Author Archives: Umar Ibrahim Tsiga

The girl child is a biological female offspring from birth to 18 years of age. This is the age before one becomes a young adult. This period covers the creche, nursery or early childhood (0-5 year), primary (6-12 years) and secondary (12-18 years). During this period, the young child is totally under the care ofContinue reading “The value of girl child education in Nigeria”

Thirteen-year-old Abdulkarim’s typical day as an Almajiri started at 4.30 a.m. with prayers and a Qur’anic recitation, and ended at 10 p.m. with another Qur’anic recitation. In between, there were three slots in his schedule for begging. In a typical day, begging took up a full six hours. “We would go to beg at 6Continue reading “Children adjust to life outside Nigeria’s Almajiri system”

Nigeria has the highest number of out of school children in the world with over thirteen (13) million as at the most recent estimates. The highest number of these children are in the north-east of Nigeria, currently bedeviled with security challenges posed by Boko Haram terrorists. Many of these children are victims of the AlmajiriContinue reading “Almajiri Child Education”

The Frenchman played the entirety of United’s latest defeat that ended their 29-game unbeaten run away from home. The defeat leaves Ole Gunnar Solskjaer under further scrutiny as United’s own winless run extends to three games as they continue to look less than the sum of their expensive parts. “To be honest, we’ve been havingContinue reading “Paul Pogba has declared something needs to change at Manchester United following their 4-2 Premier League defeat to Leicester City.”

Former Super Eagles midfield trojan John Mikel Obi has revealed he had to sign for Chelsea in 2006 because the futures of three other players were tied to the deal. Mikel spent 11-successful years at Stamford Bridge after signing from Norwegian club Lyn Oslo in what was one of the most controversial transfers in theContinue reading “Why Mikel Obi signed for Chelsea in 2006”

Hello guys, my name is Umar Ibrahim Tsiga a student of kaduna polytechnic from the department of mass communication, the purpose of this blog site (SportXtra) is to entertain you guys with sports around the world, keep in touch as you get latest update on sports around the world.