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She said she lost the pregnancy due to stress she and others endured in captivity. Fatima, however, said the bandits never knew she was pregnant, though they constantly asked who among the female students was pregnant. She said she hid her condition for fear that they may harm her. “I was scared because anytime some of us say we are ill, they will imply that they will just ‘finish’ the person. So I felt knowing my condition, they may decide to harm me.” “I relied on my fellow female s...

When Will President Buhari Stop Begging Abductors Of Nigerian Students? By Olabisi Deji-Folutile There is nothing more devastating than for parents to send their children to school and for those children to be kidnapped and killed for fun. by Olabisi Deji-Folutile May 08, 2021 News of the release of the 27 kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, no doubt, calls for celebration. These students spent 50 good days in the camp of their captors. We s...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 7 May 2021 PARENTS of the 27 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, on Thursday, waited in vain as they couldn’t be reunited with their children released by bandits after over 50 days in their den. No official reason(s) as to why the 27 abducted students were not reunited with the families as planned on Wednesday after they were released by their captors. The parents, who gathered as early 8pm to receive their children at the ...

Controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has explained his role and that of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, in the recent release of the 27 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State. The students were freed by their abductors on Wednesday after spending over seven weeks in captivity. They were among 37 abducted from the school on March 11, but some were rescued earlier. The bandits demanded N500 million as ransom for their release but the state government...

Views: Visits 5 Sheikh Ahmad Gumi Renowned Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has expressed optimism that the remaining students of the Greenfield University, Kaduna will soon regain their freedom from their captors. Gumi said negotiation was ongoing for the release of the students of the privately-owned university abducted by bandits on April 20, 2021. Few days after their abduction, five of the students were killed by the bandits while the leader of the bandits, Sani ...

Buhari happy about release of 29 abducted students, calls for freedom of others Friday May 07 2021 Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday expressed his happiness over the release of 29 abducted students. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Advertisement Abuja, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday expressed his happiness over the release of 29 abducted students who had spent 55 days in captivity. He said he is hopeful that the other 17 university students and other hostages would also ...

We were ready to lose students in planned bandits’ bombardment – El-Rufai Eniola Akinkuotu, Victor Ayeni and Godwin Isenyo Published 7 May 2021 Eniola Akinkuotu, Victor Ayeni and Godwin Isenyo Published 7 May 2021 Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday said when 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, were abducted, the plan was to attack and kill the bandits even if it meant some students would die in the process. El-Rufai added that...

John Shiklam in Kaduna Parents of the 27 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, who were freed on Wednesday after 56 days in kidnappers’ den, have called for the rehabilitation of their children to enable them to overcome possible post-traumatic stress disorder. The parents, in a statement yesterday, also appealed to the federal government to aggressively pursue safe schooling as an agenda so as to give parents the confidence to send their children to school. Th...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday said when 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, were abducted, the plan was to attack and kill the bandits even if it meant some students would die in the process. El-Rufai added that Kaduna is currently at war and such would only be considered as collateral damage, a price he would be willing to pay instead of paying ransom. The governor, however, said before this could be d...

ON THE GO Rivers won’t succumb to secessionist agenda, says Wike after attacks on police stations Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says no amount of attacks on police stations will make the state give in to agitations by secessionists.Advertisement There have been several attacks on security... Four Niger residents freed after ‘paying’ N3m ransom Four persons kidnapped from Tafa, a town in Kagarko LGA of Niger state, have been released by bandits after paying N3million r...