Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo A Taraba state high court sitting in Jalingo, has sentenced Mwarga Iormbaga and Aondona Iorungwa to life imprisonment for kidnapping and killing of Hosea Ibi, in 2017. Ibi, who was at the time, a member of the state assembly, representing Takum 1, state constituency, was abducted in Takum on December 30, 2017,…
Youths in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Monday, hit the street to protest the skyrocketing price of food and the state of the economy. The PUNCH reports that protesters gathered around the Mokola area in the state wielding placards with various inscriptions such as ‘End food hike and inflation,’ ‘The poor are starving,’ and ‘Tinubu,…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Chairman of Jalingo Local Government Area of Taraba, Dr Aminu Hassan, has inaugurated an eight- man committee to recruit health personnels to address the acute shortage of manpower in the sector. The committee is headed by the Vice Chairman of the council, Hon. Nathaniel Ntani. Speaking at the inauguration…
Shehu Sani,a former senator who represented Kaduna central senatorial district, says the idea of state police is a recipe for anarchy. Sani, was commenting on moves by the federal government and state governors to establish state police on his X handle. According to him, state police cannot solve the security challenges in the country adding…
