions. This was disclosed by the acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, after a security meeting in Abuja presided over by the president. Mr Baba briefed journalists alongside the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno; and the Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor. He, however, refused to disclose the new measures, saying a decision was reached at the meeting not to, henceforth, publ...

Resident doctors, organized labour strike hampers COVID-19 vaccination in Taraba Published The recent strike embarked by the Taraba State chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) and subsequently by the entire public servants in the State has no doubt prevented the state government from meeting its target of vaccinating 50,000 persons against the COVID-19 pandemic. Though suspended, the strike which did not only paralyze both public and private activities, made it impossible for som...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The press centre of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Taraba State council, was on Tuesday filled to capacity as members of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) embarked on a prayer session for the country. Also observed to support NAWOJ to seek God’s intervention in the present security situation in the country are members of the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), Federation of Muslim Women, among others. Led by the state chairperson...

The remains of Nigeria’s former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development Aisha Alhassan has been laid to rest at the Jekada-Fari Cemetery in Jalingo. The corpse arrived Jalingo through Danbaba Suntai Airport at 5:15pm and was received by the deputy Governor Haruna Manu, family, friends and political associates. A funeral prayer was offered for the repose of her soul at the Emir of Muri Palace, after which the internment held Mama Taraba, as she was fondly called, died on Friday, May 7...

President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday joined the people of Taraba State in their moment of grief as they mourn Hajiya Aisha Jummai Alhassan, former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, saying that her death leaves a huge void in Nigerian politics. Represented by a delegation led by Engineer Abubakar Aliyu, Minister of State, Works and Housing, President Buhari told her bereaved father, Alh Abubakar Ibrahim OON, Sarkin Ayyukan Muri, the Emir of Muri, Alhaji Abbas Tafida and the Taraba...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 10 May 2021 Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, in this interview with FRIDAY OLOKOR, explains the relevance of the scheme to national development Some critics believe that the NYSC is indirectly fuelling unemployment in Nigeria because there are employers that rely on corps members every time there is mobilisation rather than employing permanent workers. How do you address this? Not at all. The NYSC is not fuelling un...