Yobe to transform 8,500 years old Dufuna Canoe into tourist centre The Yobe State Government is set to make the ancient Dufuna Canoe a tourist attraction in the state. A statement made available to newsmen, quoted the Commissioner of Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Honourable Abdullahi Bego, as saying that the desire of Governor Mai Mala Buni's administration was to salvage and restore the 8,500-year-old Dufuna Canoe, which was discovered and excavated in 1998 and position it as a major tourist attraction in the state. Bego disclosed this while meeting with the...