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By Ibrahim Hassan Wuyo It was wailing, cries and lamentation yesterday by parents and other close relations of the students who were kidnapped at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation on the outskirts of Kaduna, on Thursday night as they besieged the school demanding the rescue of their children. While the authorities were assuring that security agents were in hot pursuit of the abductors to rescue the students, some parents lamented that adequate security was not provided in the colleg...

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 ...

•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...

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...

Share Following attack at Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Igabi Local Gvernment Area of Kaduna State, the state government has said 180 students have been rescued, while 30 students are still missing. This was contained in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, on Friday. The statement said: “Troops of the Nigerian Army in the early hours of today, Friday, 12th March 2021 rescued 180 citizens, many of them students...

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The Kaduna State Government has said it cannot account for about 30 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka, in Igabi Local Government Area of the State. Daily Trust had reported how bandits broke into the school on Thursday night and abducted some students. The military had been tipped of about the attack […]

TODAY Wikipedia The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has appointed new Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding, Commandants of Tri-Service Institutions and other functionaries, including a new spokesperson. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, AVM Ibikunle Daramola, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to the statement, the newly appointed branch chiefs are AVM Dahiru Sanda, now the Chief of Defence Policy and Plans, Defence Headquarters, AVM Remig...