Month: March 2020

Religiously, Socially and Morally Street Begging Is Wrong By Abba Dukawa

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Street begging cuts across gender, tribes and age groups, with young children and babies in this ignoble trade. Street Begging seen as a new form of slavery, as stories abound of organized gangs sometimes forcing vulnerable children and women into begging. Even though some peoples related street begging to Muslims or certain tribe. There is no other religion or moral system which teach humans the ways to preserve their integrity, morality and honor as much as Islam does. In Islam, the future of the community and its honor and integrity…

Criminalise child abandonment, MURIC urges Govt

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An Islamic human rights organization, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has joined the call for parental accountability in Nigeria. According to the group in a statement issued on Monday, 2nd March, 2020, by its Director,Prof. Ishaq Akintola, child abandonment should be criminalized in order to hold parents accountable and reduce the incident of child neglect. The statement reads: “We are worried about the large number of children roaming the streets. These are the leaders of tomorrow. Our children are our strength but that is only if we give them proper upbringing…

Leaving no child behind in Kwara, By Rafiu Ajakaye

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Foundation is everything. Once anything lacks a solid foundation, it is a matter of time before it comes crashing down. Kwara has started the process to give its primary school children one nutritious meal per day, keying into a programme designed by the Federal Government to tackle a number of issues. At the moment, 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory are enrolled in what is called the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme. Only Bayelsa and Kwara are left. Abuja said the programme, launched in 2016, is meant to…

Gov Sani-Bello urges locals ,vigilante groups to support security agencies in fight against armed banditry, kidnapping ,cattle rustling

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Niger state Governor and Chairman North Central Governor’s Forum, Abubakar Sani Bello has said local militia, community vigilante groups and local hunters must collaborate with security agencies, in a renewed strategy, to engage and completely chase away kidnappers, cattle rustlers and armed bandits in the country. The Governor stated this in Zuru, Kebbi State where he was special guest of honour at the Maiden Civic Reception organised by the Zuru Patriotic Forum in honour of Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah; Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) and Governor…

70-year-old woman-led hunter group kills 40 bandits in Niger …recovers weapons

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A local hunters’ group led by 70-year-old female spiritualist (name not stated) has killed 40 bandits in Zuguruma, Mashegu local government of Niger state, the group has claimed. A local hunter identified as Mallam Alhassan, who was part of the operation, stated this while speaking to journalists on the ‘exploits’ of the hunters in the battle against banditry. He said the team sporadically shot into the air to scare the bandits out of their hideouts in the Zuguruma forest, and allowed them to exhaust their bullets before descending on them.…

Coronavirus: 2020 Batch A Orientation Programme will hold as scheduled,NYSC says

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The Management of National Youth Service Corps NYSC,has dismissed rumours circulating on some social media platforms that it had postponed the 2020 Batch “A” orientation programme, reportedly over Coronavirus scare. A statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by Adenike Adeyemi, Director, Press and Public Relations of the scheme, dismissed the claims as “misleading”. Adeyemi said the exercise, scheduled to commence on March 10, had not been postponed. The statement read: “The management wishes to assure Nigerians, especially the prospective corps members, that like it happened during the outbreak of Ebola…

Breaking: Veteran Nollywood Actor Pa Kasumu dies

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Veteran Nollywood actor, Kayode Odumosu, popularly known as Pa Kasumu, has died after an illness. The news of his death, at 66 years, was announced by Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola, through her Instagram account. According to Daramola, the news was broken to her by a close source that stays around the hospital where Pa Kasumu died. She said: “BREAKING NEWS! Our model veteran actor, Pa Kasumu finally takes a bow. “It is with so much heavy pain in our hearts that we regret to announce that our #paraafricafoundation model actor…