A chartered accountant and financial analyst in Taraba State, Olayinka Gabriel, has faulted the recent claim by a former lawmaker, Hon. Danjuma Shidi, alleging that the state’s debt has risen to N1.2 trillion, stating that the figure presented by Shiddi is misleading. Hon. Shidi who represents Wukàri/Ibi Federal Constituency...
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Following the recent symbolic flag-off ceremony of free school materials, Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, is poised to kick off full-scale distribution of the items across schools in the state within the coming days. The official flag-off, which took place on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at Nyabusara Primary...
A prominent All Progressives Congress (APC) figure and former gubernatorial aspirant, David Sabo Kente—widely known as DSK—has revealed that he is facing increasing pressure from political and socio-cultural groups in Taraba State to contest the 2027 governorship election. Speaking during a phone conversation with journalists in Jalingo on Tuesday,...
In a rare show of political unity, major stakeholders from Taraba State’s northern senatorial district have unanimously endorsed Governor Agbu Kefas for a second term in office, ahead of the 2027 gubernatorial elections. The endorsement came during a high-profile zonal stakeholders’ engagement meeting held Wednesday in Jalingo, the state...
A prosecution witness, Ismail Lawal, has told an Abuja High Court that he was instructed to collect all allowances due to former Governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku. Ishaku and a former Permanent Secretary, Bello Yero, are charged with 15 counts bordering on criminal breach of trust, conspiracy, and conversion...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama has overruled former Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku’s objection to the admissibility of key documents in his alleged N27 billion fraud trial. Justice Slyvanus Oriji held that the statement of the prosecution’s witness, Ismail Lawal, made at the EFCC office, was admissible...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has declared his commitment to sustaining close collaboration between the state government and the Nigerian Army (NA) to improve the security of the state. The governor, accompanied by legislators of Taraba State extraction from the National and Taraba State House...
The absence of a former governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku in court on Monday stalled his trial in an Abuja high Court on Monday. Ishaku is charged alongside a former Permanent Secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero. The Economic and Financial Crimes...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Kefas Agbu has appealed to students of Taraba State University (TSU), Jalingo to shelve their planned protest. In a statement released by the Special Adviser on Media and Digital Communication to the governor, Emmanuel Bello, stressed that sources had revealed that...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – A high-level delegation from Grenada paid an official visit to Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, at Gen. TY Danjuma’s house in Jalingo, Taraba State. The delegation, which arrived at the Taraba State Government House on Friday, October 18, 2024, was received by Governor...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has extended the special taskforce on environmental protection, public safety and prohibition of deforestation to the sixteen local government areas across the State. A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary Mr. Yusuf Sanda and made available to NATIONAL...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas has swon in the former Taraba State Speaker, Prof. Josiah Sabo Kente as Special Adviser (SA) on Political Matters, and sixteen (16) permanent secretaries. The event which took place at the Council Chamber of Taraba State Government House...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have ambushed and killed the Chief of Chanchanji, HRH Alhaji Tanimu Kunbiya, and his son, Yusuf Tanimu, while they were returning from a funeral service on Friday evening in Takum. Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, in a statement by...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has inaugurated an advisory committee for the full implementation of the Local Government autonomy in the state. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS) Mr. Yusuf Sanda, who disclosed this in a statement issued to NATIONAL ACCORD on Sunday...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has warned the citizens of the state to shun any evil plans that would hinder the success of the free and compulsory education policy introduced by his administration. Governor Kefas gave the warning during a media chat and...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has promised to redouble his efforts in tackling the challenges affecting community development in the state. Governor Kefas made the vowed during the celebration of his one year in office as he organized thanksgiving service to appreciate God,...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – HRH Amb. Sanvala Shinbura II, the Gara Donga is to lead Taraba State’s delegation of Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land of Israel. In a press statement released by the Office of the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Yusuf Sanda and...
Former Chief of Army Staff, Retired Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, has commended Gov. Agbu Kefas of Taraba for resolving the prolonged Takum Chieftancy tussle. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the resolution led to the appointment of a king after 28 years. Danjuma spoke during the inauguration ceremony...
A former Defence Minister, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), on Friday appealed to Nigerians to stop killing each other and allow the country to make progress. Danjuma made the appeal at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Nwonyo International Fishing and Cultural Festival at Ibi, in Taraba. The retired...
BY DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo. – Forum of the Clergy of Tiv Extraction (FCTE) has condemned the gruesome murdered of a clergy, Rev. Abah Jacob, and his wife Mirrian Abah Jacob with several others by Ichen militias at Mararaba in Donga Local Government Council, Taraba State. The forum also...