Pope Prays as Military Intensifies Search for Zamfara Schoolgirls
•FG pledges to end abduction of students •Soyinka laments incessant kidnapping of pupils Chuks Okocha in Abuja and Francis Sardauna in Katsina As the military and the police yesterday intensified the search for 317 pupils of Government Girls’ Science Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, who bandits kidnapped on Friday, Pope Francis has prayed for their safe return. “Let us pray that Our Lady might keep them safe,” the Pope said at the Angelus prayer yesterday, calling the bandits’ action, vile. He invited everyone to pray for them so t...