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The district Head of Mbadugh/ Mbayongu in Takum local government area of Taraba State, Zaki, Thomas Yamsa has alleged that the military personnels and the

Share CLEMENT IDOKO writes on the burden of managing the rising cases of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), as the Commission, with tremendous support from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and other stakeholders, are working hard to ensure safe and secure voluntary repatriation of 4,982 from Cameroon tomorrow, February 27, 2021. Available records obtain...

Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja The Nigeria Police yesterday paraded 48 crime suspects involved in various criminal activities, including kidnapping, armed robbery, internet scam, fraud and unlawful possession of firearms. The police also recovered 47 weapon, including 14 AK- 47 rifles, two submachine guns, 18 ipads, laptops and PoS machine. Parading the suspects in Abuja, Force PRO and Commisioner of Police, Frank Mba, said the different criminal gangs of robbers and drug peddlers operated in Abuja, ...

Vanguard News Taraba Yam Market comes alive as Tiv/Jukun crisis ebbs On By Femi Bolaji JALINGO—FOR over one year, the Wukari Yam Market has been left desolate. The ever-bubbling market became a shadow of itself on account of the feud which pitched the Tiv against the Jukun in Taraba South spreading to its domain. Wukari Town, in the Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State where the Yam Market is situated, was one of the flashpoints of the ethnic feud that lasted over a year. Lives and p...

Hope rises for Taraba-based $5.8bn Mambilla hydro project On By Obas Esiedesa WHEN in November 2017, the Federal Government formally signed a $5.8 billion contract for the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project in Taraba State, it was seen as a watershed in the long history of the project that was billed to become Nigeria’s largest electricity producer with an installed capacity of 3,050 megawatts. With the engineering, procurement and construction, EPC, contracts awarded to a consortium of Ch...

 Police parade 48 suspects over alleged kidnapping, armed robbery, others  Police parade 48 suspects over alleged kidnapping, armed robbery, others Share The Nigeria Police Force, on Thursday, paraded 48 suspects nabbed for various violent crimes ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, cybercrime, money doublers to illegal possession of firearms among others. Parading the suspects before news in Abuja, the Force Public Relations Officer FPRO, CP, Frank Mba, said that the suspects were arrest...

  The Nigeria Police Force has paraded 48 suspects arrested for various crimes such as kidnapping, armed robbery, cybercrime, and cattle rustling. Parading the suspects in Abuja, police spokesman Mr. Frank Mba said the suspects – comprising 47 males and one female – were arrested in different parts of the country at different times. Some of the suspects include Aliyu Suleiman, who is 26-year-old and the leader of an armed robbery gang responsible for the attack and collection of a rifle fr...

ON THE GO COVID-19: Single-day count of infections drops to 86 — lowest tally in March Nigeria’s daily count of COVID-19 infections dropped precipitously — with 86 new cases recorded across six states and the federal capital territory (FCT), on Sunday.Advertisement The fresh cases were confirmed... $1.5bn refinery repair: Nigerians should hold me accountable for every dollar, says Sylva Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum, says Nigerians should hold him accoun...

Police nab 48 notorious criminal elements, recover 14-AK47 rifles On By Kingsley Omonobi Following the flag-off of ‘Operation Puff Adder II’ by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu on 15th February, 2021, to reinvigorate the ongoing fight against violent crimes in the country and bring the perpetrators to book, operatives of the FIB Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squad of the Force have arrested 48 criminal suspects. The criminal elements are made up of ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The police have nabbed nine suspects who allegedly kidnapped a member of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Mohammed Bape, last December. The suspects were reportedly apprehended at their various hideouts in Taraba and Plateau States following an intense search by the police team. The gang members were among the 48 suspects paraded in Abuja on Thursday, according to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba. The gang membe...