Image courtesy - almajiriproject.com Nigeria -  Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday,  said the challenges posed by the almajiri system in the North should fall among major issues leaders from the region must earnestly addressed.  She spoke at the Joint National Conference of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and Future Assured Initiative on Repositioning the Muslim Family for National Development which took place in Abuja on Wednesday. According to her, there was no assurance that government could handle all challenges but taking the almajiri children off the streets should be admired. Her words: “I’m happy that the Ooni of Ife remembered the hope that they had seen in the eyes of our supporters. “We are scared to leave this place without meeting up with some of the expectations. “Though we are not going to meet up with all the expectations, at least, we w

                               Leah Sharibu President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday remember the abduction and imprisonment of Leah Sharibu by Boko Haram sect -Islamic West Africa Province [ ISWAP] exactly two years ago.  The President said the Federal Government has increased its effort for her liberty. On February 19, 2018, Boko Haram insurgents attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Dapchi, Yobe State and abducted Leah and about 100 other girls. In a statement on Tuesday, President Buhari said: “This government continues and seeks to secure the release of all children and captives of terrorists – and we do so regardless of their creed or the name of their creator.” “As we redouble our efforts for Leah’s return, we can never allow the terrorists to divide us – Christian against Muslim, Muslim against Christian.” Read the president’s full statement he personally signed below.  On the second anniversary of Dapchi, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic

                                 Image Courtesy Pixabay With the virus death toll now exceeding 1,600, a number of countries, including the United States, the UK, and Japan, are already evacuating their citizens from Wuhan but Nigeria is yet to take action. More than 5,000 Africans study in Wuhan. On Wednesday, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said his country is planning to evacuate Kenyan students trapped in Wuhan.  “We are also working, because we have got a good number of our students there, to see how we can support them and find out how we can ... ensure that they are put in quarantine for the required 14 days and ensure that they are not going to spread that virus around,” Kenyatta was  quoted as saying by Daily Nation , a Kenyan news outlet.  According DW .COM ,  Senegalese President Macky Sall previously said  that Senegal couldn't match "big countries" in organizing emergency evacuations, saying the charter flights, medical personnel and quarantine

  A bus leaves a port where the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship is docked  Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)   Americans onboard a cruise ship quarantined over the deadly new  coronavirus  will have the option of being transferred from the vessel on Sunday, according to U.S. government. The U.S. Department of State and agencies including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will provide a chartered flight to transport all American citizens on the  Diamond Princess  cruise ship from Japan to the United States, the American Commission in Tokyo confirmed in a  statement. The vessel has been docked at the port city of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, and those onboard quarantined for over a week after a passenger was diagnosed with the infection on February 1. The quarantine period is due to last till February 19, according to its operator Princess Cruises.  It could to take between two and 14 days for symptoms of  COVID -19 to

                             Motunrayo Rafiu Motunrayo Rafiu, the law graduate of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, who was kidnapped by suspected bandits on Kabba-Lokoja Highway, has detailed  her difficult exprience. She was released on Sunday after the family reportedly paid a ransom of N1m. The victim was said to have spent six days in the kidnappers’ den. “She was released on Sunday evening after we paid N1m to them,” a family member said. The Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, Williams Aya, however, said the victim was rescued along with three others. He said, “All the victims were released yesterday (Sunday) by the abductors. Since the incident happened, our men had been trailing the kidnappers. The Special Anti-Robbery Squad, the Anti-Kidnapping Unit and the Police Mobile Force and Counter-Terrorism Unit were deployed to comb the bush and as of yesterday morning (Sunday) they were still there. “A man was rescued before the other on

The police in Ogun State have arrested the President of Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro and one other suspect. The accused, Adegboye Emmanuel Olatunji and Olarewaju Taiwo were apprehended on Sunday. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the SUG President and another member of the cult group were arrested wearing the full regalia of the black axe cult during initiation of new members of the group. “The president of the Students’ Union Government of Federal Polytechnic Ilaro Adegboye Emmanuel Olatunji and one Olarewaju Taiwo have been arrested by men of Ogun State police command on Sunday 9th of February 2020 for cultism.” he said. Oyeyemi added that the duo were arrested following information received by police at Ilaro division from members of the public that some group of people suspected to be cultists were sighted in a bush at Gbogidi area of Ilaro where they were trying to initiate new members. “The tw