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Former Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has cried out after a recent report by UNICEF shows more children are out of school when compared to other regions in Nigeria   . In his post, Bashir stated that the UNICEF report showed that 15.23 million children were out-of-school in Northern Nigeria when compared to the South that has only 2.58 children that …

National Assembly member Abdulmumin Jibrin has voiced strong confidence in the approval of President Bola Tinubu’s tax reform bills, despite opposition from some stakeholders in Northern Nigeria and the National Executive Council’s recommendation to withdraw the proposals. The tax reforms have been met with criticism, with figures like Senator Ali Ndume of Borno South calling the bills “dead on arrival.” …

Actor Chidi Mokeme has reacted to news of President Tinubu ordering the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, to provide security for engineers fixing the damaged transmission lines in the North. States in Northern Nigeria have been thrown into darkness for over a week now following the vandalization of two towers along the 330kV Shiroro–Kaduna transmission lines 1 and 2. On …

The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) has highlighted the economic challenges facing Nigeria’s northern region, noting that it is bearing the brunt of the country’s economic hardship. Gombe State Governor and NSGF chair, Mohammed Yahaya, voiced these concerns during a forum meeting in Kaduna on Monday. The gathering, which included discussions with Chief of Defence Staff Christopher Musa and traditional …

Murphy compiled a break of 104 to win the first frame against Bingham, who responded with 121 to draw level. Essex veteran Bingham moved 3-1 ahead, helped by a run of 101 in frame four, but breaks of 56 and 52 helped Murphy draw level before the world number eight got over the line. Despite a break of 60 from …

No food has entered northern Gaza in Palestine since the start of October, putting 1 million people at risk of going hungry, the United Nations’ World Food Programme told CNN on Friday, October 11.    In August, about 700 hundred aid trucks entered northern Gaza then in September, only 400 aid trucks entered, after commercial operations ceased at the Allenby …

In their latest Nations League fixture Northern Ireland will take on Belarus in Hungary on Saturday, the neutral venue the result of Uefa restrictions on the hosts. Fifty years ago, it was Northern Ireland playing in homes away from home with no international football staged in Belfast between October 1971 and April 1975. BBC Sport NI looks back on the …

The federal government has said it is not planning to transfer Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the northern part of the country to the South East.  Tijani Aliyu Ahmed, the Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), disclosed this in a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday,  October 9.  There has been tension …

Northern Ireland have called Mansfield Town goalkeeper Christy Pym into their squad for the upcoming Nations League games against Belarus and Bulgaria. The 29-year-old has not played for his country before, but trained with his new team-mates on Tuesday after regular keeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell withdrew from the squad on Monday with a shoulder problem. With Plymouth Argyle’s Conor Hazard already …

On Thursday, Larne’s dream of European football becomes a reality. But as Lynch says, “why shouldn’t we be here?”. Thursday’s game in mountainous western Norway is the first of six extremely difficult fixtures. Larne will also face Shamrock Rovers, St Gallen, Olimpija, Dinamo Minsk and Gent in their first European campaign. Now a leading side in Northern Ireland, they will …