Crime

Ex-Student Stabs Teacher to Death

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A secondary school teacher at the Government Model School, Jalingo, Taraba state capital has been stabbed to death by his former student who is now at large.

Police Public Relations Officer, SP. Abdullahi Usman, confirmed the incident, on Thursday saying the teacher was attacked while in a tricycle following an earlier altercation with the student.

Usman said, “A former student conspired with his cohorts to stab his teacher, who was inside Keke NAPEP.

“They had an altercation with the teacher and in the process stabbed the teacher. While taking him to hospital, he was confirmed dead”

Governor Agbu Kefas in a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Digital Communication, Mr.  Emmanuel Bello mourned the tragic death of the teacher and directed a ban on assault weapons such as knives, machetes, daggers in Jalingo and its environs.

This is even as the governor directed an investigation into the incident and security surveillance to prevent such attacks in the future.

On her part, Commissioner for Education, Dr. Augustina Godwin, condemned the attack saying “The security of staff and students of Science School Jalingo and other schools have been a source of concern for us at the Ministry of Education.

“We need armed and unarmed security agents such as; Civil Defence/ Peace Corps in our schools more than ever, especially around Jalingo,” she said.

The commissioner explained that the deceased teacher was assigned to organize one of the four groups of students near the school gate before the inspection team could arrive.

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Human Angle

Residents Cry for Help as Flood Sacks Taraba Community

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Farmlands, domestic animals and residential buildings worth millions of naira have been swept away by flood in the Mayo Selbe community of Gashaka Local Government Area of Taraba State.

The flood is sequel to a heavy downpour which lasted for hours Friday night.

This is the first time the area has witnessed such a natural disaster which has also led to the collapse of a bridge within the community.

According to reports, residents of the community are seeking evacuation to higher grounds to avoid a repeat.

They also appealed to relevant authorities to come to their aid.

The traditional ruler of the community, a third-class chief, Thomas Maiyanga is soliciting assistance from both the state and Federal Governments in rebuilding not just their homes but their lives.

He insisted that his subjects had been subjected to hardship in the wake of the flood as most of them had lost virtually everything.

Just recently, the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Habib disclosed that the recent release of water from the Cameroon Lagdo Dam will cause more disasters downstream of Nigeria.

Taraba state is one of the states listed to be affected. Others include Benue, Nasarawa, Kogi, Anambra, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa and Adamawa.

It is still unclear if the released water from the Cameroon Lagdo Dam is the reason for the flood or the usual downpour.


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Education

Mom, Son End University Education Same Session  

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A Nigerian mum is happy to have had the rare opportunity to graduate from the same university as her son only two days apart.

They both finished from the Federal University, Wukari, Taraba state. The son, identified as Dennis Samuel Toochukwu who studied Computer Science was the first to finish his final examination two days ahead of his mum, Ogbonna Chinyere.

According to the story, the mother gained admission through direct entry in 2018 to meet her son who commenced his studies in the school in 2017.

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Security

Nigerian Army Routs Notorious Armed Bandits in Taraba

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The Nigeria Army through its Operation WHIRL STROKE troop in Taraba State has killed two armed bandits during an open fire attack on their makeshift camp in the outskirts of Arufu area.

Others fled the camp during the attack.

The Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche said the attack came after actionable Human Intelligence on the infiltration of armed herdsmen at Chambe community in Logo LGA of Benue State.

According to him, troops tracked the assailants to a makeshift camp at the outskirt of Arufu in neighbouring Taraba State.

Enenche said “that on sighting the troops, the armed bandits opened fire, troops overwhelmed the criminals with high intensity fire, killing 2 of them while others fled in disarray with gun shots wounds.”

He noted that in the process, one AK 47 rifle as well as 10 rounds of 7.62mm Special were recovered .

Additionally, the gallant troops have dominated the area conducting clearance patrol from Arufu to Akwana in order to rid the general area of any untoward activities.

Meanwhile, the High Command of the Armed Forces of Nigeria has congratulated the troop for their dexterity and encouraged them to remain resolute in curtailing the activities of criminal elements in the North-Central Zone of the country.

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Yoruba

Asòfin dába atungbeyewo àte ètò ẹ̀kọ́

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Olórí ilé ìgbìmò asofin nílè yíì Senato Almad Lawan ti késí àwọn olùdarí ilé ìwé lorileèdè yi láti sátúngbeyẹ̀wò àte ètò ẹ̀kọ́ ní gbogbo ẹ̀ka ètò ẹ̀kọ́ nílè yi.

Senato Lawan dába ọ̀rọ̀ yi nígbàtí ó nside ìjóko gbogbogbo lórí Ijíròrò lórí àbá òfin tí wọ́n fẹ́ fi ṣàgbékale àwọn ilé ẹ̀kọ́ gíga ìjọba àpapọ̀.

Ó ní àte ètò ẹ̀kọ́ ilẹ̀ yí tí nílò atungbeyewo tipetipe láti leè ta kangbọn ní ṣáá taa wà yi. 

Senato Lawan ni orílè èdè Nàìjíríà nílò àwọn olùkọ́ tí wọ́n bá òde òní mu ní pàájùlọ ní ìlànà ti ìgbàlódé.

Àwọn ilé ẹ̀kọ́ gíga mẹ́ta oun ni ilé ẹ̀kọ́ olukoni àpapò, Giwa ńipinle Kaduna, ilé ẹ̀kọ́ olukoni apapo Mutu Biyu ní ìpínlè Taraba àti ti Ibokun ńipinle Osun.

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