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Parent of an abducted Kaduna university student speaking with journalists during protest at National Assembly on Tuesday, May 4.PHOTO: LUCIE LADIDI ATEKOParents and colleagues of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, in Kaduna State have occupied the National Assembly complex, Abuja, in protest. x “My son is the only one I have I don’t have a husband, I’m a widow,” the mother of one of the students told journalists in ...

The students were released Thursday, over one month after they were abducted. There were released following negotiations with the kidnappers by government officials and families of the victims. The details of the negotiations were not made public. According to a statement by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, Mr Buhari also “appeals for the release of the students of the Greenfield University and all other citizens held in captivity.” About 16 Greenfield University students are still being hel...

Views: Visits 16 Bandits have released the remaining 29 students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State, Channels Television is reporting. This development was confirmed by Mr Abdullahi Usman, the Chairman of the Parents’ Committee, on Wednesday in Kaduna. Usman explained that the victims were released some minutes past 4 pm around the Kidanda area in Giwa Local Government Area of the state, and were on their way back to the state capital. ...

Why DSS hasn’t arrested Sheikh Gumi –Ex-Director Published 5 May 2021 A former Director of the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, says the secret police must be in a state of dilemma on whether or not to arrest renowned Islamic scholar, Ahmad Gumi. “If you go and arrest him, you are going to provoke his supporters or the people he is working for and if you don’t arrest him, people will say why has he not been arrested as other people who acted in the same manner have been arres...

The alarm raised by the presidency that some religious and political leaders are planning to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari dominated the headlines of Nigerian newspapers. The protest of parents of abducted students of a Kaduna tertiary institution at the national assembly also made the headlines. Advertisement The Punch reports that Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have slammed the presidency over allegations of a coup plot. The newspaper’s cover picture s...

Advertisement In March,  bandits attacked the college located in Igabi LGA and abducted the students, but 172 of them were rescued, leaving 39 in captivity. Out of the 39 in captivity, 10 have regained their freedom. On Tuesday, the parents staged a protest at the national assembly, asking the federal government to help them secure the release of their children. Advertisement Speaking with Roots TV, one of the parents said they have been trying to secure the release of the abducted students ...

Buhari, El-Rufai Insensitive To Plight Of Abducted Kaduna Students’ Parents— Sowore He also accused them of being insensitive to the plight of the parents who have been traumatised as a result of the incident. by SaharaReporters, New York May 05, 2021 Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has said President Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, are not interested in the release of 39 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna St...

ON THE GO Ndume: I’ve never seen a Nigerian soldier holding new AK-47 Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, says he has never seen a Nigerian soldier holding a new AK-47 rifle.Advertisement Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, Ndume said the army rations ammunition... Reps ask FG to suspend national census over insecurity The house of representatives has asked the federal government to suspend the planned national census over Nigeria’s security challenges.Advertisement At ...

The  parents of the 39 abducted Afaka students have dissociate themselves from remarks by a mother who said money was given to Sheikh Gumi for onward delivery to the abductors.

Advertisement Her comment was said to have angered Gumi and others who had been working to help to secure the release of the students. A source told TheCable that the woman was never part of the meeting with Gumi, adding that the comments were made out of ignorance. “That woman made that unfortunate comments out of ignorance. It is just side talks. She was not at the meeting with Shiekh Gumi so she didn’t know what happened at the meeting. She just heard what some people are talking at the ...