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KANO ASSEMBLY PUSHES FOR HAUSA AS LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Kano State House of Assembly has introduced a bill to make Hausa the main language of instruction in schools across the state. Sponsored by Hon. Musa Ali Kachako
POLICE BAN VIGILANTE GROUPS AHEAD OF ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The new Commissioner of Police for the Anambra governorship election, Mr. Abayomi Shogunle, has banned all local vigilante groups from participating in security duties during Saturday’s poll. Mr. Shogunle
NCPC URGES U.S. TO SUPPORT NIGERIA WITH AID, NOT MILITARY THREATS By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) has urged the United States and its allies to collaborate with Nigeria through intelligence sharing, counterterrorism training, and humanitarian aid instead
POLICE PROBE EXTORTION ALLEGATION IN KWARA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Kwara State Police Command has launched an investigation into alleged extortion by some officers on the Osi-Eruku road in Ekiti Local Government Area. Police spokesperson SP Adetoun Ejinre-Adeyemi said the Command
ADAMAWA JUDICIARY SWEARS IN 32 NEW MAGISTRATES TO BOOST JUSTICE DELIVERY By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Adamawa State Judiciary has sworn in 32 new magistrates to strengthen its judicial workforce and enhance quick justice delivery across the state. The swearing-in ceremony took
KEBBI POLICE RESCUE SIX KIDNAP VICTIMS UNHURT IN DANKO By:Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Kebbi State Police Command has rescued six kidnapped victims unhurt in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. Police spokesperson CSP Nafiu Abubakar said in a statement that
KWARA COURT FREES TWO WOMEN, INCLUDING PREGNANT MOTHER By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has discharged and acquitted two women, including a pregnant mother, of all criminal charges. Justice M. Folorunso ruled that the prosecution failed
PDP IN CHAOS AS FACTION TAKES OVER SECRETARIAT By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Tension erupted at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja on Monday as a faction attempted to replace National Chairman Umar Iliya Damagum with Abdulrahman Mohammed. Mohammed declared himself Acting National
KANO SET FOR COUNCILLORSHIP BY-ELECTION By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) says it is ready to conduct a bye-election to fill two vacant councillorship seats. Chairman Professor Sani Lawal Malumfashi revealed in a statement that the election
TRUMP THREATENS ATTACKS ON NIGERIA OVER ‘KILLING OF CHRISTIANS’ By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Former U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked global outrage after threatening to launch attacks on Nigeria over what he described as “the killing of Christians.” In a fiery post