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The Taraba Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Media Network on Wednesday urged the state government to expand the pipelines in Gembu town to accommodate the growing population due to the planned commencement of the Mambilla power project. Chairman of the WASH media network, Alhaji Sadiq Adamu made the call at the quarterly review meeting of the network in Jalingo. Adamu ...

The Federal Government has threatened to terminate the contract awarded to Messrs Munir Industries and Trade Limited for the construction of the Zing-Yakoko-Monkin federal road in Taraba State over the contractor’s alleged slow pace of work, continuous absence from the site and lack of commitment and capacity to execute the project.  The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, in a ...

Five persons were killed on Tuesday and several houses burnt in a fresh crisis between the Tivs and Jukuns in Rafinkada Village of Wukari local government area of Taraba. Mr. Daniel Adidas, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Council confirmed the development in a telephone interview with the newsmen in Jalingo. Adi alleged that gunmen in Army camouflage attacked Rafinkada ...

At least, one person was said to have lost his life and several houses burnt and other valuable properties destroyed on Sunday night when suspected herdsmen attacked Tudiri village in Ardo Kola Local Government and Kasuan Baila area of Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. Mr. Amos Tijam a victim of the attack told our correspondent that one person was killed, ...

The Federal Government has handed over N461 million culvert and drainage construction for erosion and flood control works to communities in Kofar Fada, Shettima and Kasuwan Yelwa areas of Taraba State. The project was executed by the Ecological Fund Office (EFO), which is domiciled in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF). Speaking during the ...

Senator Emmanuel Bwacha representing Taraba South District on Friday commences the rehabilitation of the 36.5-kilometre Wukari -Ibi road which is expected to gulp N1 billion. Speaking at the occasion, Bwacha said the project, which was approved jointly by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture as well as Power, Works and Housing as a rural road initiative, had funds appropriated for it ...

Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku has said the crisis in the Mambilla was neither religious nor ethnic, but that the Mambilla crisis is land dispute-induced. According to The Nation, he reiterated that there is no alternative to ranching as a solution to the crisis of confidence between herdsmen and farmers. Ishaku spoke at an interactive session with reporters in Abuja. ...

In as much as there are many  tourist sites in Nigeria, not all of them are natural tourist sites. There are natural tourist sites in Nigeria that you don’t even know exist. In fact most the popular tourist sites in the country have the influence of man all around it. This article highlights the top 5 states with natural tourist ...

In its efforts to maximise opportunities such as potable water supply, agriculture, power, tourism, aviation, transport as well as trade & investment in the Kashimbila Multipurpose Dam for the benefit of the host communities and the country at large, the federal government is set to commission the Dam next month. The Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe made the ...