Herdsmen Gunned Down In Anambra
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A herdsman, Zakari Sale, has been shot dead in Ukwulu community of Dunokofia Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, leader of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MCBAN) in the South East, confirmed this on Friday.
He said a total of 15 cows were killed in the same community two weeks before the incident.
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Gunmen Kill 2 Customs Officers In Kebbi
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Kebbi State Command, has confirmed the killing of two of its personnel by gunmen suspected to be bandits in the state on Thursday.
The spokesman for the command in the state Assistant Superintendent of Customs, Mubarak Mustapha, confirmed this in a press statement he made available to newsmen in the state on Friday morning.
The statement confirmed that the team who were on a stop-and-search operation along the Bunza – Dankingari- Koko road when the suspected bandits in a Toyota Corolla car engaged them in a shootout.
NSCDC Arrests 40 Suspected Illegal Coal Miners In Enugu
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) arrested no fewer than 40 suspected illegal coal miners in Enugu, the Commandant, Mr Muhammed Dada said.
Addressing newsmen on Friday in Enugu, Dada said that during the operation items recovered included pumping machines, diggers, head-pans, shovels, and four Hanvan G7 trucks without registration numbers.
FG Will Work With Govs, Others To Get Valid Data Of Poor People- Betta Edu
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Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, says the Federal Government intends to work closely with state governors, local government and community leaders to verify and update the social register of the country.
Edu made this known while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday, noting that this is to aid the Humanitarian Ministry’s plan of lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty.
“We are going to verify and update, and we are going to work with the governors and local governments so that they can own it,” she said.
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