Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria condemns killing of Hausa lady and her four kids in Anambra

MEMBERS of the Lagos State Area Unit of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) have called for the arrest of the killers of the Hausa woman Harira Jubril and her for children in Anambra State.

 

On Sunday, pregnant Harira and her kids were killed by unknown gunmen at Isulo, in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state. Her four children were identified as Fatima, 9; Khadijah, 7; Hadiza, 5 and Zaituna, 2.

 

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Former super cop Abba Kyari applies for bail after being attacked by inmates at Kuje Prison

FORMER head of the Nigeria Police Force's Intelligence Response Team (IRT) Assistant Police Commissioner Abba Kyari has narrowly escaped being killed at Kuje Prison in Abuja when angry inmates tried to lynch him.

 

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APC chairman says party may still zone presidency after it completes its screening exercise

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may eventually zone its 2023 presidential ticket according to party chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu who revealed that a final decision on the matter will be taken after all the candidates are screened.

 

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Whoever becomes Nigeria's next president is going to have to introduce a Northern Nigerian Emergency Development Programme to bridge the gap between the north and south

 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] You just need to look at the number of Sokoto youths who in their ignorance and ready to murder will nilly to understand the problem we have on our hands. Across northern Nigeria, numerous leading academics have repeatedly said that the region is heading for an impending catastrophe unless things change soon

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Number of Nigerian students in UK universities grows by 64% within one academic year

NIGERIAN students studying in the UK rose to 21,305 during the course of the 2020/21 academic session from 13,020 in the 2019/20 academic year according to figures just released by the UK’s Higher Education Statistics Agency.

 

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Armed gunmen attack Catholic parish in President Buhari's Katsina State and kidnap priests

ARMED gunmen have attacked St Patrick’s Catholic Church at Gidan Maikambo in Kafur Local Government Area of President Muhammadu Buhari's native Katsina State and abducted two priests among others.

 

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PDP delegates in Taraba stone Governor Ishaku and his deputy for trying to impose candidate on them

PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) delegates in Taraba State have stoned the convoys of Governor Darius Ishaku and that of his deputy Haruna Manu at the Catholic Pastoral Centre Jalingo over the imposition of a gubernatorial candidate on them.

 

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British investigators uncover billions of dollars stashed away by Nigerian maritime agency boss

BRITISH investigators have uncovered another major Nigerian corruption scandal involving Bashir Jamoh the managing director of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (Nimasa) with two sums of N1.5trn ($3.6bn) and $9.5m traced to his private accounts.

 

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Peter Obi resigns from PDP amid indications that he will not get party's presidential ticket

FORMER Anambra State governor Peter Obi has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) just three days ahead of the party's primary elections in which he was a leading contender for its presidential ticket.

 

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Whoever is Nigeria's next president has to adopt a policy of "The fierce urgency of now" because by 2050 we will be the third most populous nation on earth

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Dr Martin Luther King always spoke about "The fierce urgency of now" pointing out that gradualism was the killer of goals and dreams. Are we aware of that in Nigeria at all?

[2] It is projected that by 2050, Nigeria will have a population of 400m, making her the third most populous nation in the world after India and China

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