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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...

• As gale of insecurity spread across states • Parents withdraw wards from schools in Abuja over kidnap scare • Schools remain safe, police insist • Bandits use walkie-talkie, no more GSM, says NASDRA boss • Kidnappers abduct varsity students in Abia, dozens in Niger • Gunmen attack police stations in Ebonyi, Anambra, kill three cops • Reps move to investigate N2b safe school intervention project • Ondo warns monarchs against harbouring strangers It’S an unending g...

What Obasanjo And I Discovered While Trying To Rescue Kidnapped Kaduna Students —Sheikh Gumi The cleric also revealed that the former President Olusegun Obasanjo contributed immensely to the release of the 27 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State. by Saharareporters, New York May 07, 2021 Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said the spate of banditry in the country only points to the fact that the fight is between bandits and the Nigeria g...

ON THE GO ‘We’re determined to secure Nigeria’ — Buhari speaks on release of Afaka students President Muhammadu Buhari has commended all those who participated in securing the release of the remaining students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka.Advertisement The students were... Mbaka: Catholic church leadership wanted to shut down my ministry for one month Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), sa...

Seven weeks after their abduction, 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, Nigeria have been released, an official told PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday evening. The students are on their way to Kaduna, an official of the state government who does not want to be quoted told this newspaper. The official noted that a press briefing will be held upon the arrival of the freed students. The students were among the 37 abducted on March 11. Some of them were rescued ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Sheik Ahmad Gumi played key roles in the negotiation. But Daily Trust gathered that aside these prominent men, one other person who made the innocent students regain freedom is the father of one of the bandits. According to reliable sources, the negotiation process suffered setbacks after a leader of the abductors, known as Buderu, reneged on his promise even after a N15 million ransom had been paid. Daily Trust learnt that father of one Buhari, alias Gene...

ON THE GO ‘We’re determined to secure Nigeria’ — Buhari speaks on release of Afaka students President Muhammadu Buhari has commended all those who participated in securing the release of the remaining students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka.Advertisement The students were... Mbaka: Catholic church leadership wanted to shut down my ministry for one month Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), sa...

• Parents commend roles played by Obasanjo, Gumi • Bandits return to Kaduna, raze church, kill two, abduct many • PDP flays FG’s ‘surrender’ to terrorists, bandits • Catholics run amok over Mbaka’s alleged disappearance, attack Bishop’s residence Respite came for 27 students abducted by bandits from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, as they gained their freedom yesterday after 56 days in captivity. The students were released in Kindanda village, Giwa lo...

The Senate on Wednesday, passed the bill for establishment of Nigeria Steel University, Ajaokuta, Kogi. This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND at plenary on Wednesday. The Senate also passed the Agricultural Research Council Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021; and the Federal Medical Centre Mubi, Adamawa State (Establishment) Bill, 2021. Sen. Sam Egwu (PDP-Ebonyi) presented the report of the Committee on behalf of the Chairman, Sen. A...

Buhari welcomes release of Afaka students Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Published 6 May 2021 The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, welcomed the release of the 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna State. He also congratulated their friends, families, the government and the people of Kaduna State on the development. Buhari’s position was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and...