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He said the state government will keep exploring those other means until the students are released. by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 09, 2021 Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai says he will never pay ransom to bandits even if they kidnap his son. The governor disclosed this in a radio chat on Friday in Kaduna to underscore his government’s policy of not negotiating with bandits. Kaduna State Governor Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai El-Rufai said he had warned his family members to be careful to avo...

By Fri Apr 09 2021 Abdulganiyu Aminu, among the second batch of five students of College of Forestry Mechanisation rescued from bandits, says their kidnappers refused them to pray and flogged them daily in the forest. Relieving their experience in captivity for three weeks, he said their captors refused them opportunity to perform daily Muslim prayers whenever the students asked. Speaking shortly after the state government handed them over to the college management, Aminu said two of his siblin...

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ACF regrets delay in rescuing kidnapped Afaka students On By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has regretted that the kidnapped students of the Afaka College of Forestry Mechanization had remained in captivity and the Kaduna state government has not done much to get them released. The Forum, therefore, agreed to take up their plight with the state government and the federal government. This was contained in a communique of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the...

BOSAN YAKUSAK / AFP Five of the dozens of students kidnapped from a college in northwest Nigeria were reunited with their families on Wednesday. The five were among 39 students kidnapped from Federal College of Forestry Mechanization by criminals last month after a fierce gunfight with soldiers. The freed students were conveyed to the school from a military facility where they had undergone medical checks, where they were received by their parents and college authorities. Five of the dozens of ...

Reliable sources told Daily Trust that four male and a female students were picked up by policemen around Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. One of the sources, a security agent, told our correspondent that plans are being made for the students to be moved to a police facility for treatment. Five students, who were released by bandits on Monday, were later picked up by the Nigerian Army and conveyed to an army hospital for health evaluation. One of the earlier released students, Franc...

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ON THE GO Gunmen abduct LGA chairman in Rivers Philemon Kingoli, chairman of Okrika LGA in Rivers state, has been kidnapped by gunmen. Advertisement He was whisked away on Wednesday night in an attack that occurred along Peter Odili... Adeboye announces release of eight abducted RCCG members Enoch Adeboye, general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has confirmed the release of eight members of his church who were abducted on March 27.Advertisement They we...

The students who just regained freedom are currently on their way to the hospital. by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 08, 2021 Three days after bandits released five students out of the 39 abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State, the kidnappers have released five more students. With the development, 10 of the 39 students kidnapped from the school have regained freedom, leaving 29 with the bandits.  SaharaReporters Media The students who just regained f...

Troops Rescue 5 Kidnapped Kaduna Students 0 likes 0 comments   Soldiers of the Nigerian Army have rescued five of the 39 kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka Kaduna. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday evening. Mr Aruwan said they were undergoing thorough medic...