Browsing: Governor Darius Ishaku

The hacking to death of the farmers by suspected Fulani militia in Gassol Local Government Area has spilled to many Tiv villages, in spite of police and military presence in the area

Emmanuel Attah, the state NYSC coordinator, said this at the swearing-in- ceremony of the 2016 Batch ‘B’ orientation camp on Monday in Jalingo

Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State, made the disclosure on Monday in Jalingo while briefing newsmen.

The Taraba State Commissioner of Information, Barrister Anthony Danburan, stated this in Jalingo, the state capital, while fielding questions from journalists

Leme said the gesture of Governor Darius Ishaku administration was to assist the less privileged Muslims to perform one of the major pillars of Islam

The letter, addressed to the Registrar, Taraba State University, and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday, indicated that the directive was with immediate effect

“However, we were advised by the House of Assembly to include the anticipated revenue because budgeting is an estimate of anticipated income

The court had upheld the election of Ishaku of the PDP and set aside the state Elections Petitions Tribunal declaration of Senator Aisha Alhassan of the APC as the governor

Justice Abdul Aboki said the court would later announce the date for the judgment in the appeal

The inauguration of the commissioners came exactly one week after the State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja nullified Ishaku’s election and declared Senator Aisha Alhassan as the winner

Andekin said those privy to a meeting held to review the outcome of the tribunal ruling, which had in attendance some Senior Advocates of Nigeria, the chairman of the PDP in Taraba State and other PDP big wings, agreed that the ruling might be set aside for a fresh election

The tribunal, sitting in Abuja, on Saturday quashed the election of Governor Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party and declared Senator Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the poll

In a judgment, the three-member tribunal held that Ishaku was not validly nominated as candidate of the PDP and therefore was not qualified, ab-initio, to contest the governorship election

He added: “Five persons – Alhaji Muhammed Tumba, Alhaji Abdu Kombranko, Malam Dahiru Kombranko, Alhaji Abubakar Kombranko and Alhaji Suleiman Sambo – contested for the post