President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the United Nations to support the country in revitalizing the Internally Displace Persons camps in Nigeria. Buhari made the appeal to Ms Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces, President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), during her visit to the State House, Abuja, today. According to a statement by Femi Adesina, Buhari said that Boko Haram sects have displaced a million children and have destroyed schools, hospitals and religious centres. He …
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Abdulmumini Usman, the Emir of Katsina, has said that the efforts of the Buhari-led administration may not yield the desired results if the insecurity ravaging the North-Western part of Nigeria is not checked. The Emir told Audu Ogbe, the Minister for Agriculture, that farmers and herdsmen who are the target beneficiaries of government initiatives have abandoned their farms and herds as killings and kidnappings have become rampant in the region, including Katsina, Mr Buhari’s home state. Mr Ogbe was in …
As the standard of education in the country continues to fall, the infrastructure for a conducive learning environment is falling with it. Such is the case of Government Secondary School and Local Government Education Authority Primary School, Dan Alhaji 1, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Dan Alhaji is a remote area located three hours drive away from the center of the state’s capital. Teachers, as well as residents of the community, lamented the deplorable state of the schools …
President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented the prevailing insecurity in the country because according to him, it has now taken an occupational dimension. Audi Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development who represented the President during the flag-off distribution of cotton seeds and inputs to 100,000 cotton farmers for 2019 planting season in Katsina said: “The mistakes of yesterday are causing us anxieties today. Our children are graduating from universities and polytechnics and they can’t find a job to do. “Some …