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DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN: Sand miners endanger bridge connecting Bayelsa communities

EKPETIAMA-TOMBIA Bridge, which links communities at Ekpetiama bloc in Yenagoa Local Government Area; the university town of Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Council; Igbedi, Kolokuma-Opokuma, Ogobiri in Sagbama area and Bayelsa International Airport is now exposed to rampaging erosion, following illegal dredging activities of sand miners on the Nun River.

A’Ibom communities grumble over collapsed Mbiaso-Ikot Ukpong Bridge

RESIDENTS of communities in Ikot Ekpene and Obot Akara local government areas of Akwa Ibom State, have expressed dissatisfaction over the State Government’s failure to fix the Mbiaso-Ikot Ukpong Bridge since its collapse in 2020, subjecting the people to unspeakable suffering.

Gunmen abduct traditional ruler in Plateau

Gunmen have Kidnapped Da Gyang Balak, the Gwom Rwei (District Head) of Vwang District of Jos-south Local Government Area of Plateau. Maj. Ishaku Takwa, the Media Officer of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) maintaining peace in Plateau and environs confirmed the incident in statement on Monday in Jos. He said that the chief was kidnapped on […]

Bandits to Zamfara villages: Pay N24m tax or be attacked

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo  Nine communities in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State were asked by bandits to pay a compulsory tax of the sum of N24 million or be attacked.  The communities would pay from N500,000 to N5m, according to the bandits.  Journalists were told that the communities have started mobilizing to pay the […]

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