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In furtherance of efforts by the federal government to end the spate of kidnappings and abductions for the ransom of school children, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), has launched a National School Security and Emergency Response Center to scale up surveillance and protect school children. Flagging off the centre yesterday in Abuja, […]
The raging insecurity in Nigeria has pushed about 18 million children out of school and forced approximately 11,536 schools to close their gates to students since December 2020..
ON THE GO Abducted Ekiti monarch found in Kwara forest David Oyewumi, the Obadu of Ilemeso Ekiti, who was kidnapped by gunmen in Oye LGA of the state last Thursday, has regained his freedom.Advertisement Sunday Abutu, spokesman of the Ekiti... Flour Mills expands Sunti sugar estates to 22,000 hectares with new acquisition Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) has acquired an additional 5,200 hectares of land at its Sunti golden sugar estates.Advertisement The additional land acquisition brings the total size of the Sunti... ‘No point rushing into a fruitless dialogue’ — Ngige e...
Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja Stakeholders, including government at all levels, security agencies and the National Assembly, among others, will tomorrow discuss on how to fashion out strategies to finance safe schools nationwide. The new move is propelled by the recent abduction of students in some schools in the North-west, North-east and North-central geo-political zones. The Safe School Initiative was launched in 2014 following the abduction of 276 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State. In a statement yesterday, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, said the fe...