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NO ABANDONMENT, NO NEW AWARDS: FG SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON MOROCCO SCHOLARSHIPS. (PHOTO).

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 NO ABANDONMENT, NO NEW AWARDS: FG SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON MOROCCO SCHOLARSHIPS The Federal Government has firmly debunked misleading narratives circulating in some quarters regarding Nigerian scholarship students in the Kingdom of Morocco, describing such claims as false, unfounded, and deliberately crafted to misinform the public. The Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, has clarified that no Nigerian student on a valid Federal Government scholarship has been abandoned. All beneficiaries duly enrolled under the Bilateral Education Scholarship (BES) Programme prior to 2024 have received payments up to the 2024 budget year, in line with the Federal Government’s obligations. Any temporary delays in outstanding payments are attributable to fiscal constraints and are currently being addressed through ongoing engagements between the Federal Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance. The Honourable Minister further stated that no new bilateral scholarshi...

MUSLIM PROTESTERS IN NIGER,SET CHURCHES ON FIRE OVER THE PROPHET MOHAMMAD CARTOON SKETCHED BY CHARLIE HEBDO.

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                 This protest is getting out of hand as stones and fire are being thrown at innocent churches that did not take part in sketching the Charlie Hebdo's cartoons he drew about the Prophet Mohammed,today saturday in Niger Republic.Yesterday friday,five people were killed in Niger in protest over the cartoons of Prophet Mohammed and protesters in Niamy attacked a police station and burnt atleast two police cars near the main mosque after authorities banned a meeting called by local Muslim leaders.Police actually responded with teargas on the protesters.Amadou Abdoul Ouahah,a protester who took part in the demonstration said ''They offended our Prophet Mohammed,that's what we didn't like''.Four Muslim preachers who had convened the meeting in Niamy were arrested.Protesters also burnt the French flag and set up road blocks on streets in town center but no casualties for now were reported today saturday.More photos below.   ...

EX-ACTING GOVERNOR OF ADAMAWA STATE JAMES BARKA,DEFECTS FROM PDP TO APC.

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                                 According to Shuaibu Yamusa,the chairman of the All Progressives Congress {APC } in their state,made the announcement at the APC Governorship campaign rally in Ganye.James Barka said he left the ruling PDP as a result of the party's failure to conduct it's affairs in accordance with the provision of it's constitution and democratic norms.''I am now into a new found party with good manifesto to change the country that another party messed down for good''.