LAWMAKERS in the Jigawa State House of Assembly have refused to pass a bill making child marriages illegal saying such a move is controversial and alien to the predominant religion and culture of local residents.
Across many states of northern Nigeria, child marriages are the norm, with thousands of young girls married off...
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As the whole world moves away from crude oil Nigeria needs to set herself and ambitious target of making her railway network the new mode of transportation across the country.
Just look at how far we are behind other developing nations when it comes to kilometre of railway lines. In the 21st century,...
NIGERIA'S federal government appears to have backtracked on plans to build a railway linking Kano and the town of Maradi in neighbouring Niger Republic with the presidency saying that it will only be responsible for the Nigerian end of the line.
On Wednesday, Nigeria's Federal Executive Council presided over by President...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has dumfounded Nigerian political watchers by planning to spend $1.95bn on an inexplicable railway line linking Kano with the city of Maradi in neighbouring Niger Republic.
Yesterday, a Federal Executive Council presided over by President Buhari approved a contract to build the line linking...
MALI's military junta has been given until September 15 by the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) to appoint a civilian head of a transitional government as part of a wider plan to restoring democracy within a year.
Last month, what started off as a military mutiny over salary arrears, ballooned into a full...
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