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Kwara State Government has approved the use of hijab uniforms for Muslim schoolgirls in all public schools. Secretary to the government Mamma Sabah Jibril said Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq gave the approval after meetings with leaders of both Muslim and Christian communities with a view to clarifying issues and reaching a consensus. “Consequently, the government hereby acknowledges and approves the right of the Muslim schoolgirl to wear the hijab, and directs the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development to come up with a uniform hijab for all public/ grant-aided schools, which will be the accepted mode of head covering in schools,” Jibril said in a statement.  “Also, the government affirms the right of every child in public schools to freedom of worship.” “Any willing schoolgirl with the approved (uniform) hijab shall have the right to wear same in public/grant-aided schools,” Jibril said in a statement. Jibril disclosed that the governor’s approval considered su...

The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Olajide Oduyoye, says officials of the agency will begin to monitor traffic violation with the use of smart body cameras. He stated this on Friday while speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme. The LASTMA general manager said, “Technology is the way to go. Our Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is on top of that. He approved the deployment of technology for us to improve our communication last year 2020. “This year, we are definitely hoping to start in the next few weeks what you will say are non-approachable offence dealings. That means we are going to be having body cameras on officers to capture incidences because things happen so fast and you can’t really say let me get my camera. But if you have your body camera on that is recording, then, you can capture all sorts of different things that you can use against offenders.” Oduyoye also lamented that chronic traffic violators do remove traffic signs t...

A report by Daily Trust indicates that suspected gunmen have kidnapped some students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara state. It was reported that the incident happened in the early hours of Friday, February 26. According to the report, a resident of Kawaye village identified as Sadi Kawaye said that his daughters, Mansura and Sakina were among those abducted. The state police public relations officer, SP Muhammad Shehu, said he could not react to the incident yet, adding that he needed time to verify it. He said: “Give me some time, I can’t say anything now.” It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the school and herded the children away. The online medium stated that scores of the terrorists were said to have overrun a military checkpoint closeby before storming the school. 

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), has said he never suffered stroke as peddled on social media recently. Adesina also described the report that he stashed $1.9 billion at a bank in Minnesota, United States of America, as untrue. The presidential spokesman, who lamented that people love evil reports about those serving in government, stated this in a piece on Friday titled, ‘My $1.9 Billion In Minnesota Bank. He wrote, “People love evil reports, particularly about those serving in government. Have we got so bad as a people, that we can’t have genuine, patriotic service again? Quite baffling. “This leads me to a lie peddled about me from the pit of hell in the past fortnight. I had traveled to Umuahia, in Abia State, to deliver a paper at the Social Media Converge organized by the state government. At the Abuja airport, I had met former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, and we greeted pleasantly, as we a...

GOVERNOR UZODINMA FINALLY SPEAKS, ATTACKS IPOB During a press briefing on Friday, February 19, the governor said he invited soldiers to Imo state to restore normalcy and set the affected community on the path of peace again. It would be recalled that soldiers were seen in Orlu on Thursday, February 18, with military choppers flying in what created a scene of fear and pandemonium. Nigerian Army battles IPOB's security network in Imo forest, gives reason for military operation Governor Uzodinma said he invited the Nigerian Army to Orlu to tackle IPOB. Residents said the army bombed some places, resulting in the death of innocent citizens of the community. Uzodinma, who spoke through the state's attorney general and commissioner for justice, Barr Cyprain Akaolisa, said the government will no longer tolerate the activities of the Nnamdi Kanu-led proscribed group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), The Nation reports. He said the IPOB is responsible for the deaths of many innocent c...