The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two foreign universities towards enhancing quality of knowledge in the institution. Prof. Muhammad-Bello Uthman, Director, Centre for Islamic Legal Studies, (CILS), ABU, disclosed this during the 21st Annual Judges Conference in Zaria on Sunday. Uthman said that the universities were Al-Azhar University Cairo, Egypt and International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan. The theme of the Conference was “ Application of the doctrine of Hauzi (Prescription) in the Sharia and Area Courts; Challenges and Prospects.” He said the MoU was centred on research in Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh),…
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The Police Service Commission, PSC, has dismissed four senior Police officers and demoted two others, over cases of serious misconduct and acts unbecoming of public officers. A statement by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani on Sunday also said the Commission handed punishments of severe reprimand and reprimand to four others. The Commission took these decisions at its 10th plenary meeting presided over by the Chairman, Musiliu Smith on Friday. “A Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, was dismissed for discreditable conduct, dishonesty and act unbecoming of a public officer while a Superintendent of Police was also dismissed for conspiring…
The National Coordinator of the movement of the South East for President 2023, SEP 2023, Mr Emmanuel J.C. Ezugikpe has congratulated Chinwedu Ochulor and his running mate, Mr Chuks Amaike for winning the Saturday local government councils election in Abia state. ASHENEWS reports that Mr Ochulor Chinwendu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won with 18,323 votes against the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate who scored 210 votes, in Isialangwa North local government area of the state. While congratulating Mr Chinwedu, Ezugikpe said the victory was a result of selfless service and dedication to the people of the local government.…
The Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC) has declared the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 17 chairmanship candidates, as winners of the just concluded local government councils election in the state. Prof. Mkpa Mkpa, the Chairman of ABSIEC, announced the results on Sunday in Umuahia. Mkpa said that the Labour party won six councillorship seats, out of the ten in Ikwuano Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, while PDP cleared all councillorship seats in the remaining LGAs of the State. He commended the electorate for the peaceful conduct of the election. He further commended ABSIEC officials for their commitment to…
A combined team of security operatives on Saturday rescued 80 abducted pupils of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, an Islamic school in Mahuta, Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State. This was made public in a statement issued on Sunday in Katsina by the Police Public Relations Officer in Katsina State, Gambo Isah. The statement said in part: “On 19/12/2020 about 2200hrs, a distress call was received by DPO Dandume that some Islamiyya students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, Mahuta village, Dandume, Katsina state, numbering about 80, while on their way back from Maulud occasion celebrated at Unguwan-Alkasim, Dandume to Mahuta, were accosted by bandits.…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 920 new infections of COVID-19 in the country, with six deaths in 24 hours. The NCDC made the disclosure via its verified website on late on Friday. Since the outbreak of the disease last February, over 874,617 samples have been tested by the NCDC, out of which 77,933 turned out positive. The public health agency announced that the country had recorded six additional deaths in the past 24 hours. The NCDC also disclosed that 300 patients had been discharged after testing negative from the virus. It said that the new infections were reported…
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has stressed that the release of the students of Kankara Government Science Secondary School, is the beginning of struggle in the North. This is contained in a statement by the Spokesperson of the group, Abdulazeez Suleiman on Saturday. According to the statement, “the daring theft of more than 300 students from one point, at the same hour, represents the height of the most serious social and security challenges facing the North today.” Read the statement below: We should like, from the outset, to thank and commend His Excellency, Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina…
The Chairman of Zamfara Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, has urged governments at all levels to change their tactics and approach in the fight against armed banditry. The emir made the call on Saturday, while speaking over last Friday’s attack on the Emir of Kaura-Namoda, Maj. Sanusi Muhammad (rtd), along Zaria-Funtua road as a result of which three police escorts and five palace aides on the convoy were killed. Attahiru, who is also the Emir of Anka, said, “it seems these acts of banditry have defied all solutions available to us and the bandits have continued to kill people…
The Nigerian military on Saturday made some disclosures on how it carried out the rescue operation of the 344 boys kidnapped from their school in Kankara, Katsina State, on December 11. It disclosed that while kinetic and non-kinetic approaches were used to ensure all the boys were rescued unhurt, there was resistance from the abductors who laid ambush against the troops. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, and retired Maj.-Gen. Ahmed Jibrin, former Director, Military Intelligence, gave the accounts at special edition of the Nigeria Television Authority programme, “Good Morning Nigeria” on Saturday. Jibrin is currently the Special…
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday completed the first review of Egypt’s economic reform programme supported by a 12-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). This allows Egypt to draw US$1.67 billion, the Fund said in a press statement issued on Saturday. The 12-month SBA for US$5.2 billion was approved by the Executive Board on 26 June, 2020, to support the Egyptian authorities’ economic reform programme during the COVID-19 crisis. “The Egyptian authorities have managed the COVID-19 pandemic and the related disruption to economic activity very well. The proactive measures taken to address health and social needs and…