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  • Why we can’t reveal location of 368 grazing reserves – Ministry of Agriculture

    Why we can’t reveal location of 368 grazing reserves – Ministry of Agriculture

    The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Friday said it is not in the position to reveal the identities of the states.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the Ministry’s response is sequel to the controversies trailing the identities of the 25 states where 368 grazing reserves to be reviewed by the Presidency are located.

    The Director, Department of Animal Husbandry Services at the ministry Winnie Lai- Solarin who spoke with The Nation said there is a committee working on the review of the grazing sites and the states would be made known as soon as they are done.

    She stated that the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, is a member of the Committee reviewing the 368 grazing sites across the 25 states, adding that it will not be different from what the ministry is doing.

    She added that information has not changed about the states where the country has 415 grazing reserves.

    According to her, the 415 grazing reserves which some have been developed are mainly in the north. Only a few states in the country don’t have grazing reserves and are mainly in the south.

    She said: “All the northern states have grazing reserves. There are only a few states in the country that don’t have grazing reserves and they are mainly in the south.

    “We should allow the committee to round up and give us the list. It is not good for the ministry to give us the list while committee is still working. It is the same thing. It is not going to change.

    “It is good we allow the presidency do their work. The first set is what they just announced. Going forward, they will bring all the details out for everyone to see”.

     

  • Popular cleric reveals location of kidnapped Katsina school boys

    Popular cleric reveals location of kidnapped Katsina school boys

    Primate Elijah Ayodele, leader of INRI Evangelical spiritual church has said that the kidnapped students from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State are somewhere between the Niger Republic and Nigeria.

    He said God showed him the children were held hostage in a vision.

    The cleric revealed this in a statement he released on Wednesday, warning that actions should be taken as soon as possible in order to avoid deaths of the abducted students.

    Primate Ayodele also said the kidnap is a setup and some people are responsible just to terrorize the country.

    “The kidnap was a set-up, there are some people behind it just to terrorise Nigeria, that is why I said those who deep hand into the destruction of Nigeria, COVID-19 has come to take them away.”

    He told the parents of the kidnapped children that they should be patient and have faith in God that they would be rescued.

  • Google faces lawsuit for unwanted tracking of phone locations

    Google faces lawsuit for unwanted tracking of phone locations

    A Californian man has filed a lawsuit against Internet search giant, Google for invading people’s privacy by tracking the whereabouts of smartphones users despite “location history” settings being turned off.

    TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the suit filed on Friday seeks unspecified damages along with class-action status to represent all US iPhone or Android smartphone users who turned off location history in order not to have their movements logged by Google.

    “Google expressly represented to users of its operating system and apps that the activation of certain settings will prevent the tracking of users’ geolocations. This representation was false,” the lawsuit read.

    The suit accuses Google of violating privacy law, and cites a news report last week confirmed by university researchers.

    Google did not respond to a request for comment.

    After the report, Alphabet-owned Google modified its support page to read that turning off location history off “does not affect other location services on your device, like Google Location Services and Find My Device”.

    Location data may also be tracked for use in other services such as maps or search, the support page indicated.

    The page had previously indicated that turning location history off meant places visited were not stored by Google.

    The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a non-profit public interest group, said it has sent a letter to the US Federal Trade Commission to look into whether Google has violated a 2011 consent order.

    “Google’s subsequent changes to its policy, after it has already obtained location data on Internet users, fails to comply with the 2011 order,” Epic quoted its letter as stating.