Showing posts with label suntai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label suntai. Show all posts
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Monday, October 28, 2013
Suntai goes to Church, marks one-year air crash survival.
Suntai was pronounced dead when an aircraft he piloted crashed near Yola, the Adamawa State capital, on Thursday, October 25 last year.
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
Wonderful: Mentally unstable Suntai goes fishing
He drove out of Government House Jalingo to go fishing. The hunting ground was his fish pond located nearby the School of Nursing at Jalingo Bye-pass in their state capital.
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Suntai's Deputy Involved Car Crash
According to report, some vehicles in Umar’s covoy collided with others on the convoy of the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Suleiman Rilwanu Adamu, at about 11.32 am at Shafuri village in Bauchi.
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Taraba: My deputy betrayed me, says Suntai Taraba
Suntai, who spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Sylvanus Yakubu, said the governor was not the only one that felt betrayed but the entire people of the state.
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Saturday, August 31, 2013
Taraba assembly to Suntai: Go back to US hospital
Barely 24 hours after Governor Danbaba Suntai, addresed the people of Taraba State through a recorded video, the state House of Assembly on Thursday advised him to return to the hospital in the United States where he was on admission for further treatment.
Taraba assembly to Suntai: Go back to US hospital
The assembly, in a statement by its Speaker, Haruna Tsokwa, and 15 other members, also reaffirmed Alhaji Garba Umar as the acting governor of the state.
The lawmakers claimed that before Wednesday, all their efforts to meet with the recuperating governor, who arrived in Jalingo on Sunday from the US, were rebuffed by people close to him.
They pointed out that from the manner the governor spoke when they finally met with him on Wednesday, they doubted that he authored the letter in which he informed them of his return and desire to resume work.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Gov Suntai's letter to Taraba Assembly; Femi Falana demands police investigation
Governor Suntai returned to Nigeria on Sunday after 10 months away receiving treatment and rehabilitation for serious brain injuries he received when an aircraft he was piloting crashed in October 2012. Reports say he appeared bewildered and uncoordinated as he arrived, needing help and not speaking.
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Governor Suntai Dissolves Cabinet, Makes New Appointments
Reports reaching us from Jalingo say that the Taraba state governor, Danbaba Suntai has dissolved the state executive council. All special advisers also have been seen off the premises; special assistants' positions, however, remain intact. Also, Governor Suntai, whose actions now are heavily scrutinized by the general public and his fellow politicians, has endorsed the appointments of Mr. Timothy Katap as the new Secretary to State Government (SSG), and Mallam Aminu Jika as the new Chief of Staff. This is the second time that Mr. Jika is being appointed as the Chief of Staff to Mr. Suntai. He was first appointed when Mr. Suntai took office in 2007. All commissioners have been directed to hand over to their respective permanent secretaries while the special advisers are to hand over to the Government House -
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Suntai writes assembly, seeks to resume duty
RECUPERATING Governor Danbaba Suntai may have sent a letter to the Taraba State House of Assembly seeking to resume work.
The letter, according to a United States- based Nigerian online news portal,SaharaReporters, was on Monday received by the Speaker of the House of Assembly,Haruna Tsokwa.
The portal did not say exactly when the letter was written and the day the governor, who arrived in the country from the US after a 10-month medical sojourn, hoped to commence duties.
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Monday, August 26, 2013
Updates On Governor Suntai's Health As He Returns
Reliable sources said he traveled aboard a jet equipped to handle medical emergencies. The jet will refuel in Dakar, Senegal, before flying to Abuja to arrive at about 9:00am on Sunday morning.
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
WHY U.S NOT NAIJA: Gov. Suntai Danbaba "Celebrating" Birthday In US Hospital ( What Do You Think)
In this photo released today, the ailing governor of Taraba State (he had his brain partially damaged after surviving a nearly fatal plane crash), Danbaba Suntai, is shown with his wife and daughter, helping to cut a birthday cake.
The photo-release follows a decision by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to constitute a committee specifically aimed at replacing the ailing governor.
The photo-release follows a decision by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to constitute a committee specifically aimed at replacing the ailing governor.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Ailing Taraba Governor Danbaba Suntai Makes 1st Public Appearance
Some people feel that the photos were released to show the governor was doing well and prevent his deputy, Garba Umara, who is now acting Governor, from being sworn in as governor after some media sites claimed Suntai had suffered severe brain damage following the crash.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Taraba Governor Danbaba Suntai Brain-Damaged, Can't Recognize Visitors
Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State, who was seriously injured when his plane crashed on October 25 in Yola, capital of Adamawa State, has suffered extensive brain damage and failed to recognize members of a presidential delegation that visited him at a hospital in Hanover, Germany.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Plane crash: Taraba gov to be flown to Germany
The governor and four of his aides and a co-pilot sustained serious injuries after a light aircraft he (Suntai) was flying crashed on Y in neighbouring Adamawa State.
After initial reports that the governor died in the crash, he and the others were found alive in the plane.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Taraba governor dies in plane accident
Taraba State Governor, Suntai Dambaba| credits: liveinnaija.com
Taraba State Governor, Danbaba Suntai, on Thursday night died when a small plane he was flying crashed.
The governor was said to be the only casualty of the crash at the Yola Airport while two others survived.
This is the second crash of a civilian plane recorded this year.
A Dana Air plane on a scheduled flight from Abuja – Lagos crashed a few kilometres to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos on June 3, killing all 153 onboard and four persons on the ground.
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