…them later died, bringing the death toll to four. “Several people are still missing, and search efforts are ongoing. We hope they will be found alive,” he said. Reacting to the incident, a native of the area and former Executive Secretary of the Benue State Teaching Service Board (TSB), Dr. Frank Kyungun, who visited t…

…for. Speaking with PUNCH at the riverside, a local diver, Malam Jibril Sani, said search efforts had continued since the incident occurred. He said, “We started the search immediately after the incident occurred, before the Maghrib prayer on Sunday, and stopped when night fell before resuming the search this morning.”…

…funding, limited infrastructure, a shortage of dedicated researchers and fragmented research efforts continued to constrain the institute's growth. "IAMRAT was never intended to be just another research centre conducting routine studies. It was created to be a hub of innovation and a bridge between academia, healthcare…