Tag: Zaria

Only Three Nigerian Varsities Make World Ranking + NAMES

ADEOLA YUSUF

+ List of Top 10 best Varsities in the world Only three Nigerian universities have made it to the 2026 QS World University Rankings released on Thursday by global higher education analyst, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)—and none of them placed in the top 1,000. The institutions listed were the University of Ibadan (UI), University of Lagos (UNILAG), and Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. UI and UNILAG were both placed in the 1001–1200 band, the same range they occupied in the 2025 edition. ABU, which had no previous ranking in 2025, was…

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‘It Has No Nutrition’ — FG To Ban ‘Ponmo’ To Revive Leather Industry

ADEOLA YUSUF

The federal government says it is proposing legislation to ban the consumption of animal skin, locally known as ponmo, in the country to revive tanneries. Muhammad Yakubu, director-general, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST), Zaria, said this in Abuja on Sunday. Yakubu said the litigation was necessary to revive the comatose leather industry in the country. READ ALSO: Why 7m Nigerians Couldn’t Participate In Voters’ Registration – INEC Wife Dies While Chasing Husband Over Side-Chick In Calabar How NDLEA Busted N193bn Cocaine In Lagos Warehouse Hajj Shall No…

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Why my 34-yr old daughter gave birth to quadruplets after 13 children – mother

ADEOLA YUSUF

Mother of Hauwa Sulaiman, a 34 years old housewife and a mother of 13 children who gave birth to quadruplet babies in Zaria, Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, Mallama Saudatu Haruna, has disclosed that her daughter’s child delivery pattern was hereditary. The housewife, Mrs. Hauwa’u Sulaiman was delivered of the four babies on Friday 5th June 2020 at the Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Kofar Gayan, Zaria. She was, however, transferred to Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika with the babies for more medical attention. She had given birth to triplets twice,…

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