•Embattled former Gov Yahaya Bello The American International School of Abuja (AISA) has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to provide “authentic banking details” for the refund of fees paid for the children of Yahaya Bello, immediate-past governor of Kogi State. The children are in grade level 2 to 8 at the school, [&he...
•Chatterhouse Primary-atrium Inside Charterhouse Lagos, a newly commissioned primary school in Lekki with its secondary school underway that charges N42m as a fee per annum. Charterhouse Lagos is the first British independent school in West Africa and part of the prestigious Charterhouse family of schools. The school which is set to resume in ...
•Finnish school At least three students were injured after a child opened fire at a primary school in Vantaa outside the Finnish capital today. The attacker has been taken into custody, reports AFP. A police statement said: “All those involved in the shooting incident are minors. According to the police’s current information, there are three [...
•Troops Nigerian Defence Headquarters has confirmed that 137 of the kidnapped Kaduna school children, comprising 76 females and 61 males, were successfully rescued. The Defence headquarters in a statement by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, said the students were rescued in Zamfara State and will be transpor...
•Pilot Miracle Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Miracle Ikechukwu Igbokwe has been certified a pilot after his graduation from aviation school. He took to his Instagram page to break the exciting news with fans on social media. He shared his video inside the cockpit of a plane while being given guidance and instructions by the […]
A 23 year-old secondary school leaver, Rukevwe George, has been arrested by operatives of Edo State Police Command for allegedly being in possession of firearms. Rukevwe was arrested at a location in Benin, the state capital, reports Vanguard. The suspect who attended Baptist Medical Center Secondary School, Eku, Delta State, was arrested with...
•Bulama Bukarti Bulama Bukarti, a security analyst, has said that the best way to rescue the abducted schoolchildren in Kaduna and Sokoto states is to deploy ground troops. On March 8, bandits invaded the LEA Primary and Junior Secondary School, Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted at least 312 students […...
•Adeleke Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, has uncovered plans to kidnap schoolchildren and disrupt farm activities in the state. He disclosed that the plot includes disruptions of rural activities with a focus on farmers and farming work, reports Vanguard. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, today, he said intellig...
•Sheik Gumi Kaduna-based Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has revealed his intention to dialogue with bandits who abducted about 287 schoolchildren from Kuriga Government Secondary and LEA Primary Schools in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. Gumi said this in a bid to facilitate the release of the abducted school children should ...
•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 [...