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Views: Visits 171 Yesterday evening, 29 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry, Afaka, Kaduna State walked into freedom after about 33 days in captivity. Their release comes with mixed feelings. While it is a huge relief the Afaka students were released unhurt, especially since none of the students were killed by the kidnappers, as is the case with the abducted students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, it also comes with some disappointment as the federal government had to engage in a prisoner swap deal as part of the conditions under which the students were released. ...

Sheikh Gumi Taunts El-Rufai Over 2014 Comments, Says Greenfield Varsity Students Will Be Released Soon On the reported swap of a bandit for the students, Sheikh Gumi taunted the Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai over the comments he made in 2014. by SaharaReporters, New York May 06, 2021 Popular Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has assured that the remaining 16 of the kidnapped Greenfield varsity students will be released soon. He said negotiations were ongoing with the bandits who seized them since they issued a threat to kill the abductees if a ransom of N100 million was not paid. Gu...

Views: 382 Fresh detail has emerged as to how the federal government released a notorious kidnapper in exchange for the freedom of the last batch of 27 students of Federal College of Forestry, Afaka, abducted on March 11. In a prisoner swap deal brokered by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, a kidnapper simply identified as Nanono was transported from a detention facility in Kano, where he was being held and handed over to a traditional ruler in Kaduna who acted as the middleman. Parents and relatives of the victims were then left with the payment of N15m, in addition to the N17m, they ear...

Advertisement The Punch reports that lawmakers have been notified of a possible attack of the national assembly and other public buildings in Abuja by Boko Haram insurgents. The newspaper’s cover picture shows the protest of Akwa Ibom women over the killing of Iniobong Umoren, a female jobseeker. The Nation reports the release of the abducted Kaduna students. The newspaper also reports that the fifth generation (5G) technology is set to take off in the country. THISDAY reports that state governors have shifted ground on financial autonomy for legislatures and judiciaries. The newspaper says...

Punch Newspapers Sections Olalekan Adetayo and Leke Baiyewu, Stephen Angbulu and Solomon Odeniyi Published 5 May 2021 Olalekan Adetayo and Leke Baiyewu, Stephen Angbulu and Solomon Odeniyi Published 5 May 2021 THE House of Representatives will be meeting with the Kaduna State Government on how to rescue the remaining 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, who were abducted by bandits on March 11, 2021. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, made this known following the protests by parents of the students at the main gate of the National Assembly complex in Ab...