More than one week after gunmen kidnapped dozens of schoolchildren from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri, in Niger State, 265 teachers and children are still unaccounted for. The Catholic Bishop of Kontagora, Bulus Yohanna, stated this today during an interview on Channels Television. Bishop Yohanna said the figures co...
•Some of the scenes of the incident in the school The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency shut down the Cornerstone quarry facility, operated by Istanbul Quarry in Dutse, Abuja, after flying rocks from a blasting operation injured staff and students of Graceland High School, and damaged the school properties. Th...
•Empty bunk beds inside a student dormitory at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State Parents of dozens of children kidnapped last week from a Catholic school in Nigeria are desperate for their release, with one father crying out that his son is so young he has not yet learned to speak. Armed gangs […]
Families evacuated their children from the Federal Government Girls’ College (FGGC) Bwari, on the outskirts of Abuja, as security concerns in the area grew yesterday. Many students, some still in uniform, packed belongings into vehicles while others helped classmates gather their items. The directive was contained in a circular signed by the D...
The Nasarawa State Police Command has dismissed a viral report alleging the abduction of two pupils from St. Peter’s Academy in the Rukubi area of the state. The Command disclosed this in a statement today, signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, for the Commissioner of Police, Shetima Mohammed. It said that the […...
•Terrorists Barely hours after armed terrorists invaded and abducted some students and members of staff of St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in Papiri community in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, another set of terrorists have reportedly attacked and abducted an unspecified number of students at the Peter’s Foundation Seco...
•Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State The Niger State government has condemned the abduction of pupils from St. Mary’s Catholic School in the Papiri area of Agwara Local Government Area, describing the incident as “deeply saddening and avoidable.” In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abubakar Usman, the governmen...
•Bandits Terrorists have reportedly abducted students at St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in Papiri community, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The incident was said to have occurred around 2am today. Secretary to the Niger State Government, Alhaji Abubakar Usman who confirmed the incident said the number of pupils abducte...
Parents of student beneficiaries of the federal government’s Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) scholarship programme have staged a protest at the the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja over the non-payment of 16 months of arrears of living allowances. They occupied the entrance of the ministry with placards, reports Channels TV. The federa...
•Prof Salisu Ogbo The Kogi Polytechnic is investigating a syndicate of nine suspects, for alleged certificate racketeering and document falsification. Prof Salisu Ogbo, Rector of the Kogi Polytechnic made this known while addressing a news conference today in Lokoja. The rector said five of the institution’s staffer members had already been pl...
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