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Parent of an abducted Kaduna university student speaking with journalists during protest at National Assembly on Tuesday, May 4.PHOTO: LUCIE LADIDI ATEKOParents and colleagues of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, in Kaduna State have occupied the National Assembly complex, Abuja, in protest. x “My son is the only one I have I don’t have a husband, I’m a widow,” the mother of one of the students told journalists in tears. She lamented that the abduction is already 55 days – two days shy of two months since the s...

The students were released Thursday, over one month after they were abducted. There were released following negotiations with the kidnappers by government officials and families of the victims. The details of the negotiations were not made public. According to a statement by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, Mr Buhari also “appeals for the release of the students of the Greenfield University and all other citizens held in captivity.” About 16 Greenfield University students are still being held by kidnappers in Kaduna State. The undergraduates were kidnapped last month and five of those kidn...

Views: Visits 16 Bandits have released the remaining 29 students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State, Channels Television is reporting. This development was confirmed by Mr Abdullahi Usman, the Chairman of the Parents’ Committee, on Wednesday in Kaduna. Usman explained that the victims were released some minutes past 4 pm around the Kidanda area in Giwa Local Government Area of the state, and were on their way back to the state capital. He, however, refused to disclose the amount paid as ransom to the bandits for the release of the stu...

Why DSS hasn’t arrested Sheikh Gumi –Ex-Director Published 5 May 2021 A former Director of the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, says the secret police must be in a state of dilemma on whether or not to arrest renowned Islamic scholar, Ahmad Gumi. “If you go and arrest him, you are going to provoke his supporters or the people he is working for and if you don’t arrest him, people will say why has he not been arrested as other people who acted in the same manner have been arrested? So, it becomes a very dicey situation that needs to be handled with care,” Ejiofor said in an...

The alarm raised by the presidency that some religious and political leaders are planning to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari dominated the headlines of Nigerian newspapers. The protest of parents of abducted students of a Kaduna tertiary institution at the national assembly also made the headlines. Advertisement The Punch reports that Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have slammed the presidency over allegations of a coup plot. The newspaper’s cover picture shows parents of the 39 abducted students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna...