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‘Lecturers Too May Be All Female;’ Nigeria Gets First Female-Only University

GBENGA ADEOTI ADEOTI

  Nigeria now has a female only university, Tazkiyah University, with the lecturers likely to be all female too. A WhatsApp user announced this following the recent accreditation of nine more private universities by the National Universities Commission (NUC). According to the write up by the WhatsApp user, the university, to be sited in Zaria, Kaduna State, was founded by the renowned Sufi Sheikh, Professor Ibrahim Maqari, who also serves as the Chief Imam of the National Mosque, Abuja. The writer added: “It is envisioned as a university exclusively for…

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Nigerian Pastor Charges Members N310,000 to Make Heaven

ADEOLA YUSUF

One Nigerian Pastor Ade Abraham of Christ High Commission Ministry, also known as Royal Christ Assembly, Kaduna State, has charged his members N310,000 to make heaven. Platforms Africa reports that the pastor is making headlines for convincing his church members to relocate to a camp in Ekiti State with him. This, Abraham said, was in order to prepare for the end of the world and also allegedly charging them money to fly them to heaven. READ ALSO: Revd. Father Arrested for Alleged Kidnapping, Murder, Church Kicks How I was Kidnapped,…

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11 Soldiers Feared Dead In Fresh Terrorists’ Attack On Kaduna

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘Some of the bandits were carrying Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG). They engaged the soldiers for about 2 hours” 11 soldiers have been reportedly killed during an encounter with a large number of suspected terrorists who invaded a military base at the Pole wire village, Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State. Lagos-based Vanguard newspaper quoted a source to have confirmed that the bandits on motorbikes invaded the base and opened fire on the soldiers. The source further stated that ”Some of the bandits were carrying Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG). They engaged the soldiers for about…

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Major Kidnapped at NDA Found Dead, Other Slained Officers Identified +PHOTO

ADEOLA YUSUF

There were reports on Tuesday that an Officer kidnapped by bandits who invaded the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Kaduna State, simply identified as Major Dalung, has been killed. Platforms Africa gathered that the Major was found dead on Tuesday hours after his kidnap. The bandits had in the early hours of Tuesday broken into the NDA through its fence that was reported to have been breached. They shot dead two officers at the training school four aspiring Officers of the country’s three Services: Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force and Nigerian…

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Babies Kidnapped As Bandits Raid Nigeria’s Kaduna Hospital

ADEOLA YUSUF

According to a report by Daily Trust, Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted babies from the residential quarters of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria, Kaduna State. It was gathered that five staff of the hospital, including female nurses, were also abducted.   READ ALSO: El-Rufai: I Withdrew My Son From Public School for Other Children’s Safety Bandits murder two more Nigeria’s Kaduna Private Varsity Students Corpse of 6-year old ‘victim of defilement,’ recovered from Kaduna Cemetery   The bandits, who were said to have stormed the…

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