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Dr. Aminu Jauro, Chairman of the Taskforce Committee on Recovery of Stolen Cows, handed over the livestock and revealed that a total of 222 cows and 58 sheep had been recovered. Jauro, who also serves as Chairman of Jalingo Local Government Area and the state’s ALGON Chairman, attributed the success to collaboration with security agencies
Taraba State returns 198 recovered cows to owners in Jalingo.

Dr. Aminu Jauro, Chairman of the Taskforce Committee on Recovery of Stolen Cows, handed over the livestock and revealed that a total of 222 cows and 58 sheep had been recovered. Jauro, who also serves as Chairman of Jalingo Local Government Area and the state’s ALGON Chairman, attributed the success to collaboration with security agencies and local hunters.

Following a thorough screening of 52 cattle owner groups, the committee identified the rightful owners of 198 cows, leaving 24 still unclaimed. Jauro urged owners to come forward for the remaining livestock, noting that the recovered cows belonged to herders from Ardo Kola Local Government Area.

The cattle were intercepted in Gassol Local Government Area through the efforts of intelligence officers and local hunters. The committee overseeing the recovery included local government chairmen from Ardo Kola, Gassol, Jalingo, Lau, and Karim Lamido, as well as representatives from security agencies and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association.

Alhaji Yau Ibrahim, Chairman of Miyetti Allah in Taraba, praised Governor Agbu Kefas for facilitating the recovery and return of the stolen cattle, emphasizing that such initiatives promote peaceful coexistence.

Taraba State returns 198 recovered cows to owners in Jalingo.

Eleven members of the same family from the Abofia-Agbaja community in the Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State were among the victims of a tanker fire that occurred at Ugwu Onyeama along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, on Saturday, PUNCH Metro has learnt. According to an eyewitness, the fire broke out around 11 a.m., when according
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Eleven members of the same family from the Abofia-Agbaja community in the Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State were among the victims of a tanker fire that occurred at Ugwu Onyeama along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, on Saturday, PUNCH Metro has learnt. According to an eyewitness, the fire broke out around 11 a.m., when according

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The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has rejected the proposed additional five states for the South-East. It was reported that Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review on Thursday proposed the creation of 31 new states in the country. If the proposal scales through, the Nigerian state
Ohanaeze youths reject five additional states for S’East, scold Reps from region

The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has rejected the proposed additional five states for the South-East.

It was reported that Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review on Thursday proposed the creation of 31 new states in the country.

If the proposal scales through, the Nigerian state will be made up of 67 sub-national governments as the country’s current states stand at 36, including the Federal Capital Territory.

According to the proposal, the new states are Okun, Okura, and Confluence states from Kogi; Benue Ala and Apa states from Benue; FCT state; Amana state from Adamawa; Katagum from Bauchi; and Savannah states from Borno and Muri State from Taraba.

Others are New Kaduna and Gujarat from Kaduna State; Tiga and Ari from Kano; and Kainji from Kebbi State; Etiti, Orashi, Adada, Orlu and Aba from the South East.

Also included are Ogoja from Cross River State, Warri from Delta, Ori and Obolo from Rivers, Torumbe from Ondo, Ibadan from Oyo, Lagoon from Lagos, Ogun, Ijebu from Ogun State, and Oke Ogun/Ijesha from Oyo/Ogun/Osun States.https://dailypost.ng/2025/02/06/nigerian-lawmakers-propose-creation-of-31-additional-states-full-list/

However, Ohanaeze youths said the proposal would further increase the marginalization of the South-East zone.

In a statement made available to journalists on Friday, the National President of Ohanaeze Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike said Ndigbo had been crying of marginalization, given that they have only five states, as against six and seven by some regions in the country.

Okwu said to worsen the situation, the Reps were now proposing only additional five states for the South-East, with other regions having more.

He urged the National Assembly to jettison the idea in order to avoid worsening the ill-feelings by the people of the South-East.

“When he read the news about the Reps’ proposal for state creation we were delighted. However, on clear scrutiny of the proposed states, we identified a clear further marginalization of the South-East.

“Our zone has been crying for an additional state since the return to democracy in 1999. But it has always been scuttled by those who are happy with having Ndigbo subjugated in this country.

“We find this current constitution amendment process as an ample opportunity to right that wrong, but we are seeing the contrary,” Okwu lamented.

He said any genuine effort at uniting the country should start by first giving the South-East two additional states, after which an equal number of states should be created for each of the regions to bring them at par.

Okwu took umbrage on the members of the House of Representatives from the South-East “for allowing such a proposal which is skewed against the South-East”.

He urged them to go back to the drawing board and correct the abnormality for the sake of unity in the country.

Ohanaeze youths reject five additional states for S’East, scold Reps from region