Tag: Taraba
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FRSC seizes 222 trailers conveying 3,169 passengers The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) inter-agency task force has apprehended 222 trailers transporting 3,169 passengers across Niger, Bauchi, Taraba, and Kaduna states. The task force, established to curb the transportation of passengers alongside goods, aims to reduce road traffic accidents and associated casualties caused by the reckless conduct of trailer drivers. Corps Marshal Dauda Ali-Biu announced during a press briefing in Abuja that the initiative involves collaboration with various transport unions, security agencies, and traffic management authorities. “As part of the operations, the JTF dropped over 2,440 passengers who were mandated to take alternative vehicles designed for conveying passengers. “Since the commencement of the JTF on March 23, the monster of road traffic crashes involving trailers and the fatalities that come with them have been adequately tamed and the situation arrested on all fronts,” he said. Mr Ali-Biu added that the corps had gone a step further by prosecuting recalcitrant trailer drivers aside the conventional enforcement of traffic regulations. This, he said, was done through mobile courts in the 36 states of the federation and the FCT. “Subsequently, more drastic measures, including suspension and withdrawal of the national driver’s licence, will be carried out. “Permit me to reiterate at this critical moment that, on our part, as an agency of government charged with road safety supervision, we have resolved to continue in our strive to make the nation’s highways safe. “Part of our resolve is to consolidate on the gains recorded so far through the strategic combat operations of the joint task force. “We have decided to sustain the tempo by extending the operations of the JTF to other critical corridors across the nation. “The essence of this extension is to give it a holistic approach,” the corps marshal said.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) inter-agency task force has apprehended 222 trailers transporting 3,169 passengers across Niger, Bauchi, Taraba, and Kaduna states. The task force, established to curb the transportation of passengers alongside goods, aims to reduce road traffic accidents and associated casualties caused by the reckless conduct of trailer drivers. Corps Marshal Dauda…
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Why I resigned, by Former Taraba Speaker
Former Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Peter Abel Diah who resigned on Sunday night, has revealed he took the decision in the interest of the state. He spoke in a statement, in which he congratulated his successor, Joseph Albasu Alkinjoh and all the newly elected principal officers of the Assembly. He also…
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Taraba Killing: Police Re-Arrest Suspected Kidnapper, Wadume
The Police have arrested suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Wadume who was named in the clash between the police and soldiers two weeks ago in Taraba State. Mr Wadume was arrested in the Hotoro area of Kano State by Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team. He is presently being held at the Force Headquarters in…
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Herdsmen Occupy 17 Villages In Taraba Community- Monarch Alleges
The traditional ruler of Kona people, Augustine Njanmeng, has decried the alleged occupation of 17 villages belonging to his community by suspected herdsmen in Jalingo Local Government Area of Taraba State. Njanmeng told newsmen in his palace in Jalingo on Wednesday that the herdsmen were grazing on the farms of displaced people. He also alleged…
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Don’t just suspend Ruga, Cancel it – Darius Ishaku
Darius Ishaku, governor of Taraba state, Tuesday asked the federal government to abolish the Ruga initiative ealier proposed by Buhari led administration, noting that the cancellation of the initiative was not enough. Speaking with newsmen at the government house in Jalingo, Gov Ishaku described Ruga initiative as colonialism and urged the federal goverment to cancel…
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Reps Adopt Bill Banning Use Of Plastic Bags
As governor Ishaku of Taraba State banned the use of polythene bags and other relative products The House of Representatives Committee on the Environment and Habitat has approved a bill prohibiting the use, manufacture and importation of all plastic bags used for commercial and household packaging. The lawmakers on Tuesday passed the bill, Plastic Bags…
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Army Discovers Illegal Military Training Camp In Taraba
The 20 Model Battalion of the Nigeria Army in Serti, Taraba State, said it has discovered an illegal security training camp in Serti. The Commanding Officer of the battalion, Lt. Col. Sani Adamu, stated this on Thursday in Serti. Sani told the News Agency of Nigeria that the Special Adviser on Security to Taraba State…
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More Confusion Looms In APC As Mama Taraba Loses Grip of Party
There were mixed reactions among APC members in Taraba State over the swearing in of new chairman and other executive members of the party for the state by the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, in Abuja, yesterday. Oshiomhole had on Monday swore in Hon. Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi as Taraba State APC chairman…