Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said he was wrongly judged by some officials of the current administration who tagged him and some members of his former cabinet as corrupt. He, however, insisted that he does not hold any grudge against his detractors for their harsh criticisms. It would be recalled that the ex-President was widely criticized, before the election in 2015, for his approach to alleged corruption in his administration, the perennial problem of…
The government of Kano State has approved the closure of all public and private schools in the state with immediate effect. This followed a similar move by the governments in Jigawa and Zamfara in the wake of the abduction of 500 students from a secondary school in Katsina, also in the North-west. The directive was contained in a statement issued by Sanusi Kiru, Kano State commissioner for education, on Tuesday evening. “Parents whose children are…
Some loyalists of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have set up a presidential campaign council for him ahead of the 2023 general election. The loyalists of the APC chieftain explained that the campaign movement, which was named “The South West Agenda,” (SWAGA), was meant to support his candidature in 2023. In June, Tinubu said he had not taken a decision to run for president in 2023 contrary to speculations.…
Islamist terror group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the recent Kidnapping of hundreds of schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State.
Uganda is a landlocked country located in East Africa, the country shares a border to the west with Kenya, to the east with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and to the south with Tanzania and Rwanda. Uganda has a population of about 42 million people and a GDP of around $30 billion, here are 10 other facts you should know about Uganda. 1 the president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni has been in power since…