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The Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaba Saidu, has said Almajiri are not out-of-school children. Professor Saidu said there has to be a change in...
The National President of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Dr. Bitrus Pogu, has called for the scrapping of Almajiri system of education. Bitrus Pogu said the...
Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, the Iyaloja-General of Nigeria and first daughter of President Bola Tinubu, has been appointed the Ambassador of the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children’s Education...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has emphasized the need for a shift in how children in the North are educated, criticizing the prevalent...
A Kaduna State-based Church has extended love to the Muslim community in the state as worshippers commenced the yearly 30-day Ramadan fasting and prayer period. On...
The Governor Godwin Obaseki-led government of Edo State has said it will get rid of street beggars (Almajiris) in the state soon. The governor said underage...
A Qur’anic student popularly known as Almajiri has been found dead with his skull smashed by unknown killers in Bauchi State. The disturbing incident Naija News...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has disclosed that he and many other notable northerners were products of the traditional Almajiri system but nothing...
Nigerian police released 15 children held in a Koranic school in a town in Niger state. Fifteen children detained “in inhuman conditions ” were found on...
The ban of Almajiri system by northern governors, has been out rightly rejected by Dahiru Usman Bauchi, an Islamic cleric. Arguing that everyone has a right...
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC), has urged the Federal Government to dialogue with Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and other Biafra agitators. OYC made...
Northern State Governors have been advised by the National Human Rights Commission on Friday not to only relocate Almajiri to their states of origin but to...
Almajiri System of Education is one of the oldest traditions in the northern region. However, due to its negative impact on the development of the region...
The approach at which state governors are repatriating the Almajiri’s to their various home states has been condemned by the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF. The forum...
The Kano State Government on Thursday quarantined 2000 almajiri children to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19). This was made known by the Kano...
The Media and Publicity Secretary of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Comrade Emma Powerful, in a statement on Monday, May 4 condemned the act of...
The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has given orders for children beggars, popularly known as almajiri to be deported from the state. The governor noted...
The Senate has today urged Federal Government to upgrade the existing Almajiri (street urchins) model schools and build more in order to increase the number of...
The Almajiri (al-Muhajirun) in Arabic, is a Northern Islamic system of Education, whereby young children are given out to learn the Quran from its root to...
Operatives of the Niger state Police Command have apprehended a 32-year old man identified as Abdullahi Abubakar for allegedly defiling 32 students of an Almajiri school...