Tag: Almajiri
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Police investigates beheading of minor by Almajiri in Kano
The Police Command in Kano State has commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the alleged beheading of a minor, Mohammed Saidu, by an Almajiri at Kanwa village, Madobi Local Government Area. The Commissioner of Police in the state Mr Usaini Gumel, told NAN.
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Tinubu appoints new team for Almajiri education commission
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new leadership for the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education.
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We don’t need Almajiri Commission, ban it totally – Centre
Dr Mohammed Ali, Executive Director of centre for Human Resource Development and Empowerment Initiative Kaduna (HRDEI), said the North didn’t need an ‘Almajiri Commission’, but a total ban on the almajiri practice.
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Zulum orders integration of vocational skills in 3,226 Almajiri, Qur’anic schools
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has directed the Governing Council of Arabic and ”Tsangaya” Education Board to integrate vocational skills in the 2,775 Almajiri schools and 451 Qur’anic Schools across the State. Zulum gave the directive while receiving a report on ”Tsangaya” schools, presented by the Chairman of the board, Khalifa-Ali Abdulfathi.
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The eagle shall not be landing for 2023 general elections but thugs, almajiri and aliens – By Godwin Etakibuebu
The eagle is landing or the eagle has landed has always been a remarkable exclamation for expectation of something good that happened or about to happen. If the Nigerian political clime had been progressively enhancing, since the beginning of this Republic – the Fourth, 2023 general election would have been radiating a tremendous hope.
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Parental failure: Impetus for crimes, societal problems – By Michael West
Our society is in moral and spiritual quagmire largely due to the negligence and compromised disposition of parents towards the training of their children. From the cradle, parents are the moral compass, role models and counsellors-in-chief of their children.
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Almajiri: The Poor Boy In The Cold – Tony Ikpasaja
By Tony Ikpasaja If you have lived in the northern part of Nigeria, the common sight of the caravan of almajiris roaming the streets in rags and begging plates may not come as anything strange. For first time visitors, the sight is grisly, inhumane and unpardonable. Sadly, only a handful of the northern elites had…
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Kaduna Govt. will jail parents who enroll children into Almajiri system – El-Rufai
Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State has warned that parents who enroll their children into the Almajiri education system stand the risk of prosecution and up to two years jail. El-Rufa’i stated this in Kaduna on Monday when he visited some 200 Almajiri children repatriated from Nasarawa State and undergoing rehabilitation and optical screening at…
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Almajiri Debate: Gbajabiamila seeks amendment to NYSC Act
By Emman Ovuakporie Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Hakeem Gbajabiamila has advocated that willing youth corpers should be accommodated as teachers. To this end, the speaker seeks an amendment to the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC to accommodate willing corpers to be teachers. The speaker made this advocacy at the ongoing special…