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Mass abduction: Student recounts near-death experience before escape • Bandit assisted me to escape – JSS student • Zamfara shuts boarding schools Our Correspondents The Nigeria Union of Teachers on Tuesday threatened to embark on a nationwide strike following continued threat to lives of its members and students. The Secretary-General of the NUT, Dr Mike Ene, stated this in a statement in Abuja while reacting to the abduction of 333 students of the Government Science Secondary School,  ...

*More students appearing from the bushes-Masari’s aide *We thought the bandits were policemen — escapee *Boko Haram claims responsibility for Kankara school kidnapping *Pay ransom, free our children from bandits – Grieving parent begs FG *PDP blasts FG over Kankara abduction *APC charges security agencies to dig deeper, do better *Teachers threaten to shutdown schools By Omeiza Ajayi, Bashir Bello, Ibrahim HassanWuyo, Joseph Erunke & Dirisu Yakubu A grieving parent, Aminu Dayyabu, whose s...

•17 schoolboys escaped, says Masari •Jigawa, Zamfara close schools •Senate summons defence minister, service chiefs, others Kingsley Nwezeh, Chuks Okocha, Adedayo Akinwale, in Abuja, John Shiklam in Kaduna and Francis Sardauna in Katsina The military is considering many options, including seeking external help, to rescue over 300 schoolboys of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) Kankara, Katsina State. A top military officer confided in THISDAY yesterday that one of the options bei...

In Katsina, the forest cuts across the seven local governments of Jibia, Safana, Batsari, Danmusa, Sabuwa, Dandume, Faskari. In each of the place it passes, it is called by a different name but generally, it is called Rugu, after a community in Safana LGA. An elderly man who knows the terrain very well told our reporter that the forest has been partitioned by bandits who control different segments. “The forest has six ranges, four of which are in our domain. The forest boasts of several water...

Channels Television     Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari has disclosed that 17 of the missing schoolboys kidnapped from a Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) in Kankara Local Government Area of the state have escaped from captivity. Governor Masari who disclosed this in an interview on Monday evening said the schoolboys were found and have been reunited with their families. He added that efforts have been intensified to rescue the remaining schoolboys still in captivity, safely. “...

It is, however, not clear if the discussion revolves around ransom or the abductors made a different demand. Hundreds of children were shepherded into the bush by dozens of gun-wielding bandits who stormed their hostels at night on Friday. There have been conflicting figures in respect of the actual number of students taken away. After studying the school register, Daily Trust had exclusively reported on Monday that 668 students were still missing; while Governor Masari had told a federal gove...

Two students of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara, Katsina state, are feared to have been killed by their abductors. A parent, Faiza Kankara, whose son is amongst those kidnapped, said one of the students that escaped from the attackers said the kidnappers killed two of the students. Kankara also said the student told them that while in captivity, they were made to go through inhumane experiences, including being flogged like animals and fed with wild flora. ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Olaide Oyelude, Katsina Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has disclosed that 17 students of Government Secondary School, Kankara, have been found and reunited with their parents. He made the disclosure in an interview with a German radio, Deutsche Welle (DW). The interview which was in Hausa was aired Monday evening. The Governor said, “As at today (Monday), information available to me shows that 17 of the missing children have been found. 15 of them were found ...

Views: Visits 35 Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari has disclosed that 17 of the missing schoolboys kidnapped from a Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) in Kankara Local Government Area of the state have escaped from captivity. Governor Masari who disclosed this in an interview on Monday evening said the schoolboys were found and have been reunited with their families. He added that efforts have been intensified to rescue the remaining schoolboys still in captivity, safely. “...

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