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May

14

2025

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96% Of A-Level Results Submitted To BUK For 2024 Direct Entry Are Fake – JAMB Reveals

Crime, Education, News Flash, Northern Nigeria

96% Of A-Level Results Submitted To BUK For 2024 Direct Entry Are Fake – JAMB Reveals The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that 96 per cent of A-level results submitted to Bayero University, Kano (BUK) for Direct Entry admission in 2024 were forged. According to the examination body in its bulletin, out of 148 A-level results presented to BUK, only six were genuine, while the remaining 142 were fake. This was uncovered during routine screening and verification. Following this discovery, JAMB has urged tertiary institutions to verify all submitted documents to prevent fraudulent admissions independently. To address…

Apr

28

2025

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Groom, Three Friends Nabbed For Allegedly Killing Wife In Marathon Sex

Crime, News Flash, Northern Nigeria

Groom, Three Friends Nabbed For Allegedly Killing Wife In Marathon Sex Jigawa State Police Command has arrested 20-year-old groom, Auwal Abdulwahab and his three friends for allegedly coercing his bride into non-consensual sexual activity. Spokesman of the command, SP. Lawan Shiisu Adam confirmed the incident in a statement issued to DAILY POST. He said the incident happened on 26/04/2025 at about 2200hrs in Tungo village, Albasu District in Sule Tankarkar local Government. Shiisu said the newly married man is suspected of orchestrating an incident against his wife within days of their wedding. According to him, “the groom is alleged to…

Apr

18

2025

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390 Ex-Terrorists Graduate From De-Radicalization Programme

Armed Forces, Crime, FGN, News Flash, Northern Nigeria, Youths

390 Ex-terrorists Graduate From De-radicalisation Programme No fewer than 390 repentant Boko Haram members graduated from the Federal Government’s De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration programme in Gombe State. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, said this during the graduation in Malam Sidi in the Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State on Thursday. He said that the graduating clients arrived at the camp in July 2024 and went through various rebuilding activities of the programme, which reshaped them and made them ready for reintegration into society. Represented by Maj.-Gen. Sunday Makollo, Musa said that the non-kinetic approach by the…

Mar

15

2025

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Court Stops Sanusi’s Reinstatement As Emir Of Kano

Judiciary, Kano, News Flash, Northern Nigeria

Court stops Sanusi’s reinstatement as Emir of Kano The Court of Appeal in Abuja has put a hold on the enforcement of its January 10 judgment, which had upheld the Kano State Government’s decision to repeal the 2019 Emirate Council Law. This suspension will remain in effect until the Supreme Court delivers a final verdict on the matter. Previously, the Court of Appeal in Kano had set aside a Federal High Court ruling from June 20, 2024, which had nullified the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Law 2024. This law had led to the dissolution of five emirates created in…

Mar

14

2025

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‘Even If Tinubu Made His Wife The INEC Chairman, He Will Lose A Second Term Come Back.’ – By Hon. Ariyo Felix Kayode(Analyst, Writer, Politician)

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Northern Nigeria, Politics, Presidency

“Even if Tinubu made his wife the INEC chairman, he will lose a second term comeback.' I've said this time without numbers, that President Tinubu will not return to power for a second term. The North scripted the 2023 winning formula/strategies for Tinubu. This time, the same North is saying OTP. one term President. The game is on, the CPC factions of the APC have pulled out of the party, the CPC is the largest faction of the APC and predominantly North. Hon. Ariyo Felix Kayode.(Analyst, Writer, Politician)

Mar

10

2025

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Former Kaduna State Governor El-Rufai Dumps APC, Joins SDP

News Flash, Northern Nigeria, Politics

Former Kaduna Governor El-Rufai Dumps APC, Joins SDP The immediate-past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufa’i, has resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress and defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In a statement he issued on Monday, El-Rufai expressed his disappointment with the APC’s leadership style, accusing the leadership of the party of straying from the progressive ideals of its founding members. He disclosed that he had expressed concerns both privately and publicly over the party’s trajectory in the past two years, but found no willingness among the current leadership to address the issues. The former governor said,…

Mar

08

2025

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2027: Atiku Support Groups From 19 Northern States Join APC

News Flash, Northern Nigeria, Politics

2027: Atiku Support Groups From 19 Northern States Join APC Ahead of 2027 Presidential election, strong indications have emerged that there will be political realignment from the North as support groups of the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar from the 19 Northern States have dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress, APC. The National Chairman of the APC, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, APC, Kano North received them yesterday to the family of the ruling APC. According to the groups, they…

Mar

03

2025

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NANS Threatens Nationwide Protest Over Ramadan School Closure In Northern States

Education, News Flash, Northern Nigeria, Religion

NANS Threatens Nationwide Protest Over Ramadan School Closure In Northern States The National Association of Nigerian Students has threatened to embark on nationwide protests if the governors of Bauchi, Katsina, Kano, and Kebbi states do not reverse their decision to close down schools for five weeks for the Ramadan fast within 72 hours. NANS, in a statement on Monday by its National Public Relations Officer, Samson Adeyemi, described the closure as an infringement on the right of every student to uninterrupted education. Adeyemi stressed that the policy would threaten academic progress and discriminate against non-Muslim students. He stressed that such…

Feb

15

2025

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Insecurity: SSS DG Says Communities Should Be Allowed To Own Arms For Self-defense

FGN, Northern Nigeria, Security

Insecurity: SSS DG says communities should be allowed to own arms for self-defense The Director-General, State Security Service, SSS, Oluwatosin Ajayi, says there is need to allow some level of armament for the communities so that they can serve as the first line of defence in tackling insecurity. Mr Ajayi slated this at the maiden annual lecture of the National Association of the Institute for Security Studies, AANISS, on Thursday in Abuja. He said that Nigeria should start experimenting how it can make the community be the first line of defence, citing an incident in Azare in Bauchi State where…

Feb

10

2025

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Government To Sponsor Mass Wedding For 600 Persons

News Flash, Humanitarian, Marriage And Love, Northern Nigeria

Govt To Sponsor Mass Wedding For 600 Persons The Kebbi State Government has finalised plans to sponsor the mass wedding of 600 individuals. The wedding comprising 300 grooms and 300 brides, with the government covering a dowry payment of ₦180,000 per couple. Addressing journalists in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday, the Chairman of the Mass Wedding Committee, Suleman Argungu, revealed that screening committees have been set up to ensure that all selected couples meet the required criteria. According to Argungu, the screening process will include pre-marital health checks and an assessment of the groom’s employment or trade status to ensure he…