Texas mosque burned as Trump bans Muslim countries from US, court kicks (Photos)

- The fire was discovered by a convenience store clerk at around 2am and the fire service was called in

- The mosque, which is called Islamic Centre of Victoria, was entirely destroyed despite great effort by the fire service department to stop the blaze

- US authorities say they cannot confirm yet if it was an attack by an arsonist but the Islamic Centre's president Shahid Hashmi said the Imam discovered that the alarm were inactive and doors unlocked in surveillance footage

The Texas mosque called Islamic Centre of Victoria in flames on Saturday, January 28.

A mosque in Texas has been burned down by a fire just hours after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning entry to citizens of seven Muslim countries.

Man arrested for slapping driver to coma over Buhari’s alleged death rumour

- A 41-year-old man identified as Usman Bukar, who claimed to hail from Kano state, has been arrested by police in Delta state for putting a Taxi driver in coma after slapping him

- Bukar was said to have been angered by the driver's claim that President Buhari is allegedly dead

- Spokesman of Delta state police command Andrew Aniamaka confirmed that the victim is receiving treatment while Bukar is in custody

President Buhari departed for the UK on holiday on Thursday, January 19 and is set to return on February 6.

Adama Barrow removes Islamic from Gambia's name

- President Adama Barrow said The Gambia will no longer be called an Islamic republic

- The country was renamed Islamic Republic of The Gambia by former President Yahya Jammeh on December 11, 2015

- The Gambia, despite having a 90 percent Muslim population, with the rest Christian and animist, was a republic "not the Islamic republic," according to Barrow

President Adama Barrow said The Gambia will no longer be called an Islamic republic

The new Gambia President Adama Barrow has removed the ‘Islamic’ title from the country’s name.

6 Notorious tertiary institutions in Nigerian your child must never attend

The decadence in the society as regards youths, and the drop in the standard of education, is one that should call for great attention.

Nigeria's academic crisis has gotten to such a height that we cannot boast anymore of the millions of graduates we churn out yearly from our tertiary institutions.

The same can be said about the surrounding nations and Africa as a whole. Bearing that in mind, below are 6 tertiary institutions in Nigeria and neighboring nations, which Nigerians must refrain their children from attending.

1. Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY)

Situated in Abeokuta, Ogun state, MAPOLY has a reputation for unintelligence. There is a certain level of unseriousness that is associated with many who are currently students of this tertiary institution.

5 Notorious tertiary institutions in Africa, your Nigerian child must never attend

From a recent survey, it was discovered that many of her female students get to leave school, and head back to trade their bodies in neighboring Lagos state.

Buhari's minister Amina Mohammed to vacate office in March

The Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, will stop being a member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet on March 2.

Amina Mohammed will vacate office as minister in March

She will be heading to New York where she will take up her new job as the deputy secretary-general of the United Nations.

A shocking clip showing a man pushing his girlfriend off a cliff has surfaced on YouTube.

A shocking clip showing a man pushing his girlfriend off a cliff has surfaced on YouTube.

A French couple was on a romantic date that ended extremely bad for the girl because her boyfriend made a twisted prank pushing her down a cliff.

The French couple was in a romantic date

Rivers on the edge: Panic as 45 IPOB, MASSOB members are arraigned (Photo)

- Forty-five members of the IPOB were arraigned before two courts in Port Harcourt

Rivers on the edge: Panic as 45 IPOB, MASSOB members are arraigned (Photo)

- The 45 were arraigned for embarking on unauthorised rally/protest

- The suspects were among some 65 people arrested by the Rivers state police command on Friday, January 20.

Police officers strip, tie up and torture man for hours for 'WALKING suspiciously' (photo)

- Five men brutally tortured a man in India

- One of the members of the gang took shocking pictures of the attack

- The man identified as Salam Sulaiman suffered serious injuries and lost three teeth

- Police have launched an investigation

The victim, named as Salam Sulaiman, was left bloodied and bruised following the savage beating of the five men