LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), has slammed N1bn suit against renowned cleric, Pastor Paul Rika, of the Holiness Revival Ministry Worldwide for allegedly defaming him in a book he authored. Danjuma, through his counsel, Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), gave the preacher seven days to withdraw the defamatory statements…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Taraba State Police Command on Tuesday says its officers rejected a bribe of over N8.5 million offered them after they intercepted a vehicle in Jalingo, the state capital. Joseph Eribo, the state commissioner of police disclosed this while parading some suspects at the state police headquarters in Jalingo. According to the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A team of mobile police officers attached to the 40 Police Mobile Force in Jalingo, rejected a bribe of eight million, five hundred thousand Naira (8,500,000:00) offered to them by a suspected kidnapper. Taraba State Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Eribo, disclosed this while parading some suspected criminals. He said the suspected…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government of Taraba State has announced its decision to pay a one-time N50,000 medical allowance, a N25,000 accommodation allowance per term, and a monthly N10,000 to members of the National Youth Service Corps in the state. The Taraba State Commissioner for Information and Reorientation, Zainab Usman, disclosed this development in a…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator-elect, David Jimkuta, has been expelled from the All Progressives Congress (APC), over allegations of gross anti-party activities. The Taraba State Chapter of the party in the Takum Local Government Area made this known in a letter dated April 7th, 2023 and signed by the party’s council chairman, Honourable Sirajo Sallau….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight students of Madonna University, Elele, Rivers State have reportedly died in an auto crash on their way to Taraba State from Port Harcourt. According to reports, the students were travelling home from school on account of the forthcoming general election. An eyewitness, Matthew Mbam, said the incident happened on Saturday, February…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, Emmanuel Bwacha, is mourning following the demise of his campaign coordinator in the Karim-Lamido local government council, Abdullahi Kanti. Kanti was said to have lost his life in a car accident which occurred along Lau road on Tuesday while driving…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Taraba State on Tuesday nullified the state governorship primary election that produced Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election. The case was filed by one of the governorship aspirants, David Sabo Kente. Justice Simon Amobeda in his ruling…