Schools, banks, others shut as Supreme Court decides Kano governorship election
There is tension in Kano State, especially the capital, as residents await the verdict that will decide their lawful governor today. Schools and financial institutions have announced closed, anticipating violence after the ruling. After his eight months in power, the Supreme Court is set to issue a final judgment that will determine whether or not Abba Yusuf of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) will remain the governor of Kano. The embattled governor is challenging the verdicts of the tribunal and Court of Appeal that favoured Nasiru Gawuna of All Progressives Congress (APC) at the apex court, which decision would finally
FG Approves Establishment of Secondary Education Commission
The Federal Government has approved the establishment of a Secondary Education Commission to oversee the operations of secondary schools in the country. Prof. Anthony Anwukah, Minister of State for Education, who made the disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday at a valedictory news conference, said President Muhammadu Buhari recently gave approval for the establishment of the commission. He also said that the Federal Government also reviewed downwards the charges in Unity Colleges from N83,000 to N49,500. The minister said the government had pegged PTA levy at N5,000 across the board, thereby ending arbitrary charges of N75,000, which nearly inhibited access to
