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OPSH Troops Arrest Over 1,000 Cattle for Grazing on Farmlands in Plateau State

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3 years ago

July 19, 2023

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Troops of the Operations Safe Haven (OPSH) have arrested more than 1,000 cattle and a significant number of sheep for grazing on farmlands in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Captain James Oya, the Media Officer of the OPSH, made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday July 19, 2023.

According to him the troops of the Special Task Force intercepted the cows, which also included a large number of sheep, while they were grazing on farmlands belonging to local residents in Dumunan village, Bwai district of Mangu Council.

Bwai district has been recently under frequent attacks with a number of farmers reportedly killed, houses burnt and many locals sacked.

The statement noted that preliminary investigations conducted by the military revealed that the cows and sheep originated from Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi local governments, respectively. They are currently in OPSH custody for necessary action.

The statement says General Officer Commanding (GCO) 3 Division and Commander Operation Safe Haven, Major General AE Abubakar, has promised to tackle the root cause of the crisis and prevent further attacks in the Mangu area.

Meanwhile, Senator Diket Plang, representing Plateau Central in Plateau State, has appealed to the military to expand its surveillance in Mangu Local Government Area to farming areas in order to curb a new trend of crime where farms are being destroyed by bandits.

In a signed statement, Senator Plang strongly condemned the destruction of farms by bandits and expressed concern about the negative impact it would have on the predominantly farming community, which is already traumatised and facing hardships.

He emphasised that the destruction of farmlands would not only affect the local government but also the entire state and Nigeria as a whole, considering the strategic position of the council in terms of food production.

Senator Plang further stated that the destruction of farmlands could trigger reprisal attacks, undermining the peace initiatives undertaken by stakeholders and the government, while also hindering the progress made by the military in addressing the dire situation in the local government area.

“In light of the current situation, the bandits have changed their malicious modus operandi from attacking human lives to destroying the means of livelihood for the people, namely farming. Recently, farms were destroyed in various parts of the local government,” he said.

“This could cripple the economy and further frustrate the efforts of farmers towards achieving food security. It may also lead to retaliatory attacks, jeopardising the ongoing military efforts to address the spate of killings in the affected areas.

“Therefore, there is an urgent need for security personnel on the ground to also extend their surveillance to the farming areas and protect the crops that have been nurtured and are ready for harvest in the coming months,” he stated.

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FG graduates 744 repentant terrorists under Safe Corridor programme

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April 16, 2026

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A total of 744 repentant terrorists have graduated from the Federal Government’s De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration Camp under Operation Safe Corridor.

Most of the participants were from Borno (597), followed by Yobe (58), Kano (15), Bauchi (12), and Adamawa (10), Abia (2), Akwa Ibom (1), Anambra (2), Ebonyi (3), Enugu (1), Katsina (3), Kebbi (1), Kogi (5), Nasarawa (4), Niger (2), Plateau (2), and Sokoto (2).

The group also included foreign nationals: one each from Burkina Faso and Cameroon, two from Chad, and four from the Niger Republic.

At the graduation ceremony held in Gombe, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, said the programme is a strategic effort to address the root causes of insurgency, stressing it is not an amnesty but a measure to reduce reoffending and curb extremist recruitment.

“This is not a reward but a deliberate approach to reducing violence, weakening recruitment pipelines, and fostering long-term stability,” he said.

He noted that combining military operations with rehabilitation is key to achieving lasting peace, urging the graduates to embrace reintegration and shun violence.

The coordinator of Operation Safe Corridor, Brigadier General Yusuf Ali, said participants underwent psychosocial support, vocational training, and reorientation programmes to prepare them for reintegration, describing it as a collective responsibility.

“This process is about rebuilding identity, restoring values, and preparing individuals to return as responsible members of society,” he said.

Ali added that the programme equips participants with the skills needed to reintegrate and contribute positively to national development, noting that reintegration requires collective support from government, communities, and families.

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It’s not just you — Bluesky is (sorta) down

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1 hour ago

April 16, 2026

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Bluesky’s website and app are still struggling on Thursday after experiencing service interruptions that COO Rose Wang attributed to a denial-of-service attack.

According to the social network’s status page, the issues began around 2:42 a.m. ET time on Thursday and have continued since.

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Currently, the Bluesky site and app will load at times, slowly, and other times will throw error messages.

For instance, switching to a particular feed within the app displays a message that says “This feed is currently receiving high traffic and is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. Message from server: Rate Limit Exceeded.”

Popular feeds like Discover or the official Bluesky Team’s feed are seeing this problem, though users’ own personal feeds may launch.

Other times, like when trying to visit a user’s profile, the site will just display an error message, forcing you to refresh and try again.

Bluesky protocol engineer Bryan Newbold remarked around 3:46 a.m. ET, “oof, our services are getting pretty hard tonight.”

The company has not officially shared what’s causing the slowdown or provided an estimated time for a fix.

Bluesky has not yet responded to a request for comment.

The service disruptions are impacting Bluesky, but other communities running their own infrastructure on the underlying protocol that powers the decentralized social network appear to be functioning for the time being.