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Fulani herdsmen in Borno and Yobe states are facing unprecedented hardship as climate change devastates their livestock and grazing lands. A recent report by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) reveals that over half of the herdsmen’s livestock have died due to severe drought, intense heat, and shrinking pastures. By Fatima Bukar, Maiduguri The crisis has escalated dramatically in the last two years, with herdsmen feeling the full impact of rising temperatures and erratic rainfall. The proximity of Borno and Yobe to the Sahara Desert makes them especially vulnerable, with temperatures soaring and rainfall patterns increasingly unpredictable. For communities that…

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When ideas, statements, or policies emanating from one source are opposed to one another, conflicting or inconsistent, then we have contradictions. (EPL) I want to start this with something that has been bothering me for years. It made me propose that it be featured on the cover of Leadership Friday in 2016 when I was promoted from its editor to managing editor (content). I was so peeved by it, but my then Group Managing Director (GMD), Mr Cletus Akwaya (now publisher of Daily Asset), overruled me. I was concerned by the contradiction in our educational system. A student may get…

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