World Bank-backed L-PRES project boosts fight against livestock diseases in Taraba
Determined to protect Taraba State’s livestock sector from deadly disease outbreaks, the World Bank-funded Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (L-PRES) Project has stepped up disease prevention efforts that target cattle, sheep, goats and poultry farmers across the state.
Taraba to handover 318 micro-projects to 159 communities by December
The Taraba State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA) has completed 318 micro-projects across the state’s 16 local government areas, with plans to officially hand them over to 159 communities by December.
Taraba sets up mining department in State university
Taraba State representatives at the ongoing Trade Fair and Exhibition for Mining in Finland have held a side meeting with Oulu Mining School as part of efforts to reposition the State’s economy through diversification.
Taraba raises alarm over invasion by charcoal merchants; warns of economic tree extinction
The Taraba State Special Taskforce on Illegal Mining and Environmental Protection has sounded the alarm over an influx of large-scale charcoal merchants from neighboring states and the Federal Capital Territory, who are felling economic trees across the state for charcoal production.
Hope for out-of-school girls as foundation opens tuition-free institution in Taraba
A lifeline has been extended to out-of-school girls in Taraba State with the launch of a tuition-free institution by the MarBen Foundation.
Alleged N27bn Fraud: EFCC grills ex-Taraba governor, Ishaku
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and detained former Taraba State Governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku, for alleged involvement in a N27 billion fraud.
