Tag: ALMAJIRI
Kaduna’s 16 new coronavirus cases are all Kano almajiris – Commissioner
Kaduna State Government has confirmed 16 new coronavirus cases in the state as against 17 announced on Thursday morning by the Nigeria Centre for...
Almajiri accepted during elections, census, rejected over coronavirus – Shehu Sani
Senator Shehu Sani has condemned the move to ‘deport’ Almajiri children as part of efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus in the...
Alexx Ekubo knocks Oma Nnadi for using ‘almajiri picture’ in 34th...
Nollywood actor, Alexx Ekubo, has jokingly called out actress, Oma Nnadi, for using an 'Almajiri picture' of him when she shared 34th birthday message...
Ganduje orders arrest of beggers who shun school
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has ordered the arrest of street beggers who refused to go to school.
Ganduje gave the order on Tuesday in...
El-Rufai invites teenage Almajiri cobbler to office
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has invited a 13-year-old Almajiri boy simply named Usman to his office.
The governor requested for the presence of the...
Woman sues ex-husband for taking children to Almajiri school
A 33-year-old woman, Jamila Abubakar, on Thursday, dragged
her former husband, Isah Aliyu, to a Sharia Court sitting at Magajin Gari,
Kaduna, for taking their two...
MURIC rebuffs Bishop Kukah’s initiative to train 10million almajiris
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has rejected the plan by the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, to train 10 million...
Abubakar Shekau was an almajiri – Mother
Falmatu Shekau, the mother of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has revealed that he was once almajiri (indigent Koranic student).
Speaking in an interview she...
Photos: Here’s what some Almajiri do in Abuja when they are...
The suburbs of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja is home to a large number of out of school children popularly referred to as Almajiri...