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Concerns over insecurity in the country reached a feverish point yesterday as bandits launched another attack in Niger State.
Yesterday’s attack took place in Magami, Kokki and Kurebi communities in Gurmana ward of Shiroro Local Government Council of the state. Five persons were killed and 40 abducted in the operation, which lasted for hours. It came few hours after bandits attacked and abducted students and teachers from Government Science College, Kagara in the state. The state government released names of students, teachers, non-teaching workers as well as families members abducted during the attack on February 17. The list is made up of three teachers, two non-teaching employees, 27 studen
NSA, service chiefs, North-West govs arrive for security meeting in Kaduna NSA, service chiefs, North-West govs arrive for security meeting in Kaduna
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Governors from the North-Western part of the country have arrived at Arewa House Kaduna to meet with Service Chiefs and the National Security Adviser to the President, Major General Babagana Monguno, over the general insecurity that engulfed the zone in recent times.
Recall, the North-West zone has been engulfed in different forms of criminality arising from kidnapping, banditry to rustling for the past one decade.
The North-Western states comprise Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara.
Canvass alternative methods of livestock production
The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) may have been hit by the reality that open grazing is no longer fashionable in modern society. x
In a communiqué yesterday after their virtual meeting on Monday, the forum noted: “The current system of herding mainly through open grazing is no longer sustainable, in view of growing urbanisation and population of the country.”
Consequently, it resolved to sensitise herders on the need to adopt new methods of herding, either by ranching or other acceptable modern methods.
It appealed to the Federal Government to support states with grants to directly undertake pilot projects of modern livestock production that would serve as a springboard for the full implementation of new methods of livestock production.