Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State on Thursday declared a state of emergency on education as he also granted pardon to five prisoners awaiting execution as an exercise of his executive powers to mark Nigeria’s 55th Independence Day celebration.
The governor also pardoned six other prisoners,
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Lola Seriki-Idahosa, Kaduna
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