forestry trafficking
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Nearly 20,000 live animals, all endangered or protected species, have been seized in a global operation against wildlife and forestry trafficking networks in Nigeria and other countries, jointly coordinated by INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization (WCO).
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The management of the Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA) in Katsina State has announced a one-week mid-semester break starting from Feb. 24. The closure of the school followed a protest embarked on by the students on Sunday after they alleged that the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) had shot to death one of their colleagues. The…
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The United Nations Positive Livelihood Award Centre (UN-POLAC) has appointed Engr Peter Ohagwa as its new Country president. The Guardian reports that Engr. Ohagwa, who is to pilot the affairs of the organisation towards promoting peace, stability, and development within the next five years, took over from Prof. Funmilayo Davies whose tenure ended in December…
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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream
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A former French surgeon was to go on trial Monday, charged with raping or sexually assaulting almost 300 patients, most of them children and some of them unconscious at the time. Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, is already in jail after being found guilty in 2020 of abusing four children, including two of his nieces. In…
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The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, on Sunday said that Nigeria’s North-East Geopolitical Zone had a legacy project of President Bola Tinubu administration. The minister said in Lagos that the fourth legacy project of the administration stretched from Akwanga to Jos, Bauchi, and Gombe. Umahi gave the assurance at a stakeholder engagement on the…
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A 400-level student of the Federal University, Dutsinma (FUDMA), in Katsina State, Sa'id Abdulkadir was killed by vigilantes Sunday night. Abdulkadir, who is an undergraduate in the Department of Agriculture, was shot dead while on a commercial motorcycle. It was learnt that the vigilantes at a checking point ordered the commercial motorcyclist to stop, but…
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The Federal Government has expressed concern about excessive speed by motorists on the newly rehabilitated Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos
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Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has pardoned no fewer than 43 inmates serving different jail terms across the various correctional centres in the state The pardon by the governor was part of activities commemorating his inauguration and his efforts in sustaining and enhancing reformative justice in the state. With eight of the convicts regaining…
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The Katsina State Police Command said it neutralised suspected bandits and foiled an attack in Dutsinma Local Government Area. Police spokesperson, DSP Abubakar Aliyu, in a statement, said the incident occurred on Sunday at about midnight after the bandits attacked security operatives in the area. "On February 23rd, 2025, at about 0057 hrs, a distress…
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The National Industrial Court (NIC), in Lagos, has ordered the immediate removal of Ottun Babatunde as the acting clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The court directed the reinstatement of Olalekan Onafeko, the former clerk of the House, following the ouster of the former speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, on January 13. The order follows…