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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. Last Tuesday, a video released by the bandits showed the students appealing to their parents and the government to facilitate their release. Advertisement “Please, we are begging on our parents to please come and help us out of here. We have stayed here for days, we have not be...

Punch Newspapers Sections Grace Edema Published 4 May 2021 The Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities have both faulted the Federal Government’s attitude towards the incessant kidnappings of students and officials of tertiary institutions across the country. Recall that some institutions, including Olabisi Onabanjo,Ogun State, Greenfield University, Kaduna,  Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, Federal College of For...

Parents, colleagues of kidnapped Kaduna students protest at National Assembly They complained that the federal and state governments have neglected the abducted students who have been held captive for 55 days. ADVERTISEMENT Some parents of abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Mando, Kaduna State, on Tuesday, staged a protest at the The parents accompanied by activists Omoyele Sowore and Deji Adeyanju and some members of Student Union Government of the school bl...

  Some of the mothers of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna State could not hold back their tears on Tuesday as they occupied the National Assembly complex, Abuja, in protest. The protesters which include members of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the institution are lamenting over what they described as the negligence of the state and Federal Government in securing the release of the children. Angelina Babale one of the mothers spoke with Cha...

Share Hundreds of protesters including the parents of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka in Kaduna State on Tuesday stormed the National Assembly demanding the immediate unconditional release of the remaining students. The protesters who also included the members of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the institution, the Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore; Comrade Deji Adeyanju and members of the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) lamented over ...

They accused the government of negligence. by Saharareporters, New York May 04, 2021 Parents of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State on Tuesday protested at the National Assembly complex, Abuja. Members of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the school also took part in the protest.  The protesters chanted solidarity songs and displayed placards to express their disappointment with the way the Nigerian government has handled the abduction of...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the creation of state police, better equipment for the military, and the creation of a border protection squad. This according to the political party is in order to urgently bring the security problem in the nation under control. National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, made the call at a briefing in Abuja, on Monday. The party chairman expressed disappointment that President Muhammadu Buhari has not deemed it fit to address Nigerians ove...

Views: Visits 32 The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Uche Secondus, has said sounded the alarm over the current state of things in Nigeria, saying that Nigeria must not fail. He made this remark following a series of meetings in the last one week by various organs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – the National Working Committee (NWC), the National Caucus, the Board of Trustees and the National Executive Committee. Secondus said that the outcome and conc...

Godwin Isenyo, Adebayo Ayinde, Olaide Oyelude, Maiharaji Altine and John Charles Published 1 May 2021Bandits are currently on the rampage in the northern part of the country, kidnapping schoolchildren and students at will. What started as coordinated attacks on villagers in communities in states in the region have worsened to brutal kidnap of students for ransom. From Katsina, Zamfara, Niger, Kaduna and lately, Benue State, bandits have caused...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, a pro-democracy and rights group, has lamented the spate of killings across Nigeria. FENRAD, in a statement signed by its Executive Director, Nelson Nnanna Nwafor and made available to DAILY POST on Saturday, lamented that Boko Haram had captured over 50 local communities in Niger State recently who now pay allegiance to the fundamentalist sect. According to the group, “While all this happen...