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    ‎Ranching policy: Lawyer seeks protection of Middle Belt lands

    ‎ ‎From Yakubu Wuyep, Jos ‎ ‎A legal practitioner, Barrister John Apollos Maton, has called for greater protection of ancestral lands in the Middle Belt as he challenges the Federal Government’s National Pilot Ranching Programme in court. ‎ ‎Maton, alongside Mrs Marie Ene Orgah and other concerned individuals, has...

    ‎2027 Hajj: IHR demands Nigeria Hospital in Saudi

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    ‎ ‎From Yakubu Wuyep, Jos ‎ ‎A legal practitioner, Barrister John Apollos Maton, has called for greater...

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