Alleged car theft: Magistrate threatens bench warrant against Naira Marley (Punch) A Lagos Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, has given hip-hop musician, Azeez Fashola, alias Naira Marley, till January 14, 2020, to appear in court, else a warrant will…
Taraba: Calm returns as Police team, soldiers leave Ibbi town (DailyTrust)
Calm has returned to Ibbi town in Taraba State as the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team led by a Deputy Police Commissioner, Abba Kyari, and a team of soldiers deployed to the town in the wake of killing…
Taraba killings: Kidnap don, senior police officer exchanged 200 calls (Punch)
Investigations into the killings of the Police Intelligence Response Team operatives by soldiers of 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba State, on August 6, 2019, have unearthed shocking criminal collaboration between the fleeing kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, ( aka Wadume), and some…
Police killing: DHQ orders Taraba battalion to produce Wadume (Punch)
The Defence Headquarters has ordered the 93 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Takum, Taraba State, to produce the fleeing kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Wadume, as evidence that its soldiers are not culpable in his escape after three policemen and…
APC, PDP trade words over destruction of billboards in Taraba (Guardian)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State has accused loyalists of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of destroying billboards belonging to the party. It alleged that the billboards were vandalised shortly after the campaign rally of Presidential Candidate of…
NAFDAC confiscates unregistered agrochemical products worth 1.2m in Taraba (Guardian)
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has seized unregistered agrochemical products worth N1.2 million in Taraba. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof Moji Adeyeye made this known in a statement in Abuja on…
9 corpers drown during riverside picnic (Punch)
Nine members of the National Youth Service Corps who are currently serving in Taraba State on Saturday drowned in River Mayo-Selbe in Gashaka Local government Area. Taraba State Police Command Police Public Relations Officer, ASP David Missal, who confirmed the…
Killings : Benue, Taraba, Ekiti, Afenifere, Ohanaeze, others take on DHQ (Vanguard)
Benue, Taraba and Ekiti state governments, yesterday, reacted angrily to claims by Acting Director of Information, Defence Headquarters, Brig Gen. John Agim, that politicians were using thugs as herdsmen to cause attacks on communities across the country. Same reactions from…
EFCC: How a widow’s petition earned Nyame 28-year jail term (Nation)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday revealed that a petition by a widow, Hauwa Kulu Usman, led to the investigation, trial and conviction of a former Governor of Taraba State, Rev. Jolly Nyame. Nyame was jailed on May…
Catholic priest shot, students beaten as herdsmen attack seminary (Punch)
Two Catholic priests were beaten, one shot in the leg when gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen attacked a minor seminary in Jalingo, Taraba State capital. During the attack which was said to have taken place on Monday morning, some…