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Views: 205 President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku; and the Taraba State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Friday, expressed grief over the death of a former Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, who died in Cairo, Egypt, aged 61. They spoke in separate statements extolling the virtues of the deceased, who served as a senator and was a former Taraba State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress.  Buha...

Ex-Minister Aisha Alhassan for burial Sunday Published 8 May 2021 The remains of the former Minister of Women Affairs and Child Development, Sen. Aisha Jummai Alhassan, would arrive Jalingo, the Taraba State capital from Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday for burial, the family has said. Media aide to the late former Minister, Mr. Bala Muhammed, told journalists in Jalingo that the corpse of the late Minister and a two-time governorship candidate in Taraba would arrive the State capital Jalingo (her home ...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Plans to fly back to Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, the remains of the late former Minister of Women Affairs, Senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan, have been concluded. DAILY POST gathered that the remains of the former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general election, who died on Friday in Egypt is due to be flown in to the state tomorrow for internment. Her media aide, Bala Muhammed, who made this known in a chat with our c...

Vanguard News Mama Taraba: Nigeria has lost an asset — Gov Ishaku On By Femi Bolaji, Jalingo The governor of Taraba state, Darius Ishaku has condoled with the family of Aisha Alhassan over the demise of the ex-minister. The governor who expressed shock after news broke that Alhassan passed away, said it was a personal loss to him. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Bala Dan Abu, Ishaku described the late minister as a woman of great courage whose death has left a v...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Joseph Albasu Kunini, has commiserated with the people Bandawa community in Karim Lamido Local Government Council of the state over the last Monday fire disaster which did not only destroy properties worth millions of naira, but also claimed the lives of two persons. Represented by the National President of Bakula Kwararafa Cultural Development Association, Prof. Nick Namessan, at the Palace of the District Head of ...

Wole Ayodele in Jalingo The Victim Support Fund (VSF) Task Force on Covid-19, on Friday handed over three Solar boreholes to three selected schools spread across the three senatorial districts of Taraba State. Also presented to the schools are four hand wash stations, 2000 pieces of reusable facemasks, five pieces of four litre hand sanitisers and 120 bottles of 500ml liquid hand wash as well as five cartons of bleach. The three beneficiary schools in Taraba are Government Day Secondary School,...

The Nigerian Mission in Cairo, Egypt, announced the passing of the former minister and Senator. President Buhari said: “The demise of the notable politician, Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan has left many saddened. “Both in office and out of office, her concern for the education of the girl child, especially those of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, who were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists, shone through. “Her death is a huge loss not only to the female gender activist community but to ...

Insecurity: Sen Bwacha defending the indefensible, police have done their job ― Taraba commissioner Insecurity: Sen Bwacha defending the indefensible, police have done their job ― Taraba commissioner •Police not sponsored by gov Ishaku Share Taraba State commissioner for information and reorientation, Barr Danjuma Adamu has said, senator Emmanuel Bwacha was, on Wednesday, in the house of Senate, defending the indefensible against the police legitimate action in Taraba. Adamu stated this...

EFCC detains Taraba officials over alleged N21billion fraud The suspects are being detained at the EFCC’s headquarters in Abuja over their alleged roles in the questionable withdrawal of N21 billion naira from the state coffers. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)has arrested three officials of the Taraba State Government over a N21 billion scam, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. The state officials, according to EFCC sources who sought not to be named because they have not been auth...

Share The Former Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Aisha Alhassan, known as ‘Maman Taraba’ has died in Cairo, Egypt on Friday. A close associate of the deceased, Comrade Salisu Musa disclosed this to newsmen in a statement that she died in Egypt after a protracted illness. “Aisha Jummai Alhassan was a prominent Nigerian politician who is a former minister of women affairs and former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Taraba North Senatorial District, the statement stressed. �...