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Photos: Shi'ites Protest Arrest Of Their Leader

The killing of some Nigerian Shi’ites at the weekend is generating steam and wide criticisms.
Thousands of members of the Shia Muslim sect took to the streets yesterday, December 14, in protest over the arrest of their leader Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and the death of their members during the clash with Nigerian army on Saturday.

 

 

Thousands of shiites protest the killing of their members and arrest of their leader

The protests were staged in Kano, Kebbi and Bauchi as well as in different countries.

Education and Buhari’s 2016 budget

Abimbola Adelakun

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Abimbola Adelakun

How much of Nigeria’s budgetary allocation should go to the education sector? The answer should be a 100 per cent – and that is only a start. This, of course, is not practicable for obvious reasons. Besides, we know that reducing the problem with education in Nigeria to funding is dubious diagnosis.

Any APC member involved in the misuse of security votes will not be shielded by Buhari – Lai Mohammed warns

 

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has disclosed that the Federal Government will not shield any top ranking member of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, involved in the alleged misuse of security funds.

Addressing newsmen yesterday in Lagos, Mohammed dared the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to point out any member of the ruling party involved in the alleged misappropriation of security funds.

Plateau Assembly rejects Lalong’s request to extend LG Transition C’ttee bosses’ tenure

Jos—The Plateau State House of Assembly yesterday rejected the request by the State Governor, Simon Lalong, to extend the tenure of the Management Committee Chairmen of the 17 local government areas of the State by six months.

Simon Lalong

The Management Committee Chairmen were sworn in October this year and were to vacate office by the end of January, 2016 as initially approved by the State Assembly.

Nigerian police halt officers’ screening over fraud claims

The Nigerian Police has ​suspended the ongoing screening exercise of its officers with higher qualification, following allegations of corruption trailing the exercise.

In a statement, the police public relation’s officer, Olabisi Kolawole, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, said the Inspector general of Police, Solomon Arase, disclosed this Thursday, during a meeting with the NPF’s management team.