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Vanguard News Schools closure: Ganduje extends order to health training Institutions On By Bashir Bello Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has extended school closure order to health training Institutions in the state. Ganduje gave the order through the state’s Commissioner of Health, Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa in a press statement issued in the late hours of Tuesday night. The Governor who didn’t state any reason for the closure of the schools, said affected institutions are all...

By Bashir Bello The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG says it planned #BringBackOurBoys protest to Daura to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent abduction of the boarding students and insecurity in the Northern region is to hold next Friday. The Coordinator, Katsina State chapter of the coalition, Jamilu Ali disclosed this to Vanguard on Wednesday. Ali said they are in the last-minute meeting with its officials after which it will engage the relevant stakeholders to reach the le...

*More students appearing from the bushes-Masari’s aide *We thought the bandits were policemen — escapee *Boko Haram claims responsibility for Kankara school kidnapping *Pay ransom, free our children from bandits – Grieving parent begs FG *PDP blasts FG over Kankara abduction *APC charges security agencies to dig deeper, do better *Teachers threaten to shutdown schools By Omeiza Ajayi, Bashir Bello, Ibrahim HassanWuyo, Joseph Erunke & Dirisu Yakubu A grieving parent, Aminu Dayyabu, whose s...

Vanguard News Gunmen kill one, kidnap three in Katsina On By Bashir Bello Gunmen have again struck killing a farmer in Jibia Local government area of Katsina State, Bashir Mandela Jibiya and kidnapped three others including two women. The attack was coming barely 24 hours after the attack on boarding school students at Government Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State and President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to his hometown, Daura for a week-long private visit. It was gathered that the gunme...

Protests rock Katsina over abducted 333 schoolboys On By Bashir Bello, Dirisu Yakubu, Gabriel Olawale, Charly Agwam & Olayinka Latona Protests yesterday rocked Kankara in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, following the abduction of students of Government Senior Secondary School, GSSS, in the town by bandits on Friday night. The protests came on a day governor of the state, Aminu Bello Masari, told a delegation of the Federal Government that about 333 students of the school were s...

Confusion over 884 students as gunmen attack Katsina school On *Atiku faults security agencies’ style By Bashir Bello There was confusion, yesterday, over the actual number of students kidnapped  at  Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State  after gunmen attacked the school on  Friday night. The gunmen were said to have stormed the school at 11:30 pm, shooting sporadically after which about 884  students were thrown into disarray. Ka...

Vanguard News Gunmen kidnap boarding students in Buhari’s home state On By Bashir Bello Scores of boarding students were Friday night kidnapped by unknown gunmen who attacked the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara (all boys school) in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari. It was gathered that the security guard attached to the school was shot in the attack and rushed to the hospital (undisclosed) where he is receiving medical ...

N950m campaign fund: Court discharge Ex-Foreign Affairs Minister, Aminu Wali, Mansur Ahmed On By Bashir Bello  A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has on Friday discharged and acquitted the former minister of foreign affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali and Director General, Jonathan Campaign Organization, NorthWest, Mansur Ahmed accused of receiving N950 million campaign fund. The duo were arraigned alongside Senator Ibrahim Shekarau by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC b...

By Bashir Bello A 10-year-old girl, Binta Shehu, Thursday, drowned and lost her life inside a well in Yanka Tsari village, Dawakin kudu local government of Kano State. This was coming as 17 other passengers also cheated death and survived from an auto-crash along Maiduguri road in Kumbotso Local government area of the state where three vehicles were involved in head-on collision. The Spokesperson, Kano State Fire Service, Sa’idu Muhammad confirmed the incident to newsmen in Kano on Thursday. ...