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COVID-19: Kaduna State shuts down all Schools
The Ministry of Education in Kaduna State has directed all schools in the State to close on Wednesday, 16th December 2020 following the increase in Covid-19 cases in the state. This was contained in a statement on Monday by the Commissioner of Education, Dr Shehu Muhammad Makarfi. According to him, the ministry decided to shut down the schools to contain the spread of the pandemic adding that all academic institutions must comply with the directive…
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Boko Haram claims kidnapping of students in Katsina State
The Boko Haram sect has claimed responsibility for the abduction of over 300 students from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State on Friday. It was reported that the gunmen stormed the boarding school on foot during the day time, collected student belongings, and led a large number of them into the bush. Efforts by security agencies to secure the release of the boys have been ongoing since their capture with the Nigerian military…
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Abduction of the nation’s Children in the President’s home terrain is a slap across his face – Wole Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has reacted to the kidnap of schoolboys from Government Secondary School in Kankara community of Katsina State. In a statement he titled “INFRADIG–A presidential comeuppance”, the playwright explained that the refusal of the president to appear before the house of assembly proves his theory that President Buhari is not in charge adding that the “abduction of the nation’s children” in his home terrain is “a slap across his face ” He…
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Ede Polytechnic rector suspended for fixing a king-sized bed in his office
Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Ede, John Adekolawole has been suspended by the institution’s academic board on grounds of “sleeping at work” as he fixed a king sized bed in his office. According to the chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) in the institution, Adekunle Masopa, he said the board based its decision on 21 grounds. He said; “We tried to intervene, but members of the academic board said they had taken…
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WAEC to bar cheating students from sitting for it’s exams
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC has approved sanctions for students and schools who have reported cases of Exam Malpractice. This was according to a communiqué released by the body at its 70th meeting of the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) of the council held from Thursday to Saturday last week in Lagos. The body agreed that guilty students will be barred for a certain number of years while the schools guilty of malpractice will be…
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IGP orders deployment of SWAT Operatives for routine operations
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of recently trained officers of the special Weapon and Tactical Team (SWAT) for routine operations. The directive was contained in a statement by Adamu addressed to all Assistant IGP’s and Commissioners of Police across the country on Monday. “The Inspector-General of Police directs that all recently selected and trained Special Weapon and Tactical Team (SWAT) operatives are to be deployed for routine duties across…
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Reactions trail video of President Buhari visiting his cows yet failing to meet parents hours after their children were abducted in Katsina
Nigerians are reacting to the video of President Buhari visiting his cows in his ranch in Daura, Katsina state. The President last week embarked on a weeklong visit to his home state. Shortly after his arrival in the state, armed bandits visited the Government Boys Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area and abducted students in their hundreds. Two hundred were first rescued and according to government officials, 333 of the students are still missing. Many…
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Hotelier and one other assassinated in Delta
Unknown gunmen have assassinated the owner of Widisag Hotel located in Udu council area of Delta state, Elvis Otedafe Onojerame alongside a friend on Sunday night, December 13. According to reports, the suspected assassins shot the deceased hotelier at close range inside his Mercedes Benz car before killing his friend. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, said the police have launched an investigation into the matter. “it is true.…
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US Election 2020: Electoral College makes it official, Joseph R Biden will be the next U.S President
The Electoral College formally chose Joe Biden on Monday as the nation’s next president, giving him a solid electoral majority of 306 votes and confirming his victory in last month’s election. The state-by-state voting took on added importance this year because of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he had lost. Heightened security was in place in some states as electors met to cast paper ballots, with masks, social distancing and other pandemic precautions the…
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Insecurity is getting worse across the country – Sultan of Sokoto says
The Sultan of Sokoto and Co-Chairman of National Council of Traditional Rulers, Sa’ad Abubakar, says the security challenges across the country is getting worse by the day and requires the prompt and decisive action of all levels of government. The monarch said this when he led other top monarchs to Maiduguri to condole with the government and people of Borno State on the recent killing of farmers by Boko Haram at a rice field in Zabarmari.…
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Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, travels to the US for medical check-up, hands over to Deputy
Nasarawa state governor, Abdullahi Sule, has notified the State House of Assembly that he is travelling to the United States of America (USA) for medical check-up from Dec. 13 to Dec. 29. The Speaker of the assembly, Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, disclosed this today Monday, December 14, while reading the Governor’s letter to the house, titled, “Notification to Travel to the United States of America.” The letter in part reads ”I wish to inform the Rt. Hon speaker, I shall…
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Abductors of Students have contacted us – Masari tells Buhari
Governor Bello Masari of Katsina State on Monday told President Muhammadu Buhari that the abductors of the students in Kankara Local Government Area of the state have contacted them. According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu after Masari’s visit, he said; “The Governor, who was accompanied by the Deputy Governor of the state, Manir Yakubu, said the kidnappers had made contact and discussions were already on pertaining to…
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