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Operation HADARIN DAJI forces have neutralized scores of bandits and destroyed their camps within Katsina and Sokoto forests. In Katsina, about ten

Attorney General of the Federation and Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami, naively declared that the Buhari administration can slap a state

The Katsina State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has said that the insecurity situation in the state has kept about 775,000 children out of

In the last couple of months, kidnapping for ransom has become increasingly uncontrollable.

Bandits have been operating in most of the North-west states for over a decade but the situation has gotten worse in the past few years.

But we would prefer to be arrested, provided our children would be in their home, at home. so, you are saying the strategy is not working? its not working. if there is any strategy at all! people are dying and look as if nobody cares. it looks as if nobody cares. and we are still calling on the government to do something, fast. because those people will lose their patience and do something irrational. over the past seven months, a wave of kidnappings targeting schools and universities has swept ...

The town lies in a rural part of nigerias north—western katsina state, vulnerable to attack. at the time, i travelled to kankara to cover the story. back then, i met usama, a student with sickle cell, who had managed to escape the kidnappers. i also spoke to ruqayya bello and bello sidi, whose asthmatic 14—year—old son, umar, was still missing. the kidnapped boys were released after six days. now, the school remains closed, leaving many boys at home without an education. the situation rema...

And we are still calling on the government to do something, fast. because those people will lose their patience and do something irrational. over the past seven months, a wave of kidnappings targeting schools and universities has swept the region. there have been nine mass abductions of students across five states. many believe the payment of ransom has created an industry. more than 1,000 students and staff have been taken and nine students have been killed. this round of kidnappings started in...

Were abducted from their dorms in the town of kankara. the town lies in a rural part of nigerias north—western katsina state, vulnerable to attack. at the time, i travelled to kankara to cover the story. back then, i met usama, a student with sickle cell, who had managed to escape the kidnappers. i also spoke to ruqayya bello and bello sidi, whose asthmatic 14—year—old son, umar, was still missing. the kidnapped boys were

Released after six days. now, the school remains closed, leaving many boys at home without an education. the situation remains precarious. less than six months ago, we drove down this road to the town of kankara, to cover the kidnapping of over 300 schoolboys by armed men. since then, the area has become even more unsafe, with multiple reports of attacks. usama and others in his year have been relocated to a school in a safer location, closer to the state capital. why do you study? from there, t...