The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) chapter, has come out forcefully to condemn what it described as a politically motivated and ill-advised move by President Bola Tinubu to rename the University of Maiduguri after Nigeria’s late former President, Muhammadu Buhari. SaharaReporters obtained a press statement issued on Saturday by the…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, has criticized a suit filed by about 16 governors seeking to declare the agency illegal. He made the remarks during a visit by the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes. Olukoyede on Monday described the move as unnecessary and urged the National…
Authorities in northern Afghanistan have arrested 14 individuals for playing musical instruments and singing during a private gathering, provincial police said on Saturday. This was a practice banned under the Taliban’s strict interpretation of Islamic law. The police said in a statement that on Thursday night in the capital of northern Takhar province, “fourteen individuals……
