The political atmosphere in Taraba State has become tense since the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Darius Ishaku, candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as winner of the re-run election last Saturday. As a result, the state government has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew from Sunday, April 26 to ensure law and order.…
Darius Ishaku Wins Taraba Governorship Election
Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been declared winner of Taraba State governorship election, after a supplementary election was held on April 25. Ishaku polled 369,318 votes against Aisha Alhassan’s, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, his closest rival. Senator Alhassan polled 275,984 votes to clinch second. The election had been…
Useni Emerges Taraba Speaker
Mark Useni, a member of the Taraba State House of Assembly has emerged the new Speaker of the House in a unanimous adoption by the lawmakers. Useni’s emergence on Monday was preceded by the resignation of Josiah Sabo Kente, former Speaker of the House. In his letter of resignation, Kente had simply cited ‘personal grounds’…
Court Sacks Taraba State Acting Governor
The Supreme Court has reinstated Abubakar Danladi, impeached Deputy Governor of Taraba State. The court ruling, presided over by a five-man panel of judges, ordered that Danladi be sworn in immediately putting an end to the tenure of Umar Garba, the acting Governor of the state. Danladi was sacked by the State House of Assembly…
Ebola: Taraba Teachers Defy Government
Taraba State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, has directed its members not to comply with the federal government’s directive for schools resumption on September 22. At a news conference in Jalingo, the state capital, Aliyu Mafidi, chairman of the union in the state declared that there was no reason to justify the…
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