By Prof. Danladi Matawal SEEKING SOLUTIONS TO A LOST ERA OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN NIGERIA (A Paper presented by Professor Danladi S. Matawal, at the Annual General Meeting/Cheetah Awards of Keffi Old Boys Association (KOBA), which held from May 19-21, 2022 at Government College, Keffi, Nasarawa state and the Shehu Musa YarAdua Centre, Abuja, respectively. Synopsis: Education…
The American International School Abuja (AISA) has refunded to government coffers, the fees paid for the children of Yahaya Bello, immediate-past governor of Kogi state. Bello was said to have paid $760,910 in advance as fees for five of his children. The fees were allegedly paid from the coffers of the Kogi state government. The…
The Director General of Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has said that the death toll in Saturday’s suicide bombings in Gwoza, has risen to 18. Saidu, confirmed the figure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. He said the victims comprise adult males, females and children. A female suicide bomber had on…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the gruesome murder of Deborah Yakubu, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, by Islamic extremists. She was stoned and set ablaze Muslim zealots on Thursday for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad. In a statement on Friday in Abuja, General Secretary of CAN, Joseph Daramola,…
Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says the activities of bandits and terrorists are threatening the economy of rural communities in the North-west. Addressing a quarterly security meeting of State Directors of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the North West, on Wednesday in Kaduna, the governor said bandits have openly tried to crush…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Jolly Nyame, a former governor of Taraba state, has asked his kinsmen to shun the planned nationwide protest against hunger and economic hardship. Nyame made the call on Sunday in Jalingo while addressing Yorro community from Taraba and Adamawa states. The former governor warned that the outcome of the protest…
