UPDATE: FORMER NYSC DG RECOUNTS HARROWING EXPERIENCE WITH HYENAS IN KIDNAPPERS' DEN.(PHOTO).

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 Former NYSC DG Recounts Harrowing Experience with Hyenas in Kidnappers' Den Maharazu Tsiga, the former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has shared a chilling account of his 56-day ordeal in captivity. Tsiga was abducted on February 5, 2025, from his hometown of Tisga in Katsina State and was rescued on Wednesday. Speaking in Abuja during the handover of 19 rescued victims to their families, Tsiga described how he and other hostages were held in a dense forest surrounded by hills, teeming with dangerous animals. "A day before I left, we saw hyenas parading, searching for food. And what kind of food? Us, human beings," he recounted. Tsiga revealed that the kidnappers used high-profile captives as human shields during aerial attacks. He also shared a harrowing experience where a rocket aimed at them failed to explode. "They carried that rocket to where I was sleeping and hid it there so that immediately I woke up and touched it, it would exp...

FRANCE'S ORANO SAYS NIGER JUNTA CONTROLS URANIUM FIRM. (PHOTO).


 France's Orano Says Niger Junta Controls Uranium Firm


French nuclear group Orano said Wednesday that authorities in military-led Niger had taken "operational control" of its uranium mining unit in the West African country, AFP reported.


Orano had already decided in October to suspend production in Niger owing to what it termed increasingly difficult operating conditions and financial issues.


Orano holds a 63.4 percent stake in the local mining company, Somair, while the share of the Nigerien state stands at 36.6 percent.


"For several months, Orano has been warning of the interference that the group has been suffering in the governance of Somair," the French group said in a statement.


"The decisions taken at the company's board meetings are no longer being applied and, as a result, Orano is today confirming that the Nigerien authorities have taken operational control" of Somair, it said.


In June, the junta withdrew Orano's permit to exploit one of the largest uranium deposits in the world, Imouraren, which holds an estimated 200,000 tonnes of the heavy metal.


The ruling junta, which took power in a coup in July last year, says it will revamp rules regulating the mining of raw materials by foreign companies in what is the world's seventh-largest uranium producer.

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