News as it breaks
A fire outbreak has destroyed a large section of the Wukari Local Government Secretariat in Taraba State, causing the loss of property estimated to be worth billions of naira. Confirming the incident, the Chairman of Wukari Local Government Area, Bala Useni, said the fire broke out shortly after he…
At dawn in Chanchanji Ward, an agrarian community in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State, the promise of harvest has given way to fear and mourning. Residents say birdsong has been replaced by gunshots, hurried footsteps and whispered prayers as families abandon their homes to escape persistent violence. …
Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3, Operation Whirl Stroke, have arrested a notorious terror suspect in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State, following credible and actionable intelligence. According to a statement by Lieutenant Umar Muhammad, Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, the suspect, 35-year-old Saawuan Wuaiyolna, was…
The Federal Government, through the North East Development Commission (NEDC), and the Minister of State for Regional Development, Uba Maigari, had jointly announced with Governor Agbu Kefas that full rehabilitation would begin within weeks. However, no visible progress has been made, and the bridge remains abandoned. As a result, local…
Troops of the troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army and Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have rescued three victims and recovered eight bodies from a kidnappers’ den in Taraba State. The Nigerian Army disclosed in a statement on Thursday, March 14, 2024, said that one of the recovered corpses…
Mrs Mercy Bassey, the wife of a school teacher at Government Day Secondary School, Model, Jalingo, Bassey Sarduana, who was stabbed to death by a former pupil on November 11, 2023, talks to JUSTIN TYOPUUSU about the incident Can you confirm your relationship with the deceased? My name is Mrs…
According to Bitrus, the peaceful protesters embarked on by the Karimjo youths which is constitutional was aimed at letting the world know that they were shortchanged as a people but ended up in molestation, killing, and burning of their houses by the alleged Wurkum militia with the alleged support of the military.
He insisted that the tension in the area has not guaranteed any arrest of suspects.
Bwacha polled 778 votes to defeat senator Yusuf Yusuf who polled 5 votes out of the 796 accredited delegates.
