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Send Your Kid To School or get jailed – Gombe govt cautions parents
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By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
The Gombe State government says it would send parents and guardians to jail for not sending their children to schools.
Babaji Babadidi, Chairman, Gombe State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, said this on Monday at the inauguration of the 2025/2026 School Enrolment Campaign at Amada in Akko Local Government Area of the state.
He said that defaulting parents could face a two-month jail term under Section 19(2) of the SUBEB Amendment Law 2021.
Babadidi said the measure was necessary to ensure that every child has access to quality basic education.
“Every parent should ensure that his child or ward attends and completes primary, junior and senior secondary education.
“Any parent, who contravene Section 19(2) of the law commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to pay a fine or serve a one-month prison sentence.
“Subsequent convictions also attract a substantial fine or imprisonment for a term of two months,” he said.
Babadidi said prior to this enrolment campaign, the state government adopted a carrot approach by providing free education.
“However, if we fail to meet our target of enrolling 400,000 students into primary schools this session, we will revert to the stick approach by enforcing the law.”
The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Aishatu Maigari, said the state has over 700,000 out-of-school children.
According to Maigari, the North-East region accounts for 15 per cent of Nigeria’s 18.2 million out-of-school children.
“We cannot sit and fold our arms while our children remain out-of-school. We will ensure every child is enrolled. Every child will receive quality education, and also learn a trade, which does not necessarily mean working for the government.
“An educated person can become an employer of labour through skills and entrepreneurship acquired in school,” she said.
The Federal Government has directed banks and other financial institutions across the country to immediately comply with sanctions against individuals and organisations linked to terrorism financing by freezing their assets and reporting suspicious transactions.
The directive followed recent sanctions imposed by the United States on a Nigerian man, Mukhtar Adamu Muhammad, and three Bureau De Change operators accused of helping move funds for the Islamic State group.
The action formed part of a wider operation targeting terror financing networks operating in Europe, the Middle East and West Africa.
Authorities disclosed that the affected BDC companies are Generation Currency Bureau De Change Limited, Nine to Nine Exchange Bureau De Change Limited and Manhattan Bureau De Change Limited.
The firms were accused of taking part in financial transactions connected to terrorist activities.
Reacting to the development, the Nigerian Sanctions Committee said all financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses must fully obey existing sanctions rules.
The committee directed them to freeze assets linked to sanctioned persons, file reports on suspicious transactions and notify the relevant authorities whenever matches are discovered.
The committee stated that Nigeria would not allow terrorists or those funding them to make use of the country’s financial system.
It added that the action taken by the United States supports measures already introduced by Nigeria and strengthens efforts to block the flow of money to terrorist groups.
The committee also noted that Nigeria had earlier expanded its sanctions list on June 18, 2026, by adding six individuals and one company.
Those listed include Ibrahim Yakubu Ogirima, Adamu Chiroma, Ibrahim Abubakar, Abdullahi Umar Usman, Babangida Muhammed, Adamu Hammajam and Abbal Bako & Sons Bureau De Change Limited.
According to the committee, the sanctions were based on intelligence reports, financial investigations and assessments carried out by different government agencies.
The investigations reportedly found grounds to believe that the affected individuals and entities provided financial support and assistance to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and related terrorist networks.
The committee praised the Federal Ministry of Justice and the Office of the National Security Adviser for their involvement in the sanctions process.
It also commended the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Department of State Services, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit for their roles in disrupting financial channels used by terrorist groups.
It said the agencies had worked together to stop terrorists from accessing funds and resources needed to sustain their operations.
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has arraigned former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, at the Federal High Court in Kaduna over an alleged N8.68 billion fraud linked to a CCTV surveillance contract.
Arraigned alongside the ex-governor were his former Senior Special Adviser and Counsellor, Jimi Adebisi Lawal, and five companies over allegations bordering on corruption, money laundering, and financial misconduct.
The case, filed under charge number FHC/KD/93C/2026, was brought before Justice Hauwa’u Buhari of the Federal High Court, Kaduna.
Other defendants listed in the amended 11-count charge include Singularity Network Security Limited, Solar Life Nigeria Limited, Knowledge Investment Nigeria Limited, Intercellular Nigeria Limited, and Noble Coast Resources Limited.
The anti-graft agency equally mentioned Bashir El-Rufai, identified as an elder brother of the former governor, in one of the counts. He is currently said to be at large.
The ICPC stated that the charges stem from the award of a contract for the procurement, survey planning, final design, and installation of a Closed-Circuit Television, CCTV, surveillance system across the Kaduna metropolis.
The anti-graft agency alleged that El-Rufai, while serving as governor, approved the contract worth over eight billion naira, N8,682,574,054.94, in favour of Singularity Network Security Limited, despite the company allegedly lacking the required technical capacity and experience to execute such a project.
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