March 9, 2021

The head of the Roman Catholic Church – Pope Francis on Monday stated that his meeting with top cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani had been ‘good for my soul’, as he returned to Rome following his historic trip to Iraq.

Speaking in an in-flight press conference, the 84-year-old pontiff admitted the packed three-day visit had been more tiring than previous trips.

But he defended making the journey despite concerns about coronavirus and security, saying he took the decision ‘conscious of the risks‘.

In his first trip since Covid-19 swept across the world last year and the first-ever by …

The Kwara State government has deployed security operatives to the 10 public/grant-aided missions schools in Ilorin, the state capital to enforce its earlier announced postponement of their resumption date indefinitely over irreconcilable differences on the wearing of Hijab.

The state government had very early yesterday morning ordered the indefinite closure of the schools billed to resume yesterday.

In a statement announcing the schools’ closure, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun said in a statement titled ‘Hijab: 10 Kwara schools to remain shut for safety reasons.‘

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