•Terrorists Despite threat by bandits to kill the 286 students and staff of Government SecÂondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga, Kaduna State kidnapped recentÂly, the Defence Headquarters, yesterday vowed to rescue them unhurt. The terrorists have also demanded a total of N1 billion ($620,432) for their release, reports Daily Independe...
•Prof Ango Abdullahi The Prof. Ango Abdullahi-led Northern Elders Forum, today, expressed concern over the abduction of no fewer than 287 pupils and teachers of the Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga 1, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State by bandits. Bandits stormed the LEA Primary Kuriga around 8:30 am on [...
•Bandits Bandits have reportedly attacked a government primary school at Kuriga community of the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting scores of pupils. The community is located along the Kaduna Birnin-Gwari Road which has been terrorised by bandits for many years, reports Channels TV. The police authorities and the Kaduna St...
•Pastor Clement Adebisi Pastor Clement Adebisi, the husband of one of the teachers of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti, kidnapped in Ekiti State a fortnight ago, shares with Saturday PUNCH the family’s trauma while the episode lasted. Congratulations on your wife’s freedom. How did you feel that Monday on learning of the [&...
•Governor Oyebanji pays visit to rescued pupils at hospital Despite warnings by the federal government against crowd-funding for ransoms, the practice has continued to gain ground with the abductees and their families raising funds from relatives, friends, and social media to secure the release of kidnapped victims. Families of abductees told ...
•Some of the kidnapped school children The pupils and teachers of the Apostolic Faith Montessori School in Emure Ekiti kidnapped on January 29 have regained their freedom. The schoolchildren were released earlier today. However, the driver, who was also among the abductees, was killed and burnt by the assailants, reports Channels TV. Efforts t...
•Suspected kidnappers arrested by Amotekun in Ondo State Kidnappers of five pupils and four staff of the Apostolic Faith Church Primary and Secondary School in Emure, headquarter of Emure Council of Ekiti State have reportedly reduced their demand from N100m to N15million. The school bus conveying the pupils and their teachers, including the d...
•Gunmen The killing of two traditional rulers and the abduction of six primary school pupils in Ekiti have drawn outrage from Nigerians, who are battling to cope with escalating insecurity in the country. The monarchs were murdered on Monday in the Oke-Ako Community in the Ikole Local Government Area of the state, reports The Nation. […...
•Gunmen The Ekiti State Government has confirmed the abduction of students, teachers, and a driver in the Emure-Ekiti area of the state but vowed to ensure the victims are rescued. The Frontier had earlier this afternoon reported that gunmen had abducted six pupils and three teachers of a private school and their bus driver while […]