I would equally say that those incidents (in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State) probably justified the Federal Government’s decision to float the scheme.
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Odedeji made the call at the 2nd Session of the 8th Synod of the diocese Friday while delivering his annual Charge on the state of the Nation.
The last two weeks has seen Northern youths, with the hashtag: #NorthIsBleeding, protesting massively over insecurity.
The development was confirmed by the spokesman of the Bauchi State Police Command, Muhammad Ahmad Wakil.
Nwajiuba made this known at the launching of Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) by Jigawa Government in Dutse.
“A lot of them are foreigners from Niger Republic, Chad and Cameroun,” Ganduje said while declaring open, a three-day retreat organised by the Universal Basic Education Commission in Kano.
From my research, the second group is of the view that individuals arrested in the misadventure to the South do not appear like people who can afford to pay the fare for such trips, which means they have sponsors. And of course, those sponsors have assignments for them to undertake when they settle down in the South
While explaining, the State Commissioner for Health and Hospital Services, Dr. Muhammad Makusidi, said out of the 22 results received from the NCDC, eight were positive, while 14 are negative
The Cross River State Government and security operatives on Saturday intercepted and sent back another set of trucks carrying no fewer than 30 Quoranic education pupils, also known as Almajiri, at the Gakem-Benue border in Cross River State.
MURIC said this in a statement on Friday by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola
El-Rufai said the Northern States Governors’ Forum had taken a decision at a meeting three weeks ago that they would put a stop to the almajiri system in the region
The Niger State Government has on Tuesday disclosed that it now has eight isolation centres for the mandatory 14 days profiling and testing for COVID-19 on Almajiris before being repatriated to their States of origin.
The Taraba State Government has rejected 100 Quranic education pupils, popularly known as Almajiri, believed to be from the state, who were repatriated from Nasarawa State.
This was revealed on Saturday by Muyiwa Adekeye, the Special Adviser on Media and Communication to the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, in a statement
The Kano State Government said it had begun contact tracing of the five Almajiri pupils who tested positive for coronavirus in Kaduna State.
The Niger State Government says it has concluded arrangements to repatriate all Almajiri children to their states of origin.
The Plateau State Government on Sunday began the evacuation of 183 Quranic education (Almajiri) pupils to their states of origin.
The Governors reached the agreement at a meeting held via teleconference and coordinated by the Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, who is the Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum
The Kano State Commissioner of Education, Muhammad Sa’id, has said the evacuation of Almajiri from Kano to their states of origin was to safeguard public health and stem the spread of Coronavirus pandemic.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said the out-of-school children is a big challenge facing Nigeria as a nation.