By Femi Bolaji Two policemen have been killed by some gunmen in Taraba. The deceased who are mobile police officers were shot Monday night while on duty at a checkpoint in Dogongawa, along KatsinaAla -Takum road, in Takum local government area of the state. The council chairman of Takum LGA, Shiban Tikari confirmed the attack. […]

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says the states of Abia and Taraba have the lowest number of vaccinated people so far in the country.

By Femi Bolaji Taraba state government has constituted a 21-man task force to coordinate and review all immunization programs in the state. The state deputy governor, Haruna Manu who inaugurated the 21 member task force for immunization, will serve as Chairman of the team. According to him, “the State Task Force on Immunization is the […]

The Taraba State Joint Public Service Negotiating Council, STJPSNC, has informed workers in the state to resume the strike action earlier suspended in October last year.

By Femi Bolaji Taraba state Governor, Darius Ishaku has received his first jab of the Oxford Astrazeneca COVID-19 Vaccine. The vaccine was administered to the governor at the conference hall of the government house in Jalingo, the state capital. Speaking shortly after receiving his first jab, Ishaku said a total of 56,250 doses of the […]

… Says Bandits Kidnap, maim, burn classrooms By Femi Bolaji Youths under the aegis of a Jukun Youth Cultural Development Association have expressed worry over the renewed spate of kidnappings, arson, and destruction of valuable properties by bandits in some parts of Taraba south. The group at a briefing in Jalingo, Taraba state capital, Friday, […]

Taraba state has taken delivery of 56,250 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine.

Taraba Government has received 56,250 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from Federal Government. Dr Ebenezer Apake, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health received the vaccine on behalf of the state government at a brief ceremony in Jalingo on Thursday. Apake described the arrival of the vaccine as a bold step towards tackling the rising wave of the […]

By Femi Bolaji Taraba state has taken delivery of 56,250 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine. The vaccine arrived the premises of Taraba State Primary Health Care Development Agency, TSPHCDA, at exactly 10am. The Director of the agency for Immunization and disease control, Dr Kenneth Tijos, who presenter the vaccine to the state government, said […]

…urges FG to ban flight over Benue, Taraba, Borno By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has appealed to the Federal Government to extend its “no fly zone” order on other states with security challenges like Zamfara. ACF congratulated the people and government of Zamfara state on the safe release of the kidnapped school […]

By Femi Bolaji The National Mumuye Cultural Development Association, NMCDA, has condemned the campaign of calumny against the person of Secretary to the government of Taraba state, Anthony Jellason. The group in a statement issued to newsmen in Jalingo, the state capital was reacting to a media publication that described Jellason as selfish and an […]

A police officer was reportedly killed, yesterday, as gunmen attacked a Mobile Police checkpoint in Chanchanji village of Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State. Local sources said the gunmen, who rode on motorcycles, opened fire on the police officers manning the checkpoint, killing an officer, while four other passersby sustained injuries in the attack. […]

By Arogbonlo Israel Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku on Wednesday, asked Federal Government of Nigeria to allow all citizens own licensed guns in order to secure themselves, insisting that security has degenerated. The governor stated this when 15 Local Government Chairmen in the state paid him a condolence visit following the demise of one of […]

By Femi Bolaji – Jalingo No fewer than 27 wedding guests have been kidnapped by gunmen along Wukari-Takum road in Taraba state. The council Chairman of Takum local government area, Shiban Tikari told newsmen that the 27 were abducted while returning to Takum. He said no contact has been made to the family of those […]

Taraba state government has said over N34.39 billion would be used to fund salaries, pensions, and gratuities of its workforce in 2021.