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Fire Incident at the College’s Female Hostel – Situation Under Control

The Management of the College wishes to inform the entire college community, parents, guardians, and all relevant stakeholders that a fire outbreak occurred at the Female Hostel at about 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, 25th January 2026.

The fire affected one block comprising six rooms of the hostel and unfortunately resulted in the loss of some students’ personal belongings and valuables. However, we are grateful to report that no lives were lost and no injuries were recorded.

The fire was swiftly brought under control due to the prompt and courageous response of the College Security Personnel, who acted immediately to contain the situation and ensure the safe evacuation of all students. Management also expresses sincere appreciation to the Nigeria Fire Service for their timely intervention, professionalism, and support in fully extinguishing the fire and preventing further damage.

Management has since taken necessary steps to secure the affected area and to ensure the safety and well-being of all students. An initial assessment of the damage is currently ongoing, and appropriate measures will be put in place to support those affected.

We wish to assure parents, guardians, and the general public that the situation is fully under control and that there is no threat to the safety of students on campus. The College remains committed to providing a safe and secure environment for learning and residence.

We humbly seek the understanding, patience, and cooperation of parents and guardians as we work to address the effects of this unfortunate incident. Further updates will be communicated as necessary.

Once again, Management appreciates the efforts of all emergency responders, security personnel, and members of the college community for their cooperation and calmness during this incident.

Signed:
Management
25th January 2026

Dear President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,

Farmers are giving up.
Not in protest.
Not in anger.
In exhaustion.

They are not leaving the farms because they want to. They are leaving because staying has become a punishment.

Much has been said about insecurity, and it is true that many farming communities still face fear and uncertainty. But insecurity alone does not explain what we are witnessing across Nigeria today.

What is truly breaking farmers is policy.

Policies that allow foreign grains to flood our markets while Nigerian farmers are harvesting. Policies that claim to protect the poor but quietly destroy those who produce the food. Policies that reward importers and abandon producers.

When government decisions repeatedly make farming unprofitable, farmers listen. And they adjust. They stop planting.

I write not as an analyst, but as a farmer.

Last season, I went to the farm with hope and commitment. I bought fertilizer at over ₦60,000 per bag. I bought insecticides at more than ₦70,000 per carton. Every input cost far more than it should, but we endured because feeding the nation has never been cheap.

At harvest, our reward was loss.

A 75kg bag of paddy rice that cost me over ₦40,000 to produce was sold for about ₦25,000. That single season wiped out close to 50 percent of my capital.

This was not my experience alone.

Across farming communities, men and women who worked day and night lost money simply because the market was flooded with imported grains. Warehouses were full, prices crashed, and there was no buffer, no rescue, no protection.

This is not bad luck.
This is not climate.
This is policy failure.

Farmers are watching carefully. They hear announcements that ignore planting cycles. They see imported food arriving freely while their own produce rots or sells below cost. They are learning the hard way that their government does not have their back.

So they are stepping back.

When farmers stop farming, hunger does not start immediately. What starts is silence. Silent farms. Silent irrigation fields. Silent rural economies.

And from that silence comes hunger.

Mr President, food security is not built at the ports. It is built in the soil. It is built when farmers can afford inputs, when harvests are protected, and when hard work is not punished.

Why are farm inputs still so expensive?
Why are farmers left alone at harvest?
Why are mega companies supported with imported grains while Nigerian farmers are ruined?

Every bag of grain imported is a Nigerian job lost. Every season like the last one pushes more farmers out of agriculture and deeper into poverty.

Some are beginning to ask painful questions. Is the North being deliberately weakened? Are farming communities being sacrificed in the name of short-term price control? These questions may be uncomfortable, but they are being asked because people are hurting.

Mr President, a nation that abandons its farmers is walking toward hunger with its eyes open.

If this policy direction continues, more farmers will quietly walk away. Not because they hate Nigeria, but because they cannot continue to bleed.

And when that happens, no emergency importation will save us.

I am still standing.
Many around me are not.

This is a passionate call for the Federal Government to urgently review these dangerous policies—before empty farms become empty stomachs.

Respectfully,

Umar Aminu Imam
Nigerian Farmers