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Of the reasons why they may be targeting the states is because youve made it clear that you wont pay ransoms? yes. do you think then that by making that statement, youre putting your citizens, your residents of kaduna state, at greater risk? not necessarily. i think, in the long run, or even in the medium term, it actually makes the state safer. we still have kidnappers, we have individuals being kidnapped, we even have attempted kidnap of students, they have been successful in two cases, but no...

So how can you tell their parents that their children were safer? i commiserate with the parents, i sympathise with them, but that will not change our stand. the only way to end kidnapping is for societies to stake a stand that we will not pay. i know the pain of losing children, but i have to subordinate that to the overall interest of the society which elected me to provide leadership. the nigerian government has long denied the links between criminal groups operating in north—western nigeri...

Attempted kidnap of students, they have been successful in two cases, but not on the kind of scale youve seen in other states. here in kaduna just last week, three university students were kidnapped. yes. so how can you tell their parents that their children were safer? i commiserate with the parents, i sympathise with them, but that will not change our stand. the only way to end kidnapping is for societies to stake a stand that we will not pay. i know the pain of losing children, but i have to ...

To the overall interest of the society which elected me to provide leadership. the nigerian government has long denied the links between criminal groups operating in north—western nigeria and the extremist group boko haram in the north—east. but in recent months, they have acknowledged that the two security crises may now be connected. we have to branches of islamic state active or building up here, and its quite worrying, and this is why i said that the country is at war. this banditry is n...

Here in kaduna just last week, three university students were kidnapped. yes. so how can you tell their parents that their children were safer? i commiserate with the parents, i sympathise with them, but that will not change our stand. the only way to end kidnapping is for societies to stake a stand that we will not pay. i know the pain of losing children, but i have to subordinate that to the overall interest of the society which elected me to provide leadership. the nigerian government has lon...

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I know the pain of losing children, but i have to subordinate that to the overall interest of the society which elected me to provide leadership. the nigerian government has long denied the links between criminal groups operating in north—western nigeria and the extremist group boko haram in the north—east. but in recent months, they have acknowledged that the two security crises may now be connected. we have two branches of islamic state active or building up here, and its quite worrying, a...

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Idumuje-Ugboko-Kingship Stool, University Land, Other Matters Arising On Kindly Share This Story: Idumuje-Ugboko, an agrarian community in Aniocha North Local Government Council of Delta State has been in the news since 2017. The town came to the news radar when in March 2015, LINAS INTERNATIONAL LTD, a company owned by Prince Ned Nwoko requested 90 hectares of land for the establishment of a University and International golf course. The then Obi, HRM Albert Nwoko III after due consultation wi...

Rediscover the importance of international engagement. one of the things were doing this week is looking at that group of countries across the northern part of subsahara and africa, weak government, extremism rife. unless were supporting them now theyre going to be a source of future terrorism, waves of migration that are going to destabilize our societies further. my view is we need a completely different, much more radical, much more far-sighted approach to dealing with this. >> if people want...