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Yankari Reserve Adopts Social Media Publicity Strategy, Targets 50,000 Visitors

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The Acting General Manager of Yankari Game Reserve, Mohammed Ladan, has disclosed that management of the reserve has utiliised social media in increasing public awareness about its wonders in order to attract target visitors of about 50,000.

Ladan said that in 2017, Yankari Game Reserve located in Bauchi state, recorded an influx of 20,152 tourists but by 2018, tourists had increased to 29,215.

“For this year, we don’t have any record yet since the year hasn’t ended, but we are projecting to reach 50,000 because of the new publicity approach we have adopted, using the social media,” he said.

While describing one of the marvels of the reserve, Ladan said that the Wikki Warm Spring, “maintains a constant temperature of 31°C; it is exceptionally beautiful. You can swim there throughout the day without noticing that you spent hours there.

“Apart from the Wikki Warm Spring, we have others that have not yet been developed such as the Dimil, Maullugu, Tungan Maliki and Gwana Warm Spring. Tungan Maliki is a cold spring while the other four are warm springs. The one that has the highest temperature is Dimil Warm Spring, it maintains a constant temperature of 35°C all year round.

“One unique thing with those springs is that they maintain the volume of flow of water into it whether it is rainy season or when it is dry season.”

Yankari covers a landmass of 2,244 square kilometers and houses over 350 different species of bird and about 50 different kinds of mammals. The game reserve established 1956, was later converted to a national park in 1991 and managed by the Federal government. It remained so until the management of the reserve was handled back on request by the Bauchi State government in 2006.

Recently, the current administration of Sen. Bala Mohammed has said that it would plead with the Federal Government to take over management of the park yet again. Mohammed expressed his disappointment about the deplorable state of the reserve and wondered why the government in power at the time would reject relieve from the financial burden of managing the park.

The governor also said that the cases of yellow fever reported were due to the abundance of monkeys in the area. He, however, added that the government, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) would tackle the problem.

BBC News reported on September 6th that, according to the Borno State epidemiology team, six students from Waka College of Education in Borno State has died after 95 of them visited the game reserve.

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FG Abolishes 18-Year Age Benchmark For Admission Into Tertiary Institutions

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The new Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has abolished the controversial 18-year admission benchmark for tertiary institutions in the country.

This is coming as the minister indicated interest in reviewing the nation’s education policy.

However, Alausa stated that there would be no reversal of the Federal Government’s decision to void over 22,700-degree certificates obtained by Nigerians from some “fake” universities in neighbouring Togo and the Benin Republic.

Alausa spoke on Tuesday at his inaugural ministerial press conference in Abuja.

He stated that practical education will help to address the unemployment situation in Nigeria, as tertiary institutions will not continue to churn out graduates every year without providing jobs for them.

He disclosed that the Federal Government will collaborate with private sector operators to train students in order to discover and unleash their potential.

Alausa added that universities of agriculture will be empowered to adopt commercial farming practices to combat food insecurity.

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Outrage in Equatorial Guinea: Government Restricts WhatsApp Multimedia Sharing Amid Scandal

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There is outrage in Equatorial Guinea as the government restricted its citizens from downloading and sharing multimedia files using mobile data on WhatsApp.

This decision followed the guidelines that the country’s government gave to telecommunications operators when it urged them to implement measures to restrict access to inappropriate content.

The country’s Director General, National Financial Investigation Agency, Baltasar Engonga, has been involved in a sex scandal involving the wives of notable people in the nation.

The scandal emerged in the course of a fraud investigation against the 54-year-old economist which resulted in the search of his house and office on impromptu notice by ANIF officials who came across several CDs that later revealed his sexcapades with different married women.

It was reported that the over 400 videos include encounters with high-profile individuals, such as his brother’s wife, his cousin, the sister of the President of Equatorial Guinea, the Director General of Police’s wife, and about 20 of the country’s ministers’ wives, among others.

The footage, discovered in his office, was said to have been recorded with consent and has since been leaked online, causing a media uproar.

But, in a new development on Tuesday, it was reported that the citizens have been lamenting their inability to share photos, videos, and audio when using a mobile data connection, leading users to rely exclusively on WiFi networks to share such content.

Sources revealed that the restrictions have been affecting business and academic activities in the country.

Citizens wonder why the actions of a few individuals would result into holding thousands of other innocent ones hostage.

Earlier, the Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, Teddy Nguema, announced plans to install surveillance cameras in all state body offices.

This sweeping measure is part of an ongoing effort to ensure strict adherence to public service laws and combat misconduct among officials.

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NCC Confiscates ₦23 Million Worth of Pirated Books During Bookstores Raid In Uyo

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The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) on Saturday, November 2, confiscated ₦23.1 million in pirated books from local shops, including Academic Needs and Zion Bookshop during a raid in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

The raid was by the Deputy Director of Operations, Mr Macfoy Akachukwu, representing the NCC Director General, Dr. John Asein.

Akachukwu, who stated that the raid was a significant operation to combat the rampant sale of pirated books, listed the books seized during the raid to include: Basic Civic Education by Dr Merry Ukaegbu, Spectrum New Further Mathematics by T.R. Moses and Essential Christian Religious Study for Senior Secondary Schools by Orovwuje B.O and Okolie E.U.

Other books included Macmillan Brilliant English for Junior Secondary Schools by Wale Ossianwo, New General Basic Science for Junior Secondary Schools by S. Ajayi, New Oxford Secondary English Course for Secondary Schools by Ayo Banjo and New Concept Mathematics for Senior Secondary Schools by H.N. Odogwu among others.

Major publishers affected by the raid included Evans, UPL, Lantern, Longman, TONAD, and Pearson among others.

According to Asein, the operation is important as it was part of a nationwide initiative to protect authors’ rights.

“What we have done is part of the commissions mandate to protect and promote the rights of authors and other genuine investors in the copyright book industry,” he stated.

He reaffirmed that the NCC is committed to “eliminating the sale of pirated works and to establish a robust copyright framework in Nigeria”.

Asein emphasized that authors deserve to benefit from their creative work and not run into financial losses because of piracy.

“It is our duty to ensure that authors get rewards for their creative work. I have under my watch, zero tolerance for piracy and infringement of Copyright Laws,” Asein said.

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