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Headlines, State News, Taraba
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
TEN persons were reportedly killed, on Thursday, in Kona village near Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, following a land dispute between the people of Mumuye and Kona. Following the development, the state government has set up machinery to identify the culprits and the cause of the crisis with the aim of bringing them to book. […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Oyo, State News, Taraba
Sunday, July 10th, 2011
IT was like a replay of the Great Flood during the time of the biblical Noah in some states in the country, especially Lagos, Ogun and Oyo, on Sunday, as long hours of ceaseless rain caused havoc and resulted in casualties, as well as huge material losses. As early as 7.00a.m, the downpour forced residents […]
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Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News, Taraba
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Tuesday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in Taraba State was generally peaceful as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials and their materials arrived polling centres at 8:00 a.m., but there was a low turnout of voters at all the polling units visited by the Nigerian Tribune. The Nigerian Tribune’s investigation during the elections in […]
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Friday, April 15th, 2011
Today, the die is cast and all the anxiety of who becomes the country’s president in the next four years would give way within the next 48 hours, when the results would be announced. Some of the presidential candidates are seen as contestants to the throne, while some are mere pretenders. Indeed, most of them […]
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Latest Politics, State News, Taraba
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
The trial of former Governor of Taraba State, Rev. Jolly Nyame, continued yesterday at a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gudu, Abuja with more shocking revelations from a prosecution witness who narrated how the accused allegedly diverted state funds for personal use. Nyame is facing a 41-count charge instituted against him by the Economic and […]
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Saturday, January 1st, 2011
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) at an emergency meeting yesterday in Abuja, shared $1billion from the Excess Crude Account. With the disbursement of the amount, the balance in the ECA account now stands at $3million. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, lasted for only 29 minutes (11:10am and ended at about 11:39am). […]
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Headlines, State News, Taraba
Friday, December 24th, 2010
AS part of his magnanimity to people of the state, especially at this festivity period, the senator representing Taraba North senatorial zone, Dr Anthony George Manzo, on Thursday, distributed over 1,000 bags of rice to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) offices in the zone. Performing the distribution exercise on behalf of the senator, the director […]