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By Joseph Erunke THE National Steering Committee on Alternate School Programme held its inaugural meeting yesterday in Abuja. The meeting, according to a statement by Nneka Anibeze, Special Assistant to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, “set the ball rolling for mapping out strategies and an action plan to address the challenges of out-of-school children in Nigeria and to rapidly reduce the number by providing them with quality basic education and skills in special settings  not addressed in a conventional school system.�...

COVID-19: Saudi bans flights from UK, US, 19 other countries Published The temporary suspension would be effective from 9.00 pm (1800 GMT) on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry announced. The ban applies to neighbouring Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. Lebanon and Turkey are also affected. In Europe, no more flights from France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Others on the list are Argentina, Brazil, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa and the United States. Saudi citizens, diplomats and health workers coming from those co...

Bandits on rampage, kidnap 27 at wedding, 56 others On El-Rufa’i expresses distress, prays for the dead New service chiefs cannot do better than their predecessors —Shekau Nigeria dealing with protracted security problem —Buhari Warns against ethnic, religious prejudices Says govt‘ll protect religious freedom By Wole Mosadomi, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Femi Bolaji & Ibrahim HassanWuyo Barely forty-eight hours after President Muhammadu Buhari appointed new service chiefs, bandits have gone on rampage in Niger, Kaduna and Taraba states, killing five persons and kidnapping 83, including 27 w...

The leadership of the NSCIA was led by its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar. The president, however, stated that his administration would continue to create the enabling environment for religious freedom as guaranteed by the Nigerian Constitution. “The Federal Government will continue to promote religious freedom as it is a constitutional responsibility. ”I must thank the Muslim ummah for promoting inter-religious dialogue in the country. ”It is self-evident that if the country must work, we must continue to work together in spite of our ethnic, religious...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged Nigerians to support the federal government in its effort to curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, especially as it relates to vaccine education. The President made the appeal while receiving the leadership of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), led by its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar. Nigeria is currently battling a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic as cases continue to be recorded across the country. “As Government continues to work towards managi...