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Fire Destroys Foods Market in Ondo Foodstuffs worth millions of naira were today destroyed by fire at the popular Odopetu market in Akure, Ondo State capital. Though there no life was lost in the incident, it was gathered that many shops that were stocked with foodstuffs were completely destroyed leaving the shop owners with nothing to salvage. The cause of the inferno was not known at the press time, however, the affected traders said the fire was a mysterious one. Some of the food items destroyed by the fire included, rice, beans, tubers of yam, fowl, palm and vegetable oil among others. A source told journalists that the fire might occurred as a result of power surge, but another source said there was no power supply to the area when the fire started in the midnight "The cause of the fire incident is not clear yet to anyone because everybody has gone to sleep and all the traders have all gone home. We just heard the noise in the night and we

9,000 Poultry Killed in Kano over Bird Flu About 9, 000 birds have so far been killed in Kano State since the bird flu resurfaced in the state two weeks ago. The Director of State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources,   Dr. Shehu Bawa, told journalists in Kano today that the birds were killed in two poultry farms that had been infected with the disease in the state. “We killed only 300 birds in the first farm while in the second farm, no fewer than 8, 500 birds were killed. As I am talking to you, only two farms were hit by the disease, and the farms had since been depopulated,” he stated. According to him, the state Ministry of Agriculture and Natural resources would continue to intensify surveillance and disinfection of other farms to check the spread of the disease. He said the ministry also embarked on sensitising farmers on the need for them to ensure clean environment. Bawa called on the federal government to pay compensatio

Adamawa Govt Raises the Alarm over Fleeing Boko Haram Terrorists Infiltrating Communities The Adamawa   State Government   on Thursday raised the alarm over the Boko Haram   terrorists who are on the run from Sambisa forest hiding in some communities in the state following the current pursuit by the Nigeria troops . Raising the alarm shortly after a security meeting, the state Governor, Mohammed   Jibrilla Bindow, said the terrorists were on the run following their defeat and are hiding in   some communities of the state to continue their killings. The state Deputy Governor, Martins Babale, who represented the governor during the meeting, urged the public to be on alert and look out for fleeing members of the sect from Sambisa. Babale called on all motorists to pay attention to those entering their vehicles as the members of the Boko Haram have been running to hide among the people. However, the deputy governor, who also double as the Chairman of the Adama

Nigerian Govt Receives 80 Hectares of Land for Automotive Industrial Park in Anambra The federal government on Thursday received the certificate of occupancy for over 80 hectares of land donated to it by the Anambra State Government for the construction of an automotive industrial park. The state Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, handed the certificate of occupancy (C of O) to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okey Enelamah, yesterday at the site in Unubi. The land was donated by three communities, Akwaihedi and Unubi in Nnewi South Local government area and Uga in Aguata council area. Obiano, who handed the certificate to the minister, stated that the land which is above 80 hectares was half of what was requested by the federal government from the state for the automotive industrial park, but because of unsavoury experience the state had with past government, it refused to donate fully. “I thank Unubi, Akwaihedi and Uga communities for accept