Tag: Cows
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Lightning strikes seven cows dead in Osun
Seven cows belonging to a Fulani herder, identified only as Alhaji Abdullahi, in Elepo village, Ifon, Osun State, were in the early hours of Tuesday struck dead by lightning. The incident, which reportedly occurred during an early morning rain, threw the village into panic. The cows were said to have been tethered to a place…
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Kogi places 48-hour embargo on sale, consumption of beef over alleged poisoning of cows
The Kogi State Government on Friday said it is investigating what led to the death of about twenty cattle that died while grazing on the premises of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, on Thursday. The government in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo, said it had put in…
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Mystery thunder kills 36 cows in Ondo
A mysterious thunderstruck on Saturday night in Oke Owa, Ijare community in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, killing at least 36 cows. Community leaders suggested that the disaster was due to the desecration of the sacred shrine by Fulani herders who intruded into the shrine of the ancient deity. Despite the supernatural interpretation…
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Cows are more important than human beings in Nigeria – Femi Aribisala
By Femi Aribisala In the bible, Jesus cast a legion of demons out of a demon-possessed man. However, he cast the demons into 2,000 pigs nearby. Immediately, the pigs ran over a cliff, fell into the sea and drowned. When the villagers heard about this miracle, they were not pleased. How could 2,000 pigs…
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Cows to be issued with birth certificates – Government declares
The Ugandan Government has made it mandatory for farmers in the country, to get birth certificates for their cows. Vincent Ssempijja, the country’s Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, announced this on Wednesday. The registration is part of requirements for food exportation to European countries. “They want to know where the meat and crop…
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Police confirm killing of 21, rustling of 50 cows in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command on Monday confirmed the Killing of 21 persons and rustling of 50 cows in an attack by gunmen in Banono and Anguwan Aku villages in Kajuru Local Government Area in Kaduna State. The Command Public Relations officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo, gave the confirmation in a statement issued in Kaduna. Sabo…
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Cows more valuable to Buhari than Nigerians – Cardinal Okogie
A revered Nigerian cleric Anthony Cardinal Okogie says President Muhammadu Buhari’s ”silence” towards killings in Nigeria shows that a cow is more valuable than him (Okogie). Okojie made this known after taking part in a peaceful march and prayer for Nigeria organised by Catholics in different dioceses across Nigeria on Tuesday. The Archbishop Emeritus of…
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Over one million cows have invaded Benue, Ortom raises alarm
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Monday raised fresh alarm of the invasion of over a million cows in Benue State; a sign of another possible attack. The governor said this when he led the senior pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Paul Enenche, and his wife, Becky, to the cemetery of the 73…
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Eid-el-Kabir: NGO donates 1,849 cows to the needy in Daura
Nyass International Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, says it has so far donated 1,849 cows to the needy and less privileged in the country. The organisation said this during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration in Daura that it made the donation in collaboration with a German based Hassene Foundation. Sheikh Adulahad Nyas said the meat of such cows…