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A six months pregnant lady is among the students who were abducted at Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka, Igabi local government area of Kaduna state, on Thursday night. Daily Trust had reported how the armed men broke into the school after destroying a portion of the fence. Kaduna college attack: A male student […]

Channels Television   Updated March 13, 2021 Some of the students alight from a military truck at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Kaduna State on March 13, 2021.   Security operatives have escorted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Kaduna State to pick their belongings and vacate the premises. The students arrived at the school on Saturday morning on military trucks while some parents were on the ground to receive their children and take them home. ...

Nigerian security forces stepped up efforts on Saturday to rescue dozens of students abducted from their hostels in northwestern Kaduna state in the latest attack on schools, police and officials have said. Gunmen stormed the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando at the outskirts of the state capital, Kaduna city, late Thursday and took […]

Troops of Quick Response Force of 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Friday, foiled attempt by armed bandits to kidnap students of Turkish International Secondary School located in Rigachikun, Kaduna State, the Military has said.

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Nigerian military over its rescue of 172 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Igabi LGA, Kaduna abducted by bandits.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said informants must have alerted the bandits who invaded the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in Igabi Local Government Area of the State.

  An attempt by armed bandits to kidnap students of the Turkish International Secondary School in Kaduna State was thwarted on Friday, the Nigerian Army has said. Acting on a tip-off on the impending abduction of the school children in the Rigachikun area of the state, troops of Quick Response Force of 1 Division of the army quickly mobilised to protect the school from the bandits. Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, who is the Director of Army Public Relations, disclosed this in a statement. W...

The state Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said checks have confirmed that 39 students are currently unaccounted for, among which are 23 females and 16 males. A non-academic staff of the college told our correspondent that four students: three females and a male, were injured during the invasion and had been moved to one of the military facilities for treatment. He said the male student who was forced to lead the bandits to the female hostel “broke free from ...

The Nigerian Army has said troops of 1 Division in Kaduna foiled the attempt to kidnap students of Turkish International Secondary School, Rigachikun, Kaduna State. In a statement on Friday, The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, explained that the troops protected the school. 23 females, 16 males, Kaduna gives breakdown of students in […]

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said informants must have alerted the bandits who invaded the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in Igabi Local Government Area of the State. Daily Trust had reported how armed broke into the school on Thursday night to kidnap some students. Sources: Authorities Considered Shutting Kaduna School after […]