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SaharaReporters gathered that a student was also killed while others sustained injuries during the attack on Thursday night.

Before our own eyes, other countries are showing us how foolish we are and we are not bothered. While we are busy fighting Twitter, these countries are busy looking for ways to make us bring our money to their shores. They have studied us and realised that we are selfish; our leaders and their allies would rather steal from government coffers to guarantee a space for their children in schools abroad than to develop a system for the good of all.

While we are busy fighting Twitter, other countries are busy looking for ways to make us bring our education money to their shores.

Bandits, at the weekend, stormed Zungeru town in Wushishi Local Council of Niger State and abducted the Madaki of Zungeru, Alhaji Mustapha Al Mustapha, and his two wives, at his residence in Zungeru, Niger State.

· Demands audit of $30m Safe School Initiative Gboyega Akinsanmi No fewer than 939 students have been kidnapped from different secondary schools and tertiary institutions across the federation between December 2020 and May 2021, a new survey that tracks kidnapping incidents in schools has revealed. With the rising incidents of students’ abduction, Global Rights, a Washington-based human rights organisation, asked the federal government to audit the Safe School Initiative, a $30 million proje...

Abduction of schoolchildren is on the rise, and here are eight major cases of kidnapping of pupils and students that have happened in Nigeria;

Samuel Aruwan, commissioner for internal security, says the "machinery" put in place by the state to fight insecurity has yielded results.

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 30 May 2021 JESUSEGUN ALAGBE analyses the dichotomy between the government’s handling of peaceful citizens and insurgents terrorising the country Fifteen days after bandits stormed Greenfield University in Kaduna State and abducted 23 students, a tweet by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), erupted anger on social media, leaving many with the question: did the President really mean it when he earlier said his regime would go hard on bandit...

Share AT exactly 8:15 pm, April 20, 2021, the ruinous ring of kidnapping for ransom extended its orbit of terror when at least 23 students and staff were kidnapped in Kasarami village, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, during an attack by suspected armed bandits at Greenfield University. Both local and international social media platforms went berserk, detailing and condemning the kidnap, with police authorities confirming the abduction, saying that suspected armed bandits infiltrat...

The Chairman of the Kaduna State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. John Joseph Hayab, has called on the leadership of the country to always tell Nigerians the truth of what is happening for constructive advice on the way forward. He lamented that Nigerians are usually left in the dark thereby making a lot of negative things that take the country backward to happen. Speaking in an intercessory prayer for insecurity and restoration of peace in Kaduna and Nigeria organize...