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A map of Taraba, a state in Nigeria’s North-East region. The Taraba State Police Command says its operatives have thwarted an attempt by armed men suspected to be kidnappers to abduct a Chinese national at Gindin Doruwa community, in Wukari Local Government Area of the state on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer, David Misal disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Jalingo, the state capital. According to Misal, the kidnappers blocked the ever-busy Jalingo – Wukari expressway an...

The lawmakers made their decision known in separate letters read by the speaker, on Tuesday, during plenary. The lawmakers, Datti Yako from Kano State and Danjuma Shittu from Taraba State, both based their reasons for dumping their political parties on leadership crises. While Mr Yako left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Shittu left the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). Mr Yako particularly cited incessant leadership crises in the PDP at the Kano State chapter. He had defeated the f...

Welcome To Ladun Liadis Blog Tuesday, December 15, 2020 Police kill kidnapper, foil abduction of Chinese in Taraba The Police Command in Taraba said that it had foiled an attempt by some armed men to abduct a Chinese national in the Gidin Dorowa area of Wukari Local Government Area. The command`s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP David Misal, disclosed this in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Jalingo. He alleged that the armed men had blocked the Wukari-Jalingo highway on Monday with a vi...

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The federal government has begun the training of at least 500 individuals under the Youths Empowerment and Skills Acquisition Training (YESAT) as part of the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project (MHEPP) local content initiative. The financing arrangement for the $5.8 billion project indicates that while China’s Export-Import Bank will provide 85 per cent of the resources, the federal government will cater for 15 per cent of the joint project. Minister of Power Mr. Sale...

Intersociety Unveils Report On Newwave Of Anti Christian Butcheries In Africa’s Coastal Christian States & Nigeria (1) … Names Icc & Nigeria As Remote Drivers Of The Anti-christian Violence In Nigeria, …finds That 2,200 Nigerian Christians Have Been Hacked To Death In 2020 And 34,400 Since 2009 By International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law th Dec 2020): The Int’l Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law is dedicating this 10-page special report on: new wave...

Nda-Isaiah: Buhari, govs, Jonathan, Tinubu, NPAN, others mourn newspaper icon On By Our Reporters President Muhammadu Buhari led as tributes poured in torrents for Mr. Samuel Ndanusa Isaiah, Chairman of Leadership Newspapers, who passed on, on Friday. Isaiah was aged 58 having been born on May 1, 1962 in Minna, Niger State. He founded the Leadership Newspaper Group in 2001 and was until his death an ex-officio member of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN). The deceased also...

500 Taraba youths to acquire skills under Mambilla power project On Kindly Share This Story: Alhaji Saleh Mamman, Minister of Power, on Saturday, in Jalingo, inaugurated  a Youths Empowerment and Skills Acquisition Training (YESAT) for 500 youths  in Taraba. The empowerment and skills acquisition programme is under the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project (MHEPP) Local Content Initiative. Speaking at the event,  Mamman said  the programme was a collaboration of the power ministry and the N...

Punch Newspapers Sections Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo  A member of the Taraba State House of Assembly, representing Nguroje State Constituency, Bashir Mohammed, who was kidnapped by gunmen on Wednesday, has regained freedom. An aide to the lawmaker told The PUNCH that his boss was released by his abductors last night. Though the aide, who preferred anonymity, declined comment on how much was paid for his principal’s release, another source said millions of naira was given to the kidnappers bef...

ADVERTISEMENT The Taraba State House of Assembly member, Bashir Bape, who was recently abducted, regained freedom Friday night, the police and family sources have confirmed. PREMIUM TIMES It is not yet clear how much was paid but a family source said: “ransom was paid before he was released.” “He was released late night at about 10 p.m. and is currently at the hospital. We thank all those who helped and prayed fervently for our brother’s release,’ the family source said asking not to...

Channels Television     A lawmaker representing Nguroje Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, Bashir Mohammed, has regained his freedom following his kidnap on Wednesday. According to the Police Public Relations Officer of the Taraba State Police command, David Misal, the lawmaker was set free in the late hours of Friday and is now receiving medical attention.