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Last ditch attempt by regional leaders to persuade Gambia’s President Jammeh to give up power peacefully at the end of his term have ended in Banjul without any breakthrough. According reports, which have not been officially confirmed,  Presidents Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and ex-President Mahama of Ghana were unable to convince Mr Jammeh to respect last month’s election results and facilitate a smooth transfer of power. Mr Jammeh, 51, who has ruled the Gambia for 22 years was defeated in the December election by opposition candidate Adama Barrow. He had initially conceded defeat and praised the country’s electoral system as rigged proof, but changed his mind a week later and declared the results null and void citing huge and unacceptable mistakes by the electoral commission. Mr Jammeh later filed a suit at the supreme court asking judges to determine that Adama Barrow was not duly elected or returned as president, and that the said elect...

Ibrahim Shehu Shema is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who was elected Governor of the northern Katsina State during the 2007  general elections. He was re-elected for another four-year term on 28 April 2011, running on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) platform. His second four-year term ended on 29 May 2015 and hands over to Aminu Bello Masari, the new elected governor on the platform of All  Progressives Congress. According to KATSINA POST , checks reveals that, According to Wikipedia, “Ibrahim Shema was born on 22 September 1952 at Dass town in Bauchi  State. He attended Nasarawa Primary School, Katsina (1964–1971) and Government Secondary School, Kafanchan (1972–1976). He studied at the College of Arts, Science & Technology, Zariafrom 1977 to 1980, when he gained admission into Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, graduating with an LLB in 1983. A year later, he obtained his B.L at the Nigeria Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos. While practicing law, he stu...

Manchester United star Paul Pogba made history on Friday afternoon by becoming the first player in Premier League history to get his very own Twitter emoji. An image of the £89million summer signing from Juventus can now be activated on the social media platform by adding ‘#pogba’ to any tweet from now until Manchester United’s game against Leicester City on February 5th Twitter have created the bespoke Pogba portrait ahead of one of the biggest ties of the Premier League season so far — Manchester United vs Liverpool — and the club’s 9.8 million followers are being urged to show their support by using it before, during and after Sunday’s clash. See photos:

An accounts staff with the Katsina State Government is presently assisting Police detectives over the mysterious disappearance of N13m inside his car’s booth. The civil servant, Abubakar Aliyu, works in the finance department of the state Ministry of Women Affairs. The money was meant to offset some of the ministry’s financial obligations. According to sources, Abubakar had withdrawn the money from the Katsina branch of an old genaration bank (name withheld) sometime last week and headed back to his office located at the state secretariat. It was further learnt that on getting to the office, he parked the car outside and entered the office to tidy up the space he wanted to put the money for safe keeping. The sources added that by the time Abubakar came out to remove the money from his car booth, he discovered that the money was no longer there. Abubakar was said to have subsequently cried out for help, the development which drew the attention of his other colleagues and...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned Ibrahim Shema, former governor of Katsina state, alongside three others before Ibrahim Bako, a justice of Katsina high court. He was arraigned on a 22-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of public funds. Jibrin Samuel, the agency’s counsel, urged the court to revoke an administrative bail earlier given to Shema for showing some “signs of not reporting to the commission” as agreed. Samuel demanded that Shema be remanded in prison so that there could be access to him at will. Joseph Daudu, the defence counsel, objected to the prayer of the EFCC counsel. Daudu argued that the state high court had no jurisdiction to try his client, adding that Shema should be allowed to go home until the case had been appropriately filed. Bako ruled that it was premature for the EFCC counsel to pray for the detention of the ex-governor. He advised both sides to take the case ...

Facebook unveiled its Journalism Project Wednesday in an attempt to forge closer links with the news industry. The move comes less than a month after Facebook  announced  its strategy to tackle fake news on the social network. “We will be collaborating with news organizations to develop products, learning from journalists about ways we can be a better partner, and working with publishers and educators on how we can equip people with the knowledge they need to be informed readers in the digital age,” explained Facebook Director of Product Fidji Simo in a  blog post . Facebook’s Journalism Project will involve the development of new storytelling formats, according to Simo. “We want to work with partners to evolve our current formats — Live, 360, Instant Articles, etc. — to better suit their needs, and work with them on building entirely new ones,” said Simo. The social network, for example, will test a new feature in Instant Articles that lets readers see ...

Education is a concept perceived differently by people. As a result of colonial influence in Nigeria, for people to know one is educated he/she must speak English. However, English is just a language just like any other language. The purpose of this article is to challenge a widely held assumption that “to be educated is to know how to read, write and speak English.” For a long time now, the credibility of one being civilized is that, he/she must speak English, “you’re enlightened, you are civilized” because English is the language of the civilized people that makes Hausa, Yoruba or Igbo vernacular. What is the meaning of vernacular? It means “the language of the primitive people (low class) a language which has no structure”. However, let’s go back to the meaning of education. Education can be defined as “the gradual process of acquiring knowledge and wisdom”. Nonetheless, people tend to see reading and writing as the only signs of a learned or educated person. Although, rea...