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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 2 March 2021 The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Taraba State University Chapter, on Tuesday, declared an indefinite strike after its meeting. The chapter Chairman, Dr Samuel Shikaa, said this while addressing journalists shortly after the meeting. Shikaa said the union resolved to embark on the industrial action to demand compliance to an agreement the state government and the university management signed with the union. “Taraba State University has ...

Mar 2, 2021 Share FOLLOWING the rise in the cost of foodstuffs across the country, the Nigerian Tribune, on Monday, took a survey of prices in different markets in the country and found that insecurity, extortion, climate change, among others are reasons for the skyrocketing prices of food commodities.  From southern states to those in the North, the experience is the same, as prices of food items soar.  In Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, prices of cow meat rise, with Alhaji Sule Esa Mohammed, state...

ASUU declares indefinite strike in Taraba Varsity On By Femi Bolaji The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Taraba State University chapter, Tuesday declared an indefinite strike after a meeting of the association. Addressing newsmen shortly after the meeting, the Institution’s ASUU Chairman, Dr. Samuel Shikaa, said the association resolved to embark on the industrial action to demand compliance to an agreement the state government and the university management signed with the associ...

Rival Farmers, Herders in Taraba State The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with a coalition of international and local partners, successfully concluded a community-driven conflict mitigation intervention to restore peaceful coexistence among farmers and herders in vulnerable communities of Nigeria. Called Engaging Local Actors to Promote Peaceful Coexistence among Farmers and Herders in Taraba State (ELAPC), the activity focused on 10 communities across four lo...

KILLING FIELDS: 1,525 Nigerians killed in six weeks of 2021 On …South-East most peaceful zone, North-West deadliest By Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor AS flames of violence and other forms of lives guzzling insecurity flicker in many parts of the country, Nigeria has literally become a killing field. In the first six weeks of 2021, lives of no fewer than 1, 525 persons have been wasted across the country Vanguard’s investigation, and data obtained from the Nigeria Security Tracker, NST, ...

The Union is demanding protection of its members, and payment of N475 billion compensation for lives of members and properties lost during the #EndSARS protest and the Shasa market crisis in Ibadan. It also demands the dismantling of all roadblocks on federal highways where their members are harassed and money extorted from them by security operatives. The strike entails closing all routes between the North and South for vehicles conveying cattle and food items. Such vehicles are stopped from r...

Timeline: How 1,525 Nigerians were killed in six weeks On Kindly Share This Story: In the first six weeks of 2021, no fewer than 1, 525 persons have died across the country, Vanguard’s investigation and data obtained from the Nigeria Security Tracker, NST, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa programme, have shown. The 1,525-death figure, which is conservative, covers only reported cases arising from the Boko Haram insurgency, banditry, herdsmen crisis, kidnapping, communa...

Calls For Weapon Control And Sovereign National Dialogue Nigeria is fast becoming a land flowing with Tears and Blood, because the reality of Terror, devastations, destructions and fear are evident. The troubles that come to people are like the earthquake, which was followed by a Tsunami with great destruction of lives and property. The aftermath is only ruins and fear for life. We live in very uncertain times, insecurity and devastations. Our people have lost their homes, livelihood, lives an...

Group Accuses Federal Lawmaker Of Embezzling Taraba Varsitys Development Fund Fuoh was accused of siphoning hundreds of millions earmarked for the development of the Taraba State Polytechnic between 2015 and 2019 as bursar of the institution. by Saharareporters, New York Feb 27, 2021 The Taraba Concerned Citizens Forum (TCCF) has accused the lawmaker representing Saruduna, Kurumi Gashaka Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, David Fuoh, of attempting to sweep allegations of cor...

By Abujah Racheal Abuja, Feb. 27, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 600 new cases of the Coronavirus （COVID-19）, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 155, 076. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday. The agency also registered 11 COVID-19 deaths, raising the total number of fatality in the country to 1,902 NCDC stated that the new infections were registered across 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory （FCT...