Dutse – Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa on Monday said that the state received additional seven Almajiris, bringing to 1,345, the total number of such children repatriated to Jigawa. Badaru said in Dutse that the seven children were repatriated from Adamawa. The governor said that samples of the Almajiris were taken for COVID-19 test and […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and his manipulative All Progressives Congress (APC) have completely betrayed the Almajiris and other downtrodden, poor and vulnerable Nigerians after using them to grab power in 2015. The party asserts that the APC and its government have continued to show their true colours especially […]
Sixteen of the almajiri students recently repatriated from Kano have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jigawa. The governors in northern states recently agreed to ban the almajiri system as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. The system is a form of education that requires young children to be sent […]
The Nasarawa state government on Sunday evacuated 788 Quranic education pupils (almajiris) to their states of origin to guard against further spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking at the flag off of the exercise in Lafia, Governor Abdullahi Sule said the evacuation was a decision reached by governors of the 19 northern states. Sule […]
The Rivers State Government, through the Ministry of Social Welfare, on Tuesday, profiled and evacuated 150 vagrants to Ebonyi, Akwa Ibom states, states in the North, Niger Republic, and some local government areas of the state. The state Commissioner for Social Welfare, Mrs. Inime Aguma, led other officials of the Ministry to profile all the […]
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, has directed the immediate evacuation of all Almajeris from Plateau to their respective States of origin. The Governor has also extended the total lockdown in the State indefinitely. Arising from a press briefing on Thursday in Jos, Lalong said, “considering the grave danger that Almajiri children are exposed to […]
The Katsina state government has received 419 almajiris evacuated by Kano state government as part of measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The Director of Press in the office of the Secretary to Government of the State (SGS), Alhaji Abdullahi Yar’adua, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday in Katsina. […]
Senator Shehu Sani has warned Northern governors against their collective decision to deport Almajiris to their respective Local government areas. He said in a tweet on Wednesday that without providing basic education to these Almajiris before sending them back, will incite terrorism in the North and breed insurgents. The Almajiri you choose to ‘deport’ to […]
About two million Almajiris are roaming the streets of Zamfara, according to the state Director of Budget, Alhaji Hamza Salisu. Salisu made the disclosure on Wednesday in Gusau, at a meeting on Child Development Grant Programme and Strengthening Social Protection System in the state, organised by Save the Children International. “Based on the data available […]
Lafia – Hajiya Zainab Magaji, the Programme Manager of Bi-Lingual Educational Programme in Nasarawa State says no rights of any Almajiri student will be trampled upon under the watch of the programme in the state. Magaji gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lafia. According to […]