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In a bid to support Nigeria’s efforts in its ongoing war against insurgency perpetrated by Boko Haram and its splinter group, Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, in the north east, the United States Embassy, Abuja, has donated to the Nigerian Police Force, equipment worth $325,000.
The equipment donated by the U.S. include bulletproof vests, bulletproof helmets, goggles and 20 ballistic shields, a tent, mosquito nets, first-aid boxes, hygiene products, heavy-duty flashlights and foldable mattresses, to the 500 officers of the Police Mobile Force (PMF) serving in Borno state where the insurgents have a strong hold.
The situation in Borno State has worsened significantly in the past few months with tens of thousands being sent to their graves in gruesome murders. The state which is the birthplace of Boko Haram’s armed uprising has been the hardest hit by the terrorists as they have stepped up attacks and kidnappings and laying siege to strike
Nigeriaâs Divergent Tales Of Fishermen And Herdsmen
Source: Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze Listen to article
In Nigeria, two important traditional food and agricultural occupations face existential threats. The fishermen in the coastal areas of the country and the herdsmen in the North are beleaguered by environmental challenges. The environmental challenge confronting the herdsmen arises from naturally occurring desertification; while thatconfronting the fishermen is mainly man-made, and the result of years of oil exploration-related environmental degradation of the Niger Delta. These environmental challenges are detrimental to the lives and livelihoods of both fishermen and herdsmenand have deleterious impact onthe national economic output.
Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria freed a Christian pastor on Wednesday evening who had been held captive since Christmas Eve, just hours before the ransom deadline expired and he was to be executed.