The Emir of Yauri, Dr Muhammad Zayyanu Abdullahi, has said sediments make River Niger that has not been dredged in 50 years shallow leading to flooding in his domain. He said underwater deposits such as of sands, trees and rocks in River Niger exposed Yauri Town and other riverine communities to a yearly disaster of […]
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Published 27 May 2021
Forty-eight dead bodies of the people who were involved in a boat mishap in the Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi State have so far been recovered.
This was stated by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, Alhaji Abubakar Muazu while speaking to
The PUNCH on the telephone on Thursday.
Muazu said, “So far, a combined team of rescue operatives have discovered 48 dead bodies and the search for the other casualties is still ongoing around the river where the incident took place.”
According to him, the National Emergency Management Agency and other relevant stakeholders are currently in the river trying to locate the remaining bodies.
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One of the events that shaped 2020 in the solid mineral sector is the renewed call for the amendment of the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act 2007, the Petroleum Act and related laws guiding natural resources management.
This is as stakeholders alleged double standard by the federal government.
The demand for resource control was rife, as individuals and interest groups in the Niger Delta wanted an arrangement where the oil-producing states in the region would be allowed to exploit their resources and pay taxes to the central government.
They claimed such an arrangement was most equitable, as the Federal Government seems to have given tacit approval to some states in the north to manage their mineral deposits.