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SOME suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked Tutuwa community in Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba State in the early hours of today Wednesday morning, May 9.

Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that Fulani herdsmen don’t move around with AK-47 rifles but sticks and machetes as false and misleading. It could be recalled that Buhari had made this claim during his bilateral meeting with the President of the United States, Donald Trump, in Washington DC, last week. However, speaking to journalists in Abuja during the weekend, the governor said that it couldn’t have been imaginary that farmers were killed with AK-47 rifles in their clashes with herdsmen in Taraba and Benue states. “It’s absolutely wrong for the President to say herdsmen don’t move around with guns. I mean, who then kills who? It couldn’t have been imaginary that people have been killed with AK-47 in the farmers-herdsmen clashes. “We simply have to stand up to the truth and do something to stop the killings,” he said.

A community in Jalingo,Taraba State capital  has been thrown into mourning  following a rainstorm which occured on Saturday. According to reports, five people and several others were injured during the ugly incident. The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee of Taraba Specialist Hospital, Jalingo, Dr. Dashe Dasogot, confirmed to newsmen that five bodies were brought to the morgue of the hospital after the rainstorm. “Four of the dead were as a result of a GLO mast that fell opposite the gate of our hospital here and one other was brought from the town,” he said. An eyewitness, Heriata Anthony, told reporters that three of her cousins were among the four persons that were killed when a telecommunication mast fell on them during the rainstorm. She gave the names of the victims as Aisha Useni, Felicia Istifanus and Istiah James. Anthony, who operates a restaurant opposite the gate of the Specialist Hospital, explained that her cousins had left the house early for...

Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops had arrested two alleged masterminds of the killings in the Takum and Ussa Local Government Areas of Taraba State. The suspects were identified as Mr. Danjuma and Mr. Danasebe Gasama.

Some suspected herdsmen have attacked Jandeikyula village of Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State killing at least 25 persons. It was gathered that the suspects stormed the village around 7pm of Thursday, killing people and setting many houses ablaze.. Adi Grace, chairman of the Local Government council, confirmed the attack to reporters but said he could not give casualty figures. “Many people were killed in the attack. As I am speaking with you now, I don’t have the casualty figures, until when I am back from the village because I am on my way there now,” he said. Commenting on the attack, Luka Agbo, former chairman of the Wukari Youths of Vision, said: “It is true that Jandeikyula village was attacked in the night and, from the reports we are getting, over 30 people were killed. “The series of attacks in the state now make us live in fear because we can no longer go to bed with our two eyes closed.” David Misal, spokesman of the police in the state, also co...

The Nigerian Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reportedly appointed a former senator, Abubakar Danladi as his Special Adviser on Special Duties. 

Ben Ubeh, the chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in Taraba State was reportedly killed by a truck  in early hohrs of this morning. Ubeh,was crushed by a truck transporting sugar in Zing, along Jalingo-Yola Expressway. His body was crushed beyond recognition and had to be covered with sawdust, before it was later packed into a sack and transported from the scene. The driver of the truck reportedly escaped. The owner of the truck is yet to be identified as the truck had no plate number, though BT 0104 was inscribed on the front of the vehicle. See graphic photos below.... Photo credt: LIB

Yesterday, during a convocation in Taraba state, Nigeria's ex Gen. TY Danjuma charged Nigerians to defend themselves,state and country or  be killed by Fulani herdsmen. He also accused the army of been biased in handling the crisis which has escalated early this yea.  The statement was received with mixed reaction. To some it was a good statement while others blamed the ex general of trying to incite violence in the country. However, the Nigerian army have reacted to his statement and asked the citizens to be law abiding.. Read it below... NIGERIAN ARMY PRESS STATEMENT ON THE ALLEGED MILITARY COLLUSION WITH MILITIAS/CRIMINALS MADE BY FORMER CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF 1. The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to the unfortunate statement made by a former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, during the convocation ceremony of the Taraba State University on Saturday 24 March 2018 in which he categorically asserted that the Armed Fo...

Nigerians should defend themselves against ethnic cleansing. Daily post reports that ,he gave this warning on Saturday at the maiden convocation ceremony of Taraba state University in Jalingo, Taraba state capital. Danjuma said the unnecessary killings which is a target to ethnic cleansing on the people of Taraba and Nigeria at large must stop. He called on the people to “rise and defend themselves against the killers. ” He added, “You must rise to protect yourselves from these people, if you depend on the Arm Forces to protect you, you will all die. “This ethnic creasing must stop in Taraba, and it must stop in Nigeria. These killers have been protected by the military, they cover them and you must be watchful to guide and protect yourselves because you have no any other place to go. “The ethnic cleansing must stop now otherwise Somalia will be a child play. “I ask all of you to be on your alert and defend your country, defend your state.”

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria today said the arbitrary arrest and persecution of its members by the police and the Takum Council Chairman, Hon. Shiban Tikari, was inimical to peace.  

No fewer than 20 people have been reported killed and 300 cows stolen following a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence on the Mambilla Plateau in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State, local officials and residents confirm. A fleeing resident, Saadu Mogoggo, who said his house was attacked at Leme suburb of Gembu, said two of his brothers were killed on Saturday evening and their cattle rustled by a group he identified as the Mambilla Militia.  “As I am talking to you, we are yet to bury their corpses,” he said to PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday. ‘’The ethnic militias attacked our residence in Leme where they killed our father last month. During this attack, the Mambillas took away our over 100 cows. My two younger brothers reported the matter to a nearby military base and a soldier was attached as escort to retrieve the stolen cows. Unfortunately, in the process, my younger brothers were both killed while the soldier fled with injury,’’ he said. Abdu Gagarau, another reside...

Nigerian Troops of 23 Bde deployed Wukari on EX AYEM AKPATUMA and team of Department of State Service from Jalingohave arrested three (3) suspects in connection with the kidnapping and murdering of Honourable Hosea Ibi, a member of Taraba State House of Assembly and Mr Chidiebere who was later released after the ransom was paid.  Honourable Hosea Ibi, who was abducted by gunmen in December 31st 2017,was found dead near a forest by the roadside in Takum LGA of the state on Monday, January 15th. It was learnt that the kidnappers killed the lawmaker, representing Takum, after collecting N35 million ransom.  The suspects are Jaka Ejukun (24years), Peter Isaga (33years) and Arachukwu Bedforth (21years). In a followed up investigation, a raid operation was conducted on Sunday 25 February 2018 by the combined team of own troops and Department of State Services in Gbise, Kastina Ala LGA where more arrests were made. During the operation, the following suspects were arrested ...

Nigerian lawmaker, Hon. Hosea Ibi,47, who was gruesomely killed by abductors after they collected 35million was laid to rest in his family compound on the January 23rd, in Anguwan Fadama in Takum Local Government Area of the Taraba state.

Just like Benue state. The government of Taraba state has rejected federal government’s proposed cattle colony as a solution to the incessant herdsmen farmers clash. The Taraba state commissioner of justice and attorney-general, Yusufu Akirikwen disclosed this on Wednesday. According to him, the state government has already enacted a law for the establishment of ranches which would come into effect from Jan 24. “The truth of the matter is that the idea of cattle colony is still not very clear for most Nigerians. "Where would the federal government get land for cattle colonies? "Would they sit there in Abuja and acquire land across the states of the federation for cattle colonies?“We have enacted a law for ranching here in Taraba, but we are not acquiring land for people, herdsmen and cattle owners are going to buy land and do their ranching business" he said. He called on the federal government to support the state in implementing the law by providing adequa...

Taraba State House of Assembly, has lost a serving colleague by name Honourable Hosea Ibi.  Ibi, who was abducted by unknown gunmen in December 31st 2017, has reportedly been found dead. The state police command spokesperson, David Misal, who confirmed the development, said the lawmaker who represented Takum II Constituency in the State Assembly, was found dead  along Takum-Kashimbila road in his local government, Takum Local Government Area of the state today January 15th. Misal added that preliminary investigations shows that Ibi might have died three days before his body was found today. While the police said they were making efforts to rescue the legislator, no demand for ransom was made from any quarter.

This is indeed shocking... A House of Representatives aspirant in Jalingo, Taraba state has been arrested after a baby was found dead in a well with charms. According to a report shared by Haske Hausa, the aspiring politician, who was planning to contest in the forthcoming election in the House of Representatives, threw the new-born baby into an abandoned well as a form of sacrifice so he could win the forthcoming election. The Hausa page which pisted the news, however, did not clearify how they came to finger the politician in the crime but the report says residents removed the baby from the well while the aspiring politician was arrested. See photos below.

Pictured above is beautiful Yangchie Vilchie Hannah from Taraba state. She bagged M.Sc in Energy Economics and the best female graduate of Emerald Energy Institute, University of Portharcourt 2016. 

Immediate younger brother of the former governor of Taraba state, late Danbaba Danfulani Suntai, is dead. 

Remains of former Taraba state governor, Danbaba Suntai, who died in a US hospital on June 28th, arrived Nigeria today.

Taraba state Governor, Darius Ishiaku has denied media reports that he ordered the killing of Fulanis in the state.