•Boat mishap Two fishermen have gone missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Opu-Okumbiri community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Residents of the community identified the missing fishermen as Elder Sunday Sample Timothy and his assistant, Mr Avarada, reports Daily Trust. A community leader, Chief Saturday Akimi-O...
Part of the 40,000 fishermen expected in the Mata Fada River for the Argungu Festival have made their way into the water without permission. The fishermen forced their way into the river after overpowering security personnel drafted around the water, reports Saturday Vanguard. As of the time of filing this report, security officials are at [&h...
•Chadian soldiers Chad’s military has been accused of killing “scores” of fishermen in Nigeria while targeting jihadists, days after 40 died in a Boko Haram attack on a military base in Chad, fishermen and anti-jihadist militia told our correspondent. The Chadian army launched an airstrike pummelling Tilma island in Kukawa district on the Nige...
•The dead hippopotamus No fewer than 40 fishermen have jointly killed a mother hippopotamus that killed Malam Usman Maigadi, a guard at Orchard Farm owned by the Emir of Yauri, Dr Muhammad Zayyanu-Abdullahi on Sept. 22. It was gathered that the fishermen armed with bows and arrows have killed the hippopotamus in Yauri River, Yauri […]
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