Katsina Abduction: Zamfara Boarding Schools Closed
Following last weekend’s abduction of more than 300 boys in a government secondary school in Katsina state, the governor of Zamfara State Bello Matawalle, has ordered the closure of boarding schools in the state to prevent a possible abduction of students by bandits. At a press conference in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital, the Commissioner of Education, Dr. Ibrahim Abdullahi, said the […]
Tunisia Rules Out Mending Fences With Israel
Tunisia’s Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has ruled out mending fences with Israel, saying his country has no interest in such a move. Morocco last week became the fourth member of the Arab League to announce diplomatic ties with Israel in the past few months. While on an official visit to France, Mr. Mechichi, in response […]
Guinean President Orders Ministers To Declare Assets To Curb Corruption
Guinea’s President Alpha Condé is taking the fight against corruption to another level ordering all ministers to declare their assets and those of their relatives. He also ordered that any company with close ties to them would be barred from bidding for government contracts. The 82-year-old Condé was speaking at a ceremony where he was sworn in for […]
Amnesty International: Education Is Under Attack in Northern Nigeria
Global rights organisation, Amnesty International, on Tuesday said education in northern Nigeria is under threat in the wake of rising insecurity in the region. It attributed the recent abduction of hundreds of boys in Government Science Secondary School in the town of Kankara, Katsina State, to “an attack on education in the northern parts of […]
Katsina Abduction: Teachers Threaten To Down Tools, Demand For Safety
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has called on the government at various levels to live up to the responsibility of securing the lives of Nigerians across the country. It warned that anything short of this would force members of the union to down tools until when it would be safe for them to teach […]
Kankara Abduction: Parents Converged On School Premises
Parents of the abducted Government Science Secondary School students in Kankara area of Katsina State have converged on the premises of the school patiently waiting for their children to return as promised by the government. Their gathering is coming less than one week after the abduction took the nation by surprise. The parents have also […]
Boko Haram Terrorists Claim Responsibility For Abducting Schoolboys
Terrorist group Boko haram on Tuesday claimed responsibility for abducting of hundreds of school students in Katsina state, northwestern Nigeria. In a voice message, leader of the jihadist group who was also behind the 2014 abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok said his brothers were behind the kidnapping. “I am Abubakar Shekau and our brothers are behind […]
Vladimir Putin Congratulates Biden After Electoral College Victory
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the US election, after Biden won the Electoral College vote that officially determines the US presidency. Forty two days after the US election, the Russian leader wished his incoming counterpart “every success” and “a conviction” that the two nuclear superpowers would resolve problems of […]
Somalia Ends Diplomatic Ties with Kenya,Recalls Diplomats
Somalia has end ties with its neighbour Kenya, accusing it of political interference. The East African country has recalled all its diplomats from Nairobi and given Kenyan diplomats in Mogadishu seven days to leave the country. “The Somali government, based on its national sovereignty guaranteed by international law and order, and fulfilling its constitutional duty […]
Attorney General William Barr Resigns
Attorney General William Barr on Monday said he would resign next week, ending a tenure in which the President Donald Trump loyalist carried the administration’s “law and order” message but ultimately dealt the most credible blow to Trump’s unfounded claims that the 2020 election was littered with fraud. His departure was announced by the President […]
