Lalong, El-Rufai: It’s time to secure north, not play blame game
As Northern State Governors and Northern Traditional Rulers Council met in Kaduna over banditry, kidnapping and other security challenges bedeviling the region, Governors of Kaduna […]
Almajiri
160 Almajiri Children Rescued In Kaduna
The Kaduna State government has rescued 160 Almajiri from unlicensed schools and homes in Kaduna state. In a statement released by Governor El-Rufai’s media aide […]
Most ‘Almajiri’ not Nigerians, Ganduje says
Most Quranic education school pupils, popularly referred to as “Almajiri”, who roam the streets in the northern part of the country, are not Nigerians, Kano […]
Senate Passes Army Varsity Bill
…Wants Almajiri Education Integrated into Educational SystemBy Chibuike Nwabuko Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to give legal backing to […]
Police raid Almajiri ‘torture centre’ in Niger, rescue 15 children
Minna – Police in Niger State have uncovered a secret ‘torture centre’ in Suleja, where Almajiri are being physically brutalised as part of their Islamic […]
No power can ban almajiri in Nigeria – Sheik Usman Bauchi
Sheik Dahiru Usman Bauchi is a controversial Islamic Scholar and leader of almajiri in Nigeria. He is among the leaders of the Islamic Sufi group […]
ActionAid Nigeria decries corruption, racism, calls for responsive infrastructure for citizens
By Joyce Remi- Babayeju Abuja (Sundiata Post)-ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, an international organization in a Rally organized in Abuja today decried all forms of corruption at […]
Masari bans Islamiyya, street begging, in Katsina
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State, has directed the continued closure of all Islamiyya and Almajirai (allo) schools , street begging and holding of […]
CSO calls for Federal Government’s intervention in plight of Almajiri children
By Joyce Remi- Babayeju Abuja (SundiataPost) – A Civil Society Organization, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center, (CISLAC) has added its voice to call on the […]
Community leader lauds El-Rufai for banning “Almajiri school”
By Aisha Gambo Kaduna – Alhaji Uba Aliyu, a community leader in Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna, has lauded Gov. Nasir el-Rufai for […]
How to address almajiri challenges, by NHRC
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has suggested ways leaders of the northern states could address the challenges posed by almajiri children across the country. […]
Jihadist Fulani herdsmen and Shuwa Arabs now occupy 350 Igbo communities and villages – Special Report
ONITSHA (SundiataPost) – There are not less than 350 Igbo communities, villages and other locations now invaded and permanently occupied by the Jihadist Fulani Herdsmen […]
Kaduna Govt. will jail parents who enroll children into Almajiri system – El-Rufai
By Philip Yatai Kaduna – Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State has warned that parents who enroll their children into the Almajiri education system stand […]
Kaduna will jail parents who enroll children into Almajiri system – El-Rufai
By Philip Yatai Kaduna – Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State has warned that parents who enroll their children into the Almajiri education system stand […]
218 Almajiri repatriated to Kaduna to get free, compulsory education – El-Rufa’i
Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufa’i has assured that, all the 218 Almajirai who were repatriated to Kaduna and now tested free of COVID-19, […]
Abia LG chairman raises alarm over influx of Almajirai
By OKEY SAMPSON, Umuahia UMUAHIA – The transition committee chairman of Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State, Mrs Stella Igbokwe has drawn the […]
Proprietors attack Northern govs over mass repatriation of almajirai
The ongoing repatriation of almajirai to their states of origin by some Northern governors has not gone down well with several stakeholders who believe the […]
Former Almajiri Narrates How Igbo Man Saved Him After Many Years Of Suffering
There are still Nigerians with a good heart. That is what a former almajiri found out after telling how he was saved by an Igbo […]
Almajiri: Why northern youths are fleeing to South
Recently, there have been apprehensions over the claims of influx of displaced Almajirai from the northern states into states in the South despite the subsisting […]
Religion is Africa’s Trojan Horse, By Osmund Agbo
There is no reason not to eulogise western civilisation having saved Africa from her primitive pre-colonial past. An Africa which though still trapped in a […]