Residents of Katsina metropolis have expressed deep frustration over the persistent poor electricity supply by the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), especially during the Holy Month of Ramadan.
The residents, who expressed their minds in separate interviews with the Newsmen on Friday in Katsina, accused KEDCO of failure to discharge its responsibility diligently.
Read MoreThe UK government has placed an emergency brake on visas for nationals from four countries, as Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood accused them of exploiting Britain’s generosity to claim asylum.
Study visas for nationals from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, and Sudan have been halted, as have work visas for Afghans.
The government has halted the visa routes as it claims a growing number of people from these countries are using legal migration routes as a backdoor to claim asylum in the UK.
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The University of Calabar (UniCal) has suspended nine students over alleged examination malpractice and forgery of result.
Reports said that the suspension is contained in a statement by the institution’s registrar, Dr Chukwuka Icha.
Icha said that the decision to suspend the students was reached at the 252nd Senate meeting following reports presented by the Ad-Hoc senate committee on examination malpractice and the senate students’ disciplinary committee.
According to him, while five students were suspended for examination malpractice, the other four were found to have submitted forged results to the university.
”After reviewing the reports and recommendations of the committees, the management resolved that the affected students should be suspended for two academic sessions and the suspension will take effect from the 2024/2025 academic year.”
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The Federal Government has unlocked a 552 million dollars HOPE for Quality Basic Education for All (HOPE-EDU) programme to accelerate basic education reform across the country.
This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by Boriowo Folasade, Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education.
Auwal Rafsanjani, the Executive Director of CISLAC and Head, Transparency International, Nigeria, has cautioned Nigerians against the demarketing of the country abroad.
Rafsanjani, while featuring on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) monitored by The Liberator Online Personality Interview Series in Abuja on Sunday, urged Nigerians to distinguish between criticism of the country’s leadership and actions capable of undermining national interest.
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No fewer than four persons were killed in a stampede during the distribution of annual Ramadan alms at Kofar-Guga quarters, Katsina, the state’s Police Command has confirmed.
A statement by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Aliyu Abubakar, described the incident as regrettable.
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The Nigeria Customs Service has formally handed over five live pangolins to the Green Fingers Wildlife Foundation for rehabilitation and eventual release back into their natural habitat.
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