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AGILE: Bauchi Govt. To Recruit 3,000 Teachers

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January 16, 2025

Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has approved the recruitment of 3,000 teachers to be deployed to Junior and Senior Secondary schools across the state.

Malam Ali Gar, the Project Coordinator, Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) in the state, stated this on Thursday during a sensitisation meeting on Girls Scholarship Programme with stakeholders from Bauchi local government.

According to him, the move was part of the conditions to be met toward the implementation of the AGILE project in the state.

He explained that 2,000 teachers out of the figure would be deployed to Junior Secondary Schools while the remaining 1,000 would go to Senior Secondary Schools.

This, he said, was to breach the pupils and students-teacher ratio gap across the benefitting schools under the project.

“The teachers would be under the payroll of the state government and not AGILE Project.

“They would be recruited from the benefitting communities and this would ensure maximum participation on the side of the teachers, ease access, monitoring and ensure ownership,” he said.

Similarly, the AGILE Project Coordinator revealed that the project would commence the payment of Conditional Cash Transfer to about 9,000 girls selected and registered as beneficiaries under the project in the next two weeks.

Gar explained that the Conditional Cash Transfer scheme involved the payment of N15,000 as registration fee to each of the beneficiaries and N20,000 as stipend for first term session.

He added that N10,000 would be paid to them for second and third term sessions respectively with the condition that each beneficiary must have 75 per cent attendance.

Gar, who said all ICT facilities, skills acquisition tools for the project implementation have been procured, added that officials deployed to various communities were able to capture only 9,000 out of the 20,250 targeted beneficiaries in the past ten weeks.

He appealed to all stakeholders to monitor activities in their respective wards and communities to ensure that teachers perform their duties diligently.

Reacting, Alh. Mahmood Babama’aji, the Executive Chairman, Bauchi Local Government, commended the AGILE technical team for its effort toward the implementation of the project.

He expressed optimism in the capacity of all the School Based Management Committee members in delivering on their mandate.

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Trump’s Airstrikes: Halt Military Cooperation With US Immediately – Sheikh Gumi Tells Tinubu Govt

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December 26, 2025

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Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has called on the Federal Government to immediately halt all military cooperation with the United States following reported US airstrikes.

Gumi warned that American involvement could worsen Nigeria’s security challenges and undermine national sovereignty.

Gumi made the call in a statement posted on his Facebook page on Friday.

He said while Islam permits the fight against terrorism, such actions should only be carried out by what he described as “clean hands,” arguing that the United States lacks the moral authority to lead such efforts because of its global military record.

According to the cleric, Nigeria made a mistake by allowing foreign powers to play a role in its counterterrorism operations, insisting that “terrorists do not truly fight terrorists” and that such interventions often result in civilian casualties and hidden political motives.

Gumi warned that allowing Nigeria to become a theatre of war would attract anti-US forces into the country, further destabilising it.

He also cautioned that US involvement, particularly under claims of protecting Christians, could polarise the country along religious lines.

The cleric further argued that airstrikes alone cannot defeat terrorism, stressing that effective counterterrorism requires strong ground operations, which he said Nigeria has enough personnel to carry out if properly organised.

“This is the mistake Nigeria has made. Terrorists don’t fight terrorists in truth; they may only kill innocent people and have ulterior motives behind the drama of fighting ‘terror’.

“As a principle, no nation should allow its land to be a theater of war. And no nation should allow its neighbors to be their enemies.

“If Nigeria wants military assistance, China, Turkey, and Pakistan can do the job effectively,” part of his statement reads.

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Shehu Sani Reacts To Trump’s Military Strikes In Nigeria

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December 26, 2025

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Former lawmaker, senator Shehu Sani, has reacted to reports of United States military strikes on terrorist targets in Nigeria’s North-West, saying foreign powers cannot permanently handle the country’s security challenges.

Sani made the remarks on Friday via his X handle while responding to a post by the United States Africa Command, AFRICOM, which indicated that the strikes were carried out in coordination with Nigerian authorities.

According to him, if the reported strikes were indeed a joint operation with Nigerian security agencies, then such action was justifiable, given the threat posed by terrorist groups in the region.

He described terrorists operating in parts of northern Nigeria as “cancerous cells,” stressing that they survive through violence and should be confronted decisively.

Sani also dismissed narratives suggesting that terrorist attacks target only one religious group, describing such claims as false and misleading.

He said: “If actually, the military strikes against the terrorists targets in the North Western part of Nigeria were a joint operation with the ‘Nigerian Authorities’ as posted by the US AFRICOM on their verified X handle, then it’s a conscionable action.

“Terrorists have become cancerous cells in our part of the country.They live by the sword.The narrative that the evil terrorists only targets one faith, remains absolutely false and misleading.

“Again, the ultimate security and peace in our country lies with ourselves and not with the US or any foreign power. They can complimentarily or unilaterally strike, but they can’t eternally fight our battles.”