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BOGIS, ACRC Partner to Secure Land Titles for women and Low-Income Residents
BOGIS, ACRC Partner to Secure Land Titles for women and Low-Income Residents
By: Bodunrin Kayode
The Executive Secretary Borno Geographic Information Service (BOGIS), Engr. Adam Bababe, has reaffirmed the Agency’s commitment to improving urban land management and expand access to titles for low-income urban residents.
He gave this assurance during a courtesy visit by the Chief Executive Officer of the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC), Professor Diana Mitlin, who led other partners to BOGIS as part of their ongoing drive for partnership and collaboration in the state.
Engr. Bababe highlighted BOGIS’s efforts in modernizing land administration, digitizing records, and simplifying titling process to encourage more people to obtain legal ownership of land.
He noted that the Systematic Land Titling (SLT) programme, launched in 2022, has significantly increased conversions of customary land titles to statutory ones adding that BOGIS is working to integrate statutory and customary land rights into a single digital database for efficient administration.
Bababe further stated that data capture has been completed for low- and medium-density areas of Maiduguri, with work on undeveloped and high-density neighborhoods still ongoing and sought ACRC’s support in training BOGIS staff, particularly in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Professor Mitlin, who is also a researcher in Manchester University, explained that ACRC is a project under University of Manchester, funded by the Global Development Institution (GDI), that focuses on research-driven urban solutions, particularly in governance and economic development.
She commended BOGIS for its proactive approach on land administration and emphasized that land ownership, especially for women, will help boost their economic empowerment.
Systematic Land Tittling
(SLT) Project Coordinator Babagana Hassan stressed the importance of land titles as legal assets that provide security and financial opportunities.
As part of its intervention, ACRC has pledged to fully support 100 women in two locations within MMC and Jere in securing Land titles and cover application fees for an additional 1,000 residents in Maiduguri.
BOGIS, ACRC Partner to Secure Land Titles for women and Low-Income Residents
Ambassador Mamman hails Buratai’s legacy, urges youth mentorship
By: Zagazola Makama
Ambassador Yusuf Mamman, former Nigerian envoy, has lauded the leadership and reforms of retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, former Chief of Army Staff, describing him as a “soldier’s soldier” whose tenure transformed the Nigerian Army’s doctrine, structure, and innovation.
Mamman, who chaired the public presentation of the book Life Principles for Greatness from the Life of Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, said he accepted the role without hesitation because the work offered lessons for Nigeria’s youth.
He recalled that Buratai rose from a cadet in the Nigerian Defence Academy to become Chief of Army Staff at a time the country faced the existential threat of Boko Haram insurgency.
“He came at a very challenging and difficult time in our national history, when Boko Haram posed the biggest existential threat to Nigeria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity since the civil war,” Mamman said.
According to him, Buratai spearheaded deep and profound changes that reshaped military doctrine, operations, and troop welfare, laying the foundation for the ongoing modernisation of the Nigerian Army.
“He never sought to take credit, but his works were very evident and clear. The master plan for the Army’s modernisation we are following today was driven by his vision,” he added.
Mamman also linked Buratai’s example to the need for youth empowerment, noting that Nigeria’s young people are making significant contributions in technology, media, and the creative industry.
“We must give them the enabling environment to harness their creativity for national greatness. Our future relies on the resilience, creativity, and scholarship of our youth,” he said.
The event, held in Abuja Intercontinental Hotel attracted dignitaries including Senior Military Officers, both serving and retired, Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua, Chairman Senate Committee on Army, and other prominent Nigerians.
Ambassador Mamman hails Buratai’s legacy, urges youth mentorship
Kachalla Alti kills rival bandit kingpin, Dankarami Usaini in Zamfara community
By: Zagazola Makama
A feared bandit kingpin, Kachalla Alti, has killed a fellow gang leader in Matsuki village, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, in what residents described as a deadly supremacy battle.
Zagazola gathered from sources that the incident, which occurred at about 4:45 p.m. on Monday, has left the community tense and largely deserted.
Witnesses said the slain bandit, identified as Dankarami Usaini, 40, a Hausa native of Matsuki, had long operated from the Dangajeru forest, allegedly extorting residents and attacking those who resisted.
According to locals, Dankarami was in the village to collect levies on behalf of Kachalla Alti, the younger brother of notorious armed gang leader, Adamu Alero.
However, discontent had been brewing among residents over the “excessive harassment” by Dankarami. They reportedly reached out to Kachalla Alti to intervene. Kachalla Alti stormed the village with his men and shot Dankarami dead on the spot.
Following the killing, many residents fled to nearby villages, fearing retaliatory attacks from Dankarami’s loyalists.
Local sources said tension remains high, with sporadic gunfire heard in nearby forest routes.
Kachalla Alti kills rival bandit kingpin, Dankarami Usaini in Zamfara community
Police, hunters search for kidnapped septuagenarian in Gombe
By: Zagazola Makama
Police in Gombe State, in collaboration with local hunters, have launched a search for a 60-year-old man abducted by gunmen in Funakaye Local Government Area.
Sources said the incident occurred on Tuesday at about 12:30 a.m., when about seven armed men stormed the Ganti area of Abuku village via Ribadu Bajoga and kidnapped one Muhammadu Lawal to an unknown location.
Upon receiving the report from the village head of Bage, a joint team of police operatives and hunters mobilised to comb nearby communities in an effort to rescue the victim unhurt.
The sources said no arrests had been made as of the time of filing this report.
Police, hunters search for kidnapped septuagenarian in Gombe
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