FG graduates 7,000 forest guards across seven states Story by Yahaya Saleh Muhammad  The Federal Government has graduated over 7,000 newly recruited forest guards across seven states as part of efforts to strengthen security and reclaim forest areas used by criminal groups. The graduation ceremonies, held simultaneously in the participating states, marked the completion of a three-month intensive training programme under the Presidential Forest Guards Initiative. The beneficiaries were drawn from Borno, Sokoto, Yobe, Adamawa, Niger, Kwara and Kebbi states. Speaking at the event, government officials said the initiative was designed to deny...