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Bandits Invade Zaria, Abduct Housewives, Children

Bandits
Bandits were said to have invaded Kofar Kuyambana Low Cost in Zaria council of Kaduna State and abducted two housewives and three children. The gunmen reportedly stormed the Kuyambana communityRead More

Islamic Teacher, 33 Others Arrested For Alleged Looting Of Burnt Katsina Market

Katsina State
The Katsina State Police Command yesterday paraded a 43-year-old Islamic teacher, Muhammadu Abba, and 33 others for allegedly looting goods and other valuables worth thousands of Naira at the KatsinaRead More

Clark: It’s Criminal To Equate N’Delta Militants With Bandits

Former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has faulted the attempts to equate Niger Delta militants with Northern bandits, describing it as not only criminal, but also unconscionable. Clark stated this inRead More

Almajirai Migration To South-East Is Like Biological Warfare – Uwazurike

Chief Goddy Uwazurike
An ex-President of Aka Ikenga, an association of Igbo professionals, Chief Goddy Uwazurike, speaks in an interview about the recent migration of northerners across the country despite the interstate travelRead More

Kaduna Records 50 Coronavirus Cases Through Kano Almajiris – El-Rufai

Nasir El-Rufai
Fifty cases of confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recorded in Kaduna State are from the almajiris repatriated from Kano State. Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, made this disclosure via his verifiedRead More

Coronavirus: NCDC Fears Transmission May Worsen As Lockdown Ends Today

Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said it fears that the number of coronavirus cases in the country will continue to rise for the next few months. ThisRead More

Senate To FG: Build More Almajiri Schools To Minimize Street Begging

Nigeria Senate
The Senate yesterday urged the Federal Government to upgrade the existing almajiri model schools and build more to increase the number of schools enrolment, thereby reducing the number of out-of-schoolRead More

Almajri: MURIC Wants Child Abandonment Criminalised

Almajiri
On Monday, March 2nd, 2020, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) urged the Federal Government to criminalise child abandonment by parents in the country. The MURIC director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, whoRead More