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The National Youths Service Corps in Taraba State has handed over three men, posing as graduates of tertiary institutions, caught in possession of fake certificates to the police. Mrs Florence Yaakugh, the Taraba Coordinator of NYSC, on Friday, said the suspects were apprehended with the fake certificates during the screening of prospective Batch B Stream II corps members at the orientation camp in Jalingo. The suspects are; Nasiru Yau, who claimed to have studied Mass Communication, Shehu Murktar -Computer Science and Illiyasu Usman- Sociology, all from Isfop University of Cotonou in the Republic of Benin. “They came for registration and the verification officer discovered them with fake certificates and verification papers.

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NIGERIA HAS LOST A PEACEMAKER, SAYS PRESIDENT BUHARI OF HRH DANJUMA BAYONGA President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Bayonga family, government and people of Taraba State over the transition of His Royal Highness, Danjuma Stephen Bayonga, the Gara Donga. The President, who described the late 81-year-old first class traditional ruler and retired policeman as a person devoted to the improvement of the welfare of people in his domain, lamented that Nigeria has also “lost an advocate of peace.” According to President Buhari, the Gara Donga as a businessman, founding member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and one of the respected leaders in old Gongola State before he went home following the creation of Taraba State, was “committed not only to the peace, unity and development of his domain and State, but also the entire country.” The President enjoined the family of the royal father, friends, associates and the people of Taraba State to take solac...

Reports just reaching our news desk indicates that the wife of former Taraba State Governor Late. Danbaba D Suntai,Hauwa is set to marry a young business tycoon. Already their pre- wedding pictures have gone viral on social media with mixed reaction.

By JAAFAR JAAFAR On Apr 28, 2019 I have not known a Nigerian president who left his cabinet intact, for better or worse, throughout his tenure than President Muhammadu Buhari. He is so allergic to change that he maintained the portfolio of the ministers for nearly four years. The best sinecure in the world, editorial board of Guinness World Records will agree with me, is the Buhari cabinet job. No assessment, no sack, no queries and, of course, no worries. Barring incidences of resignation (Amina Mohammed, Kayode Fayemi, etc), the media-induced sack of Babachir Lawan and Kemi Adeosun and the death of James Ocholi, no cabinet reshuffle took place in more than three and a half years. It took the president over one year to replace James Ocholi who died in road accident on March 6, 2016. Suspected ritualists kill 80-year-old woman in Ondo •Sever breasts In his wisdom, President Buhari believes Nigeria’s capital city Abuja deserves a minister who failed to replace the burn...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, Taraba state university chapter has embark on indefinate strike to press home their demand.     The Asuu chairperson in the state Dr Shikaa announced this while briefing newsmen in Jalingo.         According to him, the strike became necessary due to the state goverment inability to honour agreement as regard to laws for the funding of the University. Dr Shikaa who decried a situation where staff of the Taraba state university don't have pension scheme, also called for the immediate measures to capture the workers on its -pension scheme, since they are all working for the state goverment. Reacting on the strike, the commissioner of education mr Johannes Jigem stressed that the state goverment has given ASUU offers as regard to their salaries and allowances and wonder why they should embark on strike.