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Daily Post Nigeria Published Njiwah was the National Vice Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He started his career in December 1967 as a Boundary Surveyor with Gashaka/Mambilla/Kurmi Local Authority. Njiwah was a Technician with Posts and Telecommunication, Maiduguri (1969 to 1970). He taught at the Government Secondary School, Gembu (1973 to 1974). He served as Secretary at Wukari Local Government in Gongola State (now Taraba State) from 1981 to 1983. Njiwah was Commissioner fo...

Taraba State Governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku has condoled with the family and the people of Mbamnga Chiefdom on the death of their monarch, HRH Emmanuel Njiwah.

FOOD CRISIS: Beans farmers in N-East relive horrors of ‘Wuta Wuta’ On By Femi Bolaji, Jalingo For most Nigerians, beans are a  major source of protein. The egume which is consumed by both rural and urban dwellers has in recent times witnessed an upsurge in its cost price across the country. This phenomenon has made lovers of the delicacy find it more difficult to buy this source of protein in order to fulfill their daily dietary needs. However, farmers of the cowpea who determine the pric...

PDP Mourns Amb. Njiwah, Former North East Zonal Chairman The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is heartbroken over the death of its former Zonal Chairman, North East and paramount Ruler of Mbamnga Chiefdom in Taraba State, HRH. Amb. Emmanuel Quiltomi Njiwah, OON, describing the death as a monumental loss to the nation. Ambassador Njiwah was a very patriotic leader, teacher, seasoned diplomat, highly resourceful administrator and a highly loved statesman, who spared nothing in his sacrificial contr...

(ICYMI) COVID-19: Again, FG snubs Osinbajo report, mobilises corpers to camps Our Reporters The Federal Government has again snubbed a recommendation by the Economic Sustainability Committee led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and decided to re-open orientation camps nationwide next Tuesday amid rising COVID-19 infections. The Osinbajo-led committee had in June 2020 recommended that while the National Youth Service Corps programme could continue, the three-week orientation exercise should be su...

Police arrest two pastors over alleged extra-marital affair An angry husband, who accuses his wife of engaging in extra-marital affair, invites the police. The two are clerics heading two new generation churches. Mr Otinjele is a pastor with the Liberty International Gospel Centre, Yola in Adamawa, while Mrs Daniel is also a female pastor at the Encouragement Fellowship International. The two suspects are currently being held in police custody at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Yola...

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He explained that all the monies sent to the state for support and management of COVID-19 were paid directly into the state government’s account and not to the committee or individuals. “I want to state here categorically that the state technical committee can only apply for funds through the Taraba government account section, we don’t have an account where support funds can be paid into for me to divert. “If one is to apply for funds, one will first of all state...

By Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has kicked against the call by the Muslim Solidarity Forum on the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, to apologise for his alleged attack on Islam and Muslims or leave the Caliphate. The forum, which labelled itself as an umbrella body for Islamic organisations, scholars and clerics, yesterday asked Kukah to apologise or leave the state, insisting that his Christmas messa...

The Muslim Solidarity Forum, a group of Muslim scholars and clerics have demanded an apology from the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, to apologise for his alleged "attack" on Islam and Muslims or leave the Caliphate.