The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has advised Nigerian government to take measures to ensure that schools are safe for all children. The Fund made the appeal in a statement issued to rejoice with parents and 91 students of Salihu Tanko Islamiya School Tegina, in Niger state, who were abducted three months ago. It also condemned the death of six-year-old Hayatu Hashimu, one of the child who lost his life while held in captivity. “Children who went in search of knowledge were abducted at their school – which is supposed to be a safe place for them – while exercising…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
By Bashir Mani Marriage has been generally and globally defined as the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship. This connotes a historically and in some jurisdictions, specifically a union between a man and a woman. In Islamic law (sharia), marriage (nikāḥ ), is a legal and social contract between two individuals. Marriage is an act of Islam and is strongly recommended. For centuries, marriage has been a social contract between a couple who have agreed to live together under a mutually beneficial and spiritually rejuvenating institution. This indispensable institution has existed for…
By Tina George, Minna The commercialisation of biofortified crops of maize and cassava is expected to empower over 1,500 micro and small scale entrepreneurs across Nigeria by 2022, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has disclosed. The project of the commercialisation of these crops is being focused on eight states for three years. The GAIN Nigeria Project Manager, Ijudai Jasada disclosed this during a meeting with stakeholders and Value Chain Actors in Minna to intimate them about the project. According to him, the biofortified crops to be focused on include Vitamin A cassava and Vitamin A maize adding that…
By Kayode Olaitan The recent wave of surrender by the members of Boko Haram and Islamic States West African Province (ISWAP) terrorist groups and their families to troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in the north-eastern part of the country has become a topic of discourse within the security and intelligence circle. In the last three weeks, more than 1,500 Boko Haram fighters have surrendered and laid down their weapons in drove in different parts of Borno and Yobe where they had maintained camps and hideouts in recent times. An intelligence source familiar with the development has noted that aside…
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI (GCFR), OVER THE RECRUDESCENCE OF SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE COUNTRY WHY MR. PRESIDENT NEEDS TO ACT NOW! Your Excellency; Permit me to extend my warm regards to you and to also appreciate the Almighty God for entrusting the task of leading this great Country to you. As enormous as this task is, Mr. President will agree with me that there are times that test the soul of every patriotic citizen to speak and to act in order to rekindle hope and douse the resurgence of…
People infected with the Delta variant of Covid-19 carry twice the risk of needing to be treated in hospital than those with the Alpha strain, a study has suggested. Researchers looked at more than 43,000 cases in England between March and May with their findings published in medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Nearly three-quarters of coronavirus cases in the study were in people who were unvaccinated, with 1.8% coming in those who had received both inoculations. The study said around one in 50 patients were admitted to hospital within two weeks of their first positive test, or 2.3% of…
Zamfara state governor, Bello Muhammad has announced the closure of all weekly markets in the state as part of measures to address worsening security situation in the state. He announced this after receiving 18 kidnapped students of the State’s College of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Bakura. The governor also said the state government banned the selling of petrol in jerrycans as part of the measures to stop supplying fuel to the bandits. “Filling stations in the state should also sell only N10,000 fuel to each vehicle and should be vigilant of vehicles or motorcycles coming for repeat purchases immediately. “No…
Another batch of 32 abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state, have regained their freedom, bringing the total of those released to 90. The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State, Rev. John Hayab, confirmed the release of the students in Kaduna on Saturday. Hayab said: “Yes, 32 of our students were freed on Friday evening. We still have 31 with the captors and we are praying that they too will be released soon”, he said. Bandits in the early hour of July 5, invaded the school…
The Nigerian Army and the Police in Zamfara have begun collaborating in the fight against banditry and restoring security in the state, the GOC, 8 Division Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Maj.-Gen. Uwem Bassey has said. Bassey, also the Force Commander, Operation Hadarin Daji, stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Zamfara Commissioner of Police, Mr Ayuba Elkana, according to a statement issued in Gusau, on Saturday, by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad Shehu. Shehu said that the GOC, who was accompanied by the Brigade Commander, 1 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Gusau, and other Principal Officers…
Kaduna state government says three persons have been killed while many sustained injuries in an attack in Zangon Kataf local government area of the state. Mr Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the attack in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. “Security agencies have reported to the Kaduna state government that Machun and Manuka villages in Zangon Kataf LGA were attacked by unidentified persons, leaving three residents dead and several others injured. “According to the report, police personnel responded to a distress call from Machun village, and mobilised there. “On arrival, they were also alerted…