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A wave of public concern has emerged across Nigeria following reports that a Muslim female candidate in Ibadan was allegedly compelled to remove her hijab before being allowed to sit for the ongoing examinations conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Similar complaints from other examination centres have further intensified fears of possible religious discrimination within the country’s national testing system. The incident has quickly evolved from an isolated complaint into a broader national debate about constitutional rights, institutional responsibility, and the treatment of religious identity in public spaces—particularly within government-supervised examinations. Constitutional and Legal Implications At the heart of the controversy lies the question of whether the actions reported at the examination centre violated protections guaranteed under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). Legal experts and civil righ...

Gwamnatin Birtaniya ta bayyana cewa tana sanya ido sosai kan shirye-shiryen babban zaɓen shekarar 2027 a Najeriya. Rahotanni sun nuna cewa matakin na Birtaniya na nufin bibiyar yadda ake shirya zaɓen domin tabbatar da an gudanar da shi cikin gaskiya da adalci, ba tare da katsalandan cikin harkokin cikin gida na Najeriya ba. A nata ɓangaren, hukumar Shirya  Zaɓe Ta Ƙasa Mai zaman kanta (INEC) ta ce tana ci gaba da shirye-shiryen da suka haɗa da inganta rajistar masu kaɗa ƙuri’a da kuma haɗa kai da jami’an tsaro domin tabbatar da zaman lafiya. Ana sa ran zaɓen shekarar 2027 zai kasance muhimmin mataki ga dimokuraɗiyyar Najeriya, yayin da ƙasashen duniya ke ci gaba da bibiyar shirye-shiryen zaɓen.

Wasu da ake zargin ‘yan bindiga ne sun sace Shugaban Sashen Magunguna na Babban Asibitin Nasarawa da ke ji har Zamfara a wani sabon hari da ya ƙara jefa fargaba a zukatan ma’aikatan lafiya da mazauna yankin. 🚨 Rahotanni sun bayyana cewa lamarin ya faru ne a Nasarawa da ke ƙaramar hukumar Maru, inda wasu ɗauke da makamai suka mamaye yankin tare da yin awon gaba da babban jami’in asibitin zuwa wani wuri da ba a sani ba. Shaidu sun ce maharan sun kai harin cikin gaggawa, lamarin da ya haddasa firgici a tsakanin al’umma, inda wasu mazauna yankin suka ruga domin tsira da rayukansu. Har yanzu dai ba a fitar da cikakken bayani kan sunan wanda aka sace ba, amma majiyoyi sun tabbatar cewa shi ne ke jagorantar sashen Magunguna na asibitin.

Tsohon Mataimakin Shugaban Ƙasa, Atiku Abubakar, ya bayyana cewa zaɓen shugaban ƙasa na shekarar 2027 zai kasance takararsa ta ƙarshe a siyasar neman shugabancin Najeriya. 🗳️ Atiku ya bayyana hakan ne yayin wata hira da ya yi a shirin Prime Time na gidan talabijin na Arise Television a ranar Laraba. Ya tunatar da jama'a cewa ya fara neman kujerar shugaban ƙasa tun daga shekarar 1992, kuma ya shafe shekaru da dama yana fafutukar neman shugabanci a matakai daban-daban. Sai dai a wannan karon, ya ce idan ya sake tsayawa takara a 2027, wannan ne zai zama karshen gwagwarmayarsa ta neman shugabancin ƙasa.

Hon Nafiu Bala ya sanar da korar dukkan mutanen da suka halarci babban taron da aka gudanar da sunan jam’iyyar. Nafiu Bala wanda ya ke iƙirarin shugabancin jam’iyyar (ADC) ya cewa duk wanda ya je wannan taro da aka kira “convention” ba mamban jam’iyyar ba ne, yana mai jaddada cewa taron ba shi da sahihanci a idon shugabancin da yake jagoranta. A cikin sanarwar da ya fitar, Bala ya ce: duk mutanen da suka halarci taron suna ƙoƙarin amfani da sunan jam’iyyar ba bisa ka’ida ba, don haka an ɗauki matakin korarsu daga jam’iyyar nan take.

The Federal Government has officially withdrawn terrorism financing charges previously filed against former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and his son, Abdul'aziz Malami. The development was disclosed in court on Wednesday by the prosecuting counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde, who informed the court that the government had decided to discontinue the terrorism-related allegations against the former minister and his son. However, Kehinde clarified that the Federal Government would proceed with other charges against Malami relating to alleged financial misconduct and the handling of illicit funds. This indicates that while the terrorism financing accusations have been dropped, the legal battle involving the former justice minister is far from over. Counsel to Malami, Shaibu Aruwa, confirmed the development before the presiding judge, Joyce Abdulmalik, stating that the defense team had received an amended charge sheet reflecting the chan...