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At least 100 bodies were recovered from some villages, a witness from one of the affected villages said he counted 70 dead bodies, while another said over 150 people were killed in his locality.

By Bennett Oghifo The Director General, Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Dr. Muhtari Aminu-Kano, has assured that the foundation would, in collaboration with its partners, provide maximum support, through funding, trainings and others to community-based organisations across Nigeria that show strong commitment in biodiversity conservation efforts. Aminu-Kano made the pledge at the recent virtual inauguration of the Gashaka Biodiversity Support Initiative (GBSI), designed to enable the con...

President, Literacy Integration & Formal Education (LIFE) foundation, Elvira SallerasA UK-based adoption agency, Literacy Integration and Formal Education (LIFE) Foundation has reacted to the statement made by the UK Department for Education that banned child adoptions from Nigeria and other countries. x By virtue of the order, adoptions from Nigeria to the UK were suspended with effect from March 12, 2021.   President, Literacy Integration & Formal Educatio...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 24 May 2021 BARELY eight hours after leaders of Tiv and Fulani agreed to work for peace and end the renewed killings, five persons were reportedly murdered by herders at Ukoo Abaa village near Kufai Amadu in Takum Local Government Area. Though the Taraba State Police Public Relations Officer, David Misal, said he was not aware of the killings, local residents insisted five persons were killed on Sunday. One of the residents, Mr. Paul Yade, told our correspond...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in the South West met at Lagos House, Marina, yesterday. In a communique read by former Interim National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, the leaders endorsed the resolutions of southern governors who met recently in Asaba, Delta State on restructuring, state police and the ban on open grazing. 2. Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, yesterd...

• C’River Police Command warns against violence It was long in coming, but the dust of Governor Benedict Ayade’s cross over to All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that gifted him the platform for his two terms in office, has continued to swirl.     From day one, it was obvious that the Cross River State governor was not in PDP to stay, only that the day of his expected move to APC was uncertain.  Senator Ayade’s romance with President Muhammadu...

Chiemelie Ezeobi, Rebecca Ejifoma, Ayodeji Ake, Sunday Ehigiator and Chiamaka Ozulumba write that the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru alongside his generals, aides and crew of the ill-fated Nigerian Air Force aircraft, was a blow to the Armed Forces and the fight against insurgency When Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, was appointed as the 25th Chief of Army Staff (COAS), one of his key derivatives was his drive to quell insurgency in the North-east. Hi...

The state government also approved the procurement of farming inputs for the 2021 farming season across the state to enhance food security. Also in its quest to be the leading producer of rice across the country, the state government has given the approval to secure the services of consultants to enhance rice production in the state along river Donga basins. Over One thousand farmers are expected to benefit from it. According to the Commissioner for Agricultural Development and Natural Resource...

Daily Post Nigeria ‘While your house is on fire, you are busy attending wedding in Kaduna’- APC chieftain tells Ishaku Published A chieftain of the Taraba State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Jacob Gbadede and the Taraba Central Concern Group (TCCG), have faulted Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku, for abandoning Tarabans to their fate while the state is on fire. Gbadede said that the governor, instead of wading in to halt further killings and destruction of property that charac...

Translate Home » News » TEARFUL BURIAL OF CoAS, 10 OTHERS: Reps, others demand probe of military plane crashes TEARFUL BURIAL OF CoAS, 10 OTHERS: Reps, others demand probe of military plane crashes On •Victims buried amid tears, eulogies •Gbajabiamila, govs, Tinubu, Ekweremadu, others mourn •SOURCE: Why NCAA can’t speak •Army combs crash site for clues By Our Reporters Friday’s crash of a military plane in Kaduna, which brought the number of such crashes to th...