Day: February 11, 2018

32 in trouble over open grazing in Benue

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Thirty-two persons are being prosecuted for alleged violation of Benue state’s Open Grazing Prohibition Law. The law took effect from Nov. 1, 2017, the state commissioner of police,, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said. He said measures were being taken, including visibility policing, to stem the ceaseless killings in the state. “In order to strengthen our visibility in the state, we have established Tactical Operation Points in 22 locations within Makurdi metropolis. “This gives a holistic security coverage to the metro. Ortom “This was started last Thursday and the 22 points will…

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Northern elders seek consensus presidential candidate

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Taking measures to produce a consensus presidential candidate for the 2019 elections, some elders of the north have also constituted some committees to find solutions to the challenges facing the region. A committee is to be set up to search and present a consensus candidate for the 2019 presidential election. The meeting was president over by leader of the Northern Elders Forum, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, on Saturday in Abuja. The select elders discussed other strategies for reaching an accord and the adoption of the consensus candidate. According to Punch, others at…

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Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai stocks down again

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Asian stocks, from Tokyo to Hong Kong and Shanghai took another battering on Friday as the global rout returned with a vengeance on intensifying fears about tighter US interest rates. The trading floor in Sydney was also not spared as investors piled into safe haven assets such as gold and the yen. The sell-off followed another battering for Wall Street, where the Dow suffered its second-heaviest daily points fall on record — the worst coming on Monday — after key US Treasury bond yields spiked fuelling the likelihood of higher…

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