Author: Lawrence Idoko

The National Assembly on Friday said it is suspending all official visits to South Africa and boycotting legislative activities hosted by Pretoria, citing recurring xenophobic attacks that have killed, injured and displaced Nigerians and other African migrants. The move, announced in a statement signed by the Clerk of the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, follows months of escalating hostility toward African nationals in South Africa and repeated appeals by Abuja for stronger protection of foreign residents. The suspension applies indefinitely to all official travel to South Africa by senators, members of the House of Representatives, committee officials and National Assembly staff.…

Minister of Education Tunji Alausa on Friday said that textbooks scoring below 70 percent will be excluded from the federal government’s official ranking, after Nigeria’s first national textbook assessment found wide quality gaps, including titles that scored as little as 25 percent. Dr. Alausa, received the assessment and ranked list produced by the National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), calling the exercise part of a broader quality-assurance push tied to President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. A statement by Ikharo Attah his Special Adviser on Media and Communication, said the ranking system aims to align instructional materials with a…