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President Muhammadu Buhari plans to ban the ‘Almajiri’ Quranic education system in Northern Nigeria but will not do so immediately, an aide said on Friday. The ‘Almajiri’ system is popularly associated with kids begging on the streets in many Northern Nigerian states. Many of these kids are sent by their parents to live with and study Quranic education at a teacher’s place. …

“Apart from the incontrovertible facts our IT and legal teams have in their possession, and ready to bring to the attention of the tribunal, I wish to present to you another evidence obtainable by FoI.” A joint committee of information technology and legal experts has claimed to have incontrovertible evidence about Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) servers, installed in 36 …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government is collaborating with the World Bank, Dangote Foundation and other development agencies to provide special support for female entrepreneurs to expand their businesses in the state. The governor disclosed this when he met with the executives of the Benin Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (BENCCIMA) at …

National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has expressed shame over the purported inauguration of the Edo state House of Assembly by Gov. Godwin Obaseki, saying the minority cannot rule over the majority. This was as he said the National Working Committee NWC of the party had met with the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu and asked …

Suspected gunmen have killed 18 persons in some communities in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, the Emir of Tsafe, Muhammad Bawa, has disclosed. The emir made the disclosure on Friday while receiving a House of Representatives member representing Gusau/Tsafe Federal Constituency, Kabir Mai-Palace in Gusau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Mai-Palace was at the emir’s …

The Nigerian government has placed a ban on the manufacturing of small bottles of ‘Sniper’, an agro-chemical that has increasingly become a choice killer for persons contemplating suicide. The Punch Newspaper reported that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said the ban became necessary because of the recent wave of suicide cases across the country has been linked …

With the women’s World Cup entering the knockout rounds, football’s international authorities have decided not to apply a new rule that could have led to a succession of red cards for goalkeepers in penalty shootouts. Three times in France, goalkeepers have been shown yellow cards for coming off their lines under a heavily-criticised new rule that they must have at …

The Federal Government has directed all basic and secondary schools across the country to immediately implement the teaching of history as a standalone subject from the next academic calendar. Mr Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education made this known on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. The Federal Government on June 18 promised …

Archbishop (Dr.) Margret Benson Idahosa of the Church of God Mission International,  has advised  Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki not to be distracted by what he hears, and assured him of the support of well-meaning Edo people and residents, on account of his developmental strides. In a letter addressed to the governor, issued on June 6, Archbishop Idahosa urged Governor …

BY OLUWAFEMI OLADIPO Late night violence has erupted between two illegal camps of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) allegedly from the Northern part of Nigeria, living under the Etete Powerline in Benin City, Edo State capital. The violence which started at about 10 pm Nigeria time on Thursday not only jolted and woke up some area residents  already asleep,  but caused …