The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume, CON, gave the assurance when a delegation from the Nigerian Red Cross Society, in company with CAPI and the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), led by its Secretary General, Abubakar Ahmed Kende in Abuja.

SGF, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary Overseeing the General Services Office (GSO), Mohammed Sanusi Danjuma said that for the initiative to achieve its laudable objectives, there is need for partnership with critical stakeholders like the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Federal Ministry of Education, Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction and the private sector for its sustainability.

He further added that the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation will give the necessary support to the Initiative for the safety of the Road users, particularly the children.

Speaking on behalf of the delegations, the Secretary General of Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) stated that its organisation is in partnership with the Children Accident Prevention Initiative (CAPI) and the Federal Ministry of Education on “Go to School Be Seen, Be Safe” programme aimed at addressing critical issues affecting children, particularly in preventing accidents and promoting child safety while going to school. He acknowledged the Tinubu-led administration for it’s commitment to the welfare and safety of Nigerian children and the population at large.

He requested support from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to enable the initiative receive the needed boost to achieve its laudable initiatives.

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Kano State High Court has sentenced Abdulmalik Tanko, the Proprietor Of Noble Kids Comprehensive College in the state, to death by hanging over the killing of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar.

Justice Usman Na’abba, who presided over the matter, gave the order while delivering his judgment on Thursday, Daily Dates Nigeria reports.

The judge also convicted Tanko to five years imprisonment for four-count charges levelled against him.

Similarly, the second defendant, Hashim Ishyaku was sentenced to death by hanging and four years imprisonment (2 years each for conspiracy and concealment).

Fatima Musa, the third defendant, got one-year imprisonment for her role in the kidnapping.

Kano State Government had filed five counts of criminal conspiracy, attempt to kidnap, abetment, kidnapping, and concealing dead body against Tanko (34), Hashimu (37) and Fatima (26) on February 14.

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The “10-year-old” and her equally minor male friends were seen in a footage which has gone viral engaged in sexual activities.

Her mother had alleged that she was gang-raped, while the school authorities tried to coverup the scandal after the students returned from a competition in Dubai, UAE.

According to Politicos, the child posts her self-recorded videos on an app called Likee.

Her handle called “bhadgurl4k (bad girl f*ck) already has over 24,000 likes.

She has posted over 526 videos with 4,134 followers as at Easter Monday.

Curiously, checks have revealed that the videos were recorded in her home.

She titled her page “madness and cringe”. She tries to show off dance moves with erotic mannerisms.

Lagos state government as a result of the furore generated by the sex video has shut all campuses of the highbrow school.

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Zamfara state Commissioner for Information, Suleiman Tunau Anka, who confirmed the incident to said the gunmen stormed the school around 1 a.m on Friday.

The school is located in the Talata-Mafara local government area of Zamfara.

Recall that gunmen recently kidnapped dozens of students and workers of Government Science College in Kagara, Niger State, northern Nigeria. They remain in captivity despite several assurances of their release from state and federal officials.

Last year, over 300 schoolboys were abducted from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, northwest Nigeria.

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Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu during the national press briefing on COVID-19 on Monday said January 18 is subject to review due to the spike in COVID-19 cases.

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases surpassed 100,000 which raised more concerns about the second wave of COVID-19 and how to contain the spread.

There are fears that the figure may further rise if the laid down COVID-19 protocols are not adhered to, especially when schools resume nationwide.

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Sadiya Farouq revealed this at a ministerial press briefing to give an account of her ministry in the last one year in Abuja.

The Minister said the move is to boost the present administration’s goal of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years.

She said the President directed the Ministry to increase the number of N-Power beneficiaries from 500,000 to 1,000,000.

President Buhari also directed an increase in the number of beneficiaries of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) by 1,000,000 and increase the beneficiaries of the Home-Grown School Feeding by 5,000,000.

“In a bid to realise Mr President’s commitment to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years, the ministry places significant emphasis on youth empowerment by strategically ascertaining youth engagement as a foundational objective in implementing the following strategies: double the scope of the National Social Investment Programmes.

“Mr President has graciously approved the expansion of all NSIP programmes. Such as increase of N-Power beneficiaries from 500,000 to 1,000,000, increase GEEP beneficiaries by 1,000,000 and increase of beneficiaries of Home-Grown School Feeding by 5,000,000,” she said.

About 3.7 million households comprising of more than 15.5 million individuals have been captured on the National Social Register, the Minister revealed, adding that the Ministry has developed a strategy for targeting the vulnerable in line with Buhari’s directive to expand the National Social Register.

“In championing Social Inclusion, deliberate efforts were made to capture vulnerable youth and groups which included Women, People with Special Needs, in the expansion of the National Social Register by one million households. Also, in the Economic Sustainability Plan, we have over 1,000,000 urban poor in the National Social Register.

“As of June 2020, 4.41 per cent of the total number of individuals captured in the National Social Register are recognised as persons with special needs. This comes to a total of 685,090 persons with special needs in the National Social Register.

“About 3.7 million households comprising of more than 15.5 million Individuals have been captured on the National Social Register. Of that number, over 2.8 million of the households which comprise of 13.5 million individuals are eligible for Conditional Cash Transfer. These numbers are spread across the 36 states and FCT. The numbers are further broken down to 7.6 million males and 7.9 million females as shown on the screen,” she said.

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