Education under attack in Northern Nigeria -- Amnesty International
ADVERTISEMENT Amnesty International, a global rights organisation, on Tuesday said education in northern Nigeria is under threat in the wake of rising insecurity in that region. It attributed the recent abduction of hundreds of boys in Government Science Secondary School in the town of Kankara, Katsina State, to “an attack on education in the northern parts of the country.” PREMIUM TIMES had reported how the 333 students were abducted by gunmen on motorbikes on December 11. Boko Haram, a terrorist organisation and Nigeria’s major security threat that has claimed responsibility for the r...
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