Dare devil bandits on Monday invaded Lissam, headquaters of Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba state, killing at least nine people. A resident who disclosed this in a telephone chat, said the bandits who were in larged numbers attacked the town at about 9am in a commando style. He said the situation was helpless as…
Security forces operating under the Nigerian Army’s Operation Whirl Stroke have disrupted an alleged arms trafficking ring in Taraba State with the arrest of two suspects. The Nigerian Army announced the development on Monday via its official X handle, explaining that the arrests followed a carefully planned intelligence operation involving troops of 6 Brigade, Sector…
Two bandits have been neutralised while others were said to have escaped with various degree of bullet wounds during a fierce gun battle with the police in Idasso area of Kidandan, Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna state. A kidnap victim was also rescued unhurt by the police during the incident which occurred on Wednesday…
The Taraba State Commissioner for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Habu Phillip, has condemned Monday’s attack on travellers along Wukari-Tsokundu roadTiv militia. Habu, who is the political leader of the Tiv in Taraba State, said the incident is reprehensible. According to him, those behind the attack are criminals and agents of destabilization who do not have…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has said that the recent building collapse, which claimed the lives of 22 students at Saints Academy in Jos, Plateau state, should serve as a wakeup call on all relevant authorities to live up to their responsibilities to avoid future recurrences. On Friday,…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has resolved to deploy standby military troops to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic. ECOWAS President, Omar Alieu Touray, made the declaration on Thursday while reading the resolution of the regional body on the military junta in Niger at the end of the commission’s Extraordinary summit in…
