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Punch Newspapers Sections Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo At least two farmers were reportedly injured on Tuesday by herdsmen who invaded a farm in Kakhi village, Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. A source, Hikon Samuel, told our correspondent that the herders attacked the farmers when they attempt to drive the cows out of their farm. Confirming the attack, the Executive Chairman of Wukari Local Government Council, Daniel Adi, told The PUNCH in a telephone interview that two farmers were ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Our correspondents THE Federal Government has confirmed that the movement of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to  states has commenced on Monday while its delivery will be completed on Tuesday (today). The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, stated this during a press conference of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. During the event, the Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federati...

Vanguard News Expert reveals leading causes of blindness in Nigeria On Kindly Share This Story: Dr Gideon Avar, an Ophthalmologist, on Monday said cataract and glaucoma were the leading causes of blindness in Nigeria. Avar, the Medical Director of Nobis Eye Centre, Jalingo, said this at the inauguration of Nobis VIP Eye Clinic along Yola Road in Jalingo. According to him, out of about 3,000 benchmark eye surgeries conducted in his hospital every year, cataract accounted for more than 2,000 and...

An Ophthalmologist who practices in the state, Dr. Gideon Avar, spoke Monday, at the grand opening of a private eye treatment facility, Nobis VIP eye clinic, in Jalingo, the state capital.

Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi PHOTO: TwitterMany motorists in parts of the North-Central and Taraba have decried the cumbersome procedures involved in the issuance of Number Plates and Driving Licences, describing the process as “time-consuming”. The stakeholders, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) urged that the protocols be relaxed to enable them obtain the documents with ease. x In Jos, a motorist, Godwin...

By Femi Bolaji Cataract has been identified as the leading cause of blindness in Taraba state. An Ophthalmologist who practices in the state, Dr. Gideon Avar, spoke Monday, at the grand opening of a private eye treatment facility, Nobis VIP eye clinic, in Jalingo, the state capital. He said of the 3000 eye surgery conducted in the facility yearly, cataract accounts for 2000. He says the North East, according to the National blindness and vision impairment survey, is at a major disadvantage wit...

TODAY March 7, 2021 The Lagos State Butchers Association has requested the provision of about 50, hectares of land from the Lagos State Government for ranching and rearing herds of cattle in the state. Meantime, Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Absiola Olusanya, at a Stakeholders’ Engagement on the Red Meat Value Chain held in Alausa, Ikeja, at the weekend, disclosed that well over 1.8 million herds of cattle and over 1.4 million herds of sheep and goats, respectively, are been ...

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The bustling market is located along Wukari-Zaki-Biam Road and is open every day of the week during the yam season. When it started, it held only once a week. In the beginning, the market only attracted yam farmers and buyers from within the old Gongola State. Soon, others came from other states of the country and within a short time, the market experienced rapid growth. This growth is very much connected to the massive yam production in Wukari and environs. In 1987, the former chairman of Wuka...

Students groan as Taraba Varsity teachers embark on fresh strike On By Femi Bolaji THE joy of resuming academic activities for some students of the Taraba State University has suddenly been thwarted as lecturers in the institution proceeded on another indefinite strike. The latest strike by the academic staff of the state-owned university comes at a time when other Nigerian universities are struggling to catch up with lost grounds occasioned by the prolonged nationwide ASUU strike that paralys...