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Daily Post Nigeria Published Mohammed regained freedom on Friday night. DSP David Misar, the Police Public Relation Officer, PPRO, Taraba State command confirmed the incident to DAILY POST on Saturday. Misar said, “Yes, we are aware that he has been released and he came back home” A family source who spoke to our correspondent refused to disclose whether Muhammed was released after payment of ransom to his abductors or not. The source who refused to give his name said Muhammed was admitted ...

Vehicle smuggling poultry products into Nigeria The Federal Government’s dreams of encouraging locally-made goods and boosting food production in the country is gradually being sabotaged in Taraba State, as smuggling activities continue to thrive, despite closure of all land borders by President Muhammadu Buhari. The state, which shares common boundary with Cameroun, according to The Guardian’s findings, continued to witness influx of banned items, especially in councils sharing common bou...

  One hundred and fifty-seven residents of Taraba State displaced by violence in Magami area of Jalingo have called on the government and well-spirited individuals to come to their aid. A resident, Umaru Gambo, who spoke on behalf of others, made the call on Friday at a press briefing held at the secretariat of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state capital. Channels Television had reported that a fight over a lady’s love between two persons at a club in Magami led to the de...

Kidnappers Demand N150m Ransom To Free Taraba Lawmaker SaharaReporters gathered that Muhammed, who represents Nguroje constituency in the Sardauna Local Government Area of the state, was said to have been abducted in his residence in Jalingo on Wednesday. by SaharaReporters, New York Dec 11, 2020 Kidnappers, who abducted a member of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Bashir Muhammed, have demanded N150 million ransom for his release. SaharaReporters gathered that Muhammed, who represents Nguro...

A map of Taraba, a state in Nigeria’s North-East region. One hundred and fifty-seven residents of Taraba State displaced by violence in Magami area of Jalingo have called on the government and well-spirited individuals to come to their aid. A resident, Umaru Gambo, who spoke on behalf of others, made the call on Friday at a press briefing held at the secretariat of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state capital. Channels Television had reported that a fight over a lady’s lo...

How COVID-19 improved hygiene practice in Taraba, Adamawa On By Femi Bolaji I have witnessed my neighbor, (name withheld) overtime washing the anus of her children after defecating openly on a small field in the compound we both live with just water and not bothered about using soap and water to properly clean her hands afterward. Despite having a toilet in her self-contained apartment, she prefers her children using the small field, which sometimes serves as mini farmland for the entire compo...

okayafrica We talk to the director behind The Milkmaid, Nigerias entry for the 2021 Oscars Best International Feature Film. The Nigeria Official Selection Committee announced the choice of the insurgency thriller, The Milkmaid as the countrys submission in the Best International Feature Film category of the 2021 Oscars. Directed by Desmond Ovbiagele, 48, an investment banker turned filmmaker, The Milkmaid—a gorgeously shot exploration of war and the humanitarian crisis that follows- ho...

Punch Newspapers Sections Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the early hours of Wednesday abducted the member representing Nguroje State Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, Bashir Mohammed. An aide to the lawmaker told our correspondent on the phone that Mohammed was kidnapped around 1am in his house in Jalingo. According to the aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity, Mohammed had called the police upon noticing suspicious movements around his hous...

ON THE GO Making the Easter celebration in Nigeria rewarding BY JEROME-MARIO UTOMIAdvertisement On Sunday, April 4, 2021, Christians in Nigeria joined their counterparts across the globe to mark/celebrate the great feast of Easter.  Also called Paschal or Resurrection Sunday,... ‘I’m embarrassed’ — CCT spokesman apologises for error-filled statement Ibraheem Alhassan, spokesperson of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), has apologised for releasing a poorly written sta...

Abia LG official, Taraba Assembly member, kidnapped by gunmen On By Ugochukwu Alaribe & Femi Bolaji A member of the Taraba State House of Assembly representing Nguroje state constituency, Bashir Mohammed, was yesterday kidnapped by gunmen, while a senior official of the Aba South council, Uzoma Nwolu, was also kidnapped in Aba, Abia State. Mohammed is the minority leader of Taraba Assembly and the House Committee Chairman on Information. A resident of his area in Jalingo, the state capital, wh...