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The Governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai, has said he pulled his son out of a public school due to kidnapping threats. This is as he said his decision to enrol his son in a public school to affirm his confidence in the Kaduna State education system. El-Rufai said this on Thursday during the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the State House, Abuja. He revealed that his government had hired more people than it had sacked in the last five years, adding that 7,700 qualified secondary school teachers have been recruited and would be deployed once he was done purging secondary schools of underqualified teachers. “We fired 22,000 teachers and hired 25,000. We have tested them recently, some of them have fallen back and failed. We are going to fire them and hire more people. We are determined to improve teacher quality because the teacher is education, it’s not the classroom. “We all thought the thugs were going to primary schools. Now we have to ge

  New tenants disappear with three children in Ogun barely 24 hours after moving Three children have been kidnapped by two new tenants, barely 24 hours after they moved into an apartment at Itsekiri street in Ajuwon, Ogun state. The two women said to be in their 30s, moved into a one-room apartment in the compound on February 17. They reportedly disappeared with the children on the evening of Friday February 18. An eyewitness told TheCable that the women claimed they were students of a school based in Ikeja, Lagos, and would stay at the apartment for three weeks, pending the conclusion of their examination The women were said to have acted very friendly with the residents of the compound within the short time they spent there. They disappeared with the kids after claiming they were visiting a shop in the neighborhood with them.  The case has been reported to the Ajuwon police station. Grace, wife of one Kingsley Peter, said her husband was arrested and has not been released and the bar

Mapoly Student: We Only Asked If She Had Prescription For Pregnancy Strip, Postpill -Ogun Police  The Ogun State Police Command has denied arresting a student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Olanipekun Oladayo Irenimofe, on Friday for buying a pregnancy test kit and contraceptive. Rather, the Police Public Relations Officer, DS, Abimbola Oyeyemi said the police were doing their duties by questioning her whether she had a doctor's prescription or not. When our correspondent reached out to him on the matter, he said "The command has released her since morning. She was questioned if she has a doctor's prescription." A Twitter user, Olukoya Oluwatosin on Friday raised an alarm over the arrest of her sister for buying a pregnancy test kit and emergency contraceptive pill. She said, "My sister, a student of Mapoly just got arrested for going to buy postpill and pregnancy strip. She's at a police post in Abeokuta." In subsequent tweets, she revealed that her sis

  President Muhammadu Buhari has given an assurance that his administration is committed to lifting the poor and vulnerable Nigerians out of the poverty level. According to him, the poor and vulnerable in Nigeria remain top priority for protection and lifting from the poverty cycle, noting that social safety nets will be further sustained, while access to education and opportunities will be expanded. Speaking in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital Friday, at the virtual official presentation of the Country Review Report of Nigeria to the 31st Africa Peer Review Forum of the African Union, President Buhari said the government will also take advantage of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) to ensure inclusiveness, access and create more opportunities. “Your Excellencies, Nigeria’s strategic focus, as we set out to achieve the objectives of the African Union Agenda 2063, has been around the following: Building a thriving and sustainable economy; enhancing social inclusion and a

  The daughter of a former Vice President, Nana Atiku, has given a Nollywood actor, Zubby Michael, a plot of land to mark his birthday. The film star was celebrated by his friends, colleagues and fans on social as he turned 37 Tuesday, February 1. Taking to his Instagram page, Zubby shared a photo where he posed with Nana Atiku and revealed he had been gifted a plot of land by her, a gift he tagged “best cake day gift ever”. The actor appreciated the realtor and said a prayer for her. He wrote: “Best cake day gift ever. NANA ATIKU just gifted ME a plot of land in Abuja as a cake day gift @nanaatiku_kadi. I really appreciate this thanks and GOD bless.” Nana Atiku, under the comment of the post where she was tagged, wrote: “One love.” Nana Atiku also shared some photos with Zubby on her Instagram page as she felicitated with him on the occasion of his birthday. She wrote: “Happy birthday to my favorite Actor. A Man with a heart of gold. May happiness never depart from you. “May God keep