🇳🇬 Nigeria 22h ago · Adeyinka Salami

FOREST GUARDS AND INSECURITYIf well-trained and armed, the guards can make a difference

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In response to deep security concerns associated with the country’s vast forests, President Bola Tinubu launched the Presidential Forest Guards Initiative barely a year ago. Some 7,000 trained guards were deployed across Northern states of Borno, Sokoto, Yobe, Adamawa, Niger, Kwara, and Kebbi to secure the forest reserves and flush out terrorists and kidnappers. Following a renewed wave of kidnappings involving over 80 schoolchildren and teachers in Borno and Oyo States, the President announced

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