•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 [...
•Lea Government Primary School Negotiations for the release of no fewer than 287 abducted pupils and teachers of the Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga 1, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have begun. A highly placed source in the Kaduna State Government House, who is close to the negotiations [&helli...
•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...
•The suspects Some of the suspects allegedly involved in the recent abduction of some school children in Emure- Ekiti, and the abduction of the Chairman of the All Progrressives Congress (APC) last year in Ekiti State have been arrested by the operatives of the police command in the state. One of the suspects was killed […]
•Bandits Parents and relatives of the kidnapped pupils and teachers of the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, have cried out for government to help in rescuing the victims being held hostage by gunmen. The gunmen had on Monday ambushed the school bus conveying the pupils and staff to Eporo-Ekiti, a suburb of […]...
•Tinubu As it is with many Nigerians, the economic pains occasioned by the petroleum subsidy removal and the tuition fee regime sweeping across tertiary institutions in the country have continued to create rumble among students and human rights advocacy groups. The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), the National Association of P...
•A school bus, photo for illustration purposes only An unspecified number of school children have been reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen in Emure Local Government of Ekiti State. Though the details are still very hazy, it was learned that the abducted children were said to be students of a yet- to-be disclosed school, reports Vanguard. [&h...
•Boat mishap At least 10 people, including nine children, drowned when a boat capsized Thursday in western India, officials said, with a search on to find more of the missing. The incident happened in Gujarat state as students were travelling to a picnic organised by their school, reports AFP. Dozens of people joined a frantic […]
•School feeding President Bola Tinubu has said that N100 billion is allocated for school feeding programmes in the recently signed N28.7 trillion 2024 budget. He made this statement yesterday, Monday, January 1, while signing the 2024 appropriation bill into law in the State House in Abuja, reports The Nation. Tinubu stated that the provision ...
•Tinubu Following its reintroduction today Thursday, December 21, President Bola Tinubu has directed that the school feeding programme be transferred from the Humanitarian Ministry to the Education Ministry. During a one-day workshop on incremental improvements in the middle ministerial targets between 2023 and 2027, Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Mi...
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