Articles by Editorial IV

A member of the House of Representatives, representing Chanchaga Constituency, Niger state, Hon. Mohammed Idris Bago, has emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the state. Bago polled 540 votes to secure the flag of the party ahead of nine other aspirants, while Blueprint Newspapers’ publisher and the Kaakaki Nupe, Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi, came second with Read More

Senator Uba Sani has polled 1,149 votes to emerge the winner of the Kaduna state All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary and APC candidate for the 2023 gubernatorial election. He defeated two other aspirants, ACG Bashir Abubakar (retd) who scored 37 votes and Alhaji Sani Mohammed Sha’aban who polled 10 votes in the election, which saw delegates from the 23 Read More

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, congratulated the Nigerian child on the occasion of this year’s Children’s Day. Lawan, in a goodwill message in Abuja Friday, noted that May 27 was set aside to draw attention to the rights and plights of children in the country. He decried the large number of out-of-school children in the country and called Read More

ActionAid Nigeria on Friday trained 48 youth from 12 communities in six local governments of Kaduna state on radio listening as a tool for peace building, education and promoting social cohesion. The training, under the System and Structure Strengthening Approach Against Radicalisation to Violent Extremism (SARVE III) Project, aimed at building resilience among residents of the 12 community in Kaduna Read More

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), The Lola Cater for the Needy Foundation, on Friday took the Children’s Day celebration to children at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp, Durumi, in Abuja. The event was organised in collaboration with Learnxplore, an education platform that promotes inclusive education. NAN also reports that education materials, stationeries, snacks as well as various gifts were distributed Read More

A member of the Nigerian Bar Association National Executive Committee (NBA-NEC), Mr. Promise Ademi-Akpeto, on Friday condemned acts of child labour in society. Ademi-Akpeto made the condemnation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the occasion of the 2022 Children’s Day celebration. He called on parents to always remember the day and celebrate their children and Read More

Kwara state governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated children in the state on the occasion of this year’s Children’s Day. In a statement Friday the governor said the essence of the day “is for societies to rededicate themselves to giving adequate care to children and paying attention to all issues affecting them.” “To this extent, we reassure the Kwara child that Read More

Zamfara state government has vowed to address the out-of-school children problem, particularly the girl-child education system, among vulnerable children. The Commissioner for Women and Children, Hajiya Zainab Lawal Gummi, stated this at the celebration of this year’s Children’s Day Friday in Gusau. According to her, the theme of this year’s celebration is “strengthening supportive system for the protection of the Read More

The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) has charged governments at all levels to create enabling environments for the safety of children. The association’s national president, Mr. Yomi Otubela, said this in a statement to newsmen to celebrate the 2022 Children’s day on Friday in Lagos. The theme for this year’s celebration is: Building a Safeguarding and Child Read More

The Jigawa state Children’s Parliament has appealed to the state government to put the necessary machinery in place for the implementation of the child protection law in the state. The speaker of the Parliament, Zulaiha Muhammad, made the appeal when she led other parliamentarians on a courtesy visit to Governor Muhammad Badaru in Dutse on Friday. They were accompanied on Read More

A former SMEDAN boss, Dr. Dikko Umar Radda, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial ticket in Katsina state. Dikko got a total of 506 votes to defeat eight other contestants to emerge the party’s candidate for the 2023 elections. The chairman, APC gubernatorial primary election committee in the state, Barrister Kaka Shehu Lawan, said 1,805 delegates were accredited Read More

An Islamic scholar, who is also the Chief Imam of Muslims Foundation Jumu’at Mosque GRA, Gusau, Sheikh Tukur Sani Jangebe, has appealed to the federal Government to look into addressing the current strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Sheikh Jangebe, who made the appeal during his Friday sermon, said the call became “necessary considering the fact that Read More

The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) airlifted no fewer than 200 intending pilgrims from Adamawa state to Rome on May 23, 2022, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja. According to a press statement issued by the Commission’s information officer, Kande Ibrahim, this is the first batch of intending pilgrims to be airlifted to Rome. It indicated that the federal Read More

Senator Uba Sani, representing the central senatorial district Kaduna state, has been declared the winner of the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Announcing the result of the primary election held in Kaduna on Thursday night, the Returning Officer, Anachuna Henry, declared Uba Sani as the winner of the primary election. He said out of the total Read More

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South) has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and minority leadership of the Senate. Abaribe in a letter dated May 26, 2022, and addressed to the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, said his resignation from PDP is anchored on a letter written to that effect to the chairman of PDP in Ward 5 Obingwa local Read More

Three communities along Abuja-Kaduna highway namely Akilibu, Rijana and Katari have appealed to Governor Nasir el-Rufa’i not to relocate or clear their settlements. On May 19, El-Rufa’i had proposed the clearance and relocation of the communities, saying that they harboured criminals and informants. The chairman of the communities, Mr. Magaji Danjuma-Katari, made the appeal at a news conference on Friday Read More