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The Kaduna State government says 39 students have been confirmed missing from the earlier abduction Thursday night.

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday commended the early response of the military and the Kaduna State Government towards the rescue of 180 students and eight staff members of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, in the Igabi Local Government Area.

•US offers to help Nigeria Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna A combined team of security agents are on the trail of bandits that abducted 39 students at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday night. Army Spokesman, Brigadier-General Mohammed Yerima, confirmed that a team comprising men of the Army, Air Force, Police and DSS were combing the forest in and around Igabi, in pursuit of the bandits. The bandit...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Nigerians, yesterday, woke up to yet another hike in the price of petrol from N165 naira per litre to N212.61. But the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipreye Sylva asked Nigerians to disregard the increase, saying it was a mix-up. 2. The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.), yesterday alleged that $1bn funds meant to purchase arms to tackle insurgency d...

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Gunmen have attacked a school in northwest Nigeria and kidnapped at least 30 students just weeks after a similar attack in the region, authorities said Friday.

A combined team of security operatives made up of the Army, Air Force, Police and Department of State Services, DSS are combing the bushes in search of 30 students still missing after armed bandits attacked Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka in Igabi local government area of Kaduna State late Thursday evening.

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Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 172 students and eight others kidnapped by bandits in the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the rescue in a statement on Friday. Aruwan said that bandits, in large number attacked the institution at about 11.30 pm on Thursday, kidnapping several students and staff. The commissioner said, "180 rescued, severa...

At Least 30 Students Missing As Armed Men Abduct Students in Nigeria (CNN) — At least 30 students are missing after gunmen attacked a college in Kaduna state northwest Nigeria Thursday night, according to authorities. It is the third mass kidnapping from an academic institution in northern Nigeria this year. In a statement, Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Kaduna State Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, said 180 students were rescued by soldiers, who “engaged the armed bandits...