UNICEF Partners Katsina to Train Adolescent Girls on Sustainable Peace
By our Correspondent The UNICEF and Katsina State Government have trained 50 adolescent girls across selected local government areas of state to promote peace and resilience in the communities. The 2-day training in Katsina was also to promote girls enrollment in schools, retention and completion of their education. Continue Reading
Private School Owners in Katsina Laud Review of Operational Policy
By our Correspondent The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) in. Katsina State, has commended Gov. Dikko Radda for reviewing the private and community schools operational policy. The commendation is contained in a statement signed and issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina by its Chairman,Continue Reading
Tinubu Revokes Maryam Sanda’s Pardon
President Bola Tinubu has signed the official instruments of clemency and pardons, granting release to selected convicts across the country. A State House statement released on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed that the President rejected high-profile inmates suchContinue Reading
Advocate for Gaza’s Children Too – Turkiye’s First Lady Urges Melania Trump
In the letter to the US First Lady, Emine Erdogan also stresses that every child has the universal right to grow up safely, regardless of location, race, or religion. I Türkiye’s First Lady Emine Erdogan has written to US First Lady Melania Trump, urging her to show the same concernContinue Reading
Egypt Recovers 13 Artefacts Illegally Exported to the UK and Germany
The Egyptian authorities have repatriated 13 artefacts that were illegally taken out of the country and found in the United Kingdom and Germany, the North African nation’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said. The return of the items was the result of co-ordinated efforts by the Ministry of Tourism, theContinue Reading
Over 60 Ethiopian Migrants Die in Boat Wreck off Yemeni Coast
At least 68 migrants from the Horn of Africa, mostly from Ethiopia, died in a boat wreck off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, BBC reported, citing the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The incident occurred on 3 August. The boat was carrying 157 people. Sixty-eightContinue Reading
Magnitude 8.8 Quake Hits Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula
By – Lawal Sale One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, generating tsunamis of up to four meters (12 feet) across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii to Japan. The magnitude 8.8 quake struck at 8:24 a.m. off Petropavlovsk in theContinue Reading
Nigerian Poet Appointed UN Global Peace Advocate
Nigerian poet and activist Maryam Bukar has been officially appointed as a UN global peace advocate, according to the organisation’s website. Bukar will support the advancement of the “Women, Peace and Security” and “Youth, Peace and Security” agendas through poetry, public speaking and digital platforms. “Her commitment to the causeContinue Reading
