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Buhari happy about release of 29 abducted students, calls for freedom of others Friday May 07 2021 Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday expressed his happiness over the release of 29 abducted students. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Advertisement Abuja, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday expressed his happiness over the release of 29 abducted students who had spent 55 days in captivity. He said he is hopeful that the other 17 university students and other hostages would also be released. The released hostages, students at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka...

We were ready to lose students in planned bandits’ bombardment – El-Rufai Eniola Akinkuotu, Victor Ayeni and Godwin Isenyo Published 7 May 2021 Eniola Akinkuotu, Victor Ayeni and Godwin Isenyo Published 7 May 2021 Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday said when 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, were abducted, the plan was to attack and kill the bandits even if it meant some students would die in the process. El-Rufai added that Kaduna is currently at war and such would only be considered as collateral damage, a price he would...

John Shiklam in Kaduna Parents of the 27 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, who were freed on Wednesday after 56 days in kidnappers’ den, have called for the rehabilitation of their children to enable them to overcome possible post-traumatic stress disorder. The parents, in a statement yesterday, also appealed to the federal government to aggressively pursue safe schooling as an agenda so as to give parents the confidence to send their children to school. The statement, jointly signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Forum of Parents of Afaka Abducted ...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday said when 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, were abducted, the plan was to attack and kill the bandits even if it meant some students would die in the process. El-Rufai added that Kaduna is currently at war and such would only be considered as collateral damage, a price he would be willing to pay instead of paying ransom. The governor, however, said before this could be done, the bandits hurriedly changed location which led to the students spending over a month in capti...

ON THE GO Rivers won’t succumb to secessionist agenda, says Wike after attacks on police stations Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says no amount of attacks on police stations will make the state give in to agitations by secessionists.Advertisement There have been several attacks on security... Four Niger residents freed after ‘paying’ N3m ransom Four persons kidnapped from Tafa, a town in Kagarko LGA of Niger state, have been released by bandits after paying N3million ransom.Advertisement The town plays host to a trailer park... Abducted Kogi Miyetti Allah leader rega...