By Fredrick Nwabufo I see the vapid and tepid response of the Buhari administration to the slew of juvenile abductions as the prodrome of elite bias. Yes, the proportion of response a challenge receives is metered by the social estate of those affected. This is how best I can conceptualise the impotence of the government … Read more
At least 41 persons, many of them students, were kidnapped on February 17 after gunmen attacked Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State Governor Abubakar Bello has lamented the lack of support from the Federal Government in the rescue efforts of 41 persons abducted from Government Science Secondary School Kagara, Rafi Local Government Area of the … Read more
The gunmen who abducted schoolchildren from Government Science College (GSC), Kagara in Niger state have rejected a N2.7 million ransom offered by the parents. The school, located in Rafi local government area of the state, was invaded by bandits who abducted 27 students, three staff members and 12 family members of the school staff. In … Read more
The students and teachers abducted by bandits in Government Science College Kagara, Niger State have been released. Recall that the students and teachers were abducted last week after gunmen suspected to be marauding bandits attacked their school. The abductees, include 27 students, 3 staff and 12 members of their family were kidnapped by bandits last … Read more
Youths in Niger State on Saturday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the state government to rescue 41 persons abducted from the Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, and 21 commuters abducted along Minna-Zungeru road. Briefing journalists at the Abdulsalami Youth Centre in Minna, members of the National Youths Council of Nigeria, decried the lack of security … Read more
Mohammed’s comments is in reaction to the abduction of students in Kagara, Niger State Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has said that no ransom was paid for the release of the abducted Kankara schoolboys in Katsina State and the Dapchi schoolgirls in Yobe State. He disclosed this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Saturday while explaining some … Read more
Oby Ezekwesili, former minister of Education, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari-led government for hobnobbing with bandits and kidnappers. She said the present administration has created an atmosphere that enables kidnappings in the country. Ezekwesili said this while condemning the abduction of 27 Kagara students from Niger State, adding that a bizarre familial relationship now exists … Read more
Gumi’s comment is coming two days after gunmen suspected to be bandits stormed GSC Kagara, shot a student dead and abducted several others Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, has called on the Federal Government to give bandits willing to make peace ‘blanket amnesty’ if the current security situation must be tackled. The Islamic scholar … Read more
Antonio Guterres, United Nations secretary-general, has described as ‘abhorrent and unacceptable’ the abduction of students and some members of staff of the Government Science College, Kagara, Niger state. On Wednesday, bandits attacked the school and kidnapped 27 students, three members of staff and 12 family members. The incident occurred about two months after 344 students … Read more
Gunmen had on Wednesday stormed GSC Kagara and shot dead one student and abducted several others including some members of staff The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has assured the nation that the Force is irrevocably committed to the safe rescue of all abductees in the recent attack on Government Science College, Kagara in … Read more
The news of the Students of Kagara kidnapped by the Bandits saddens the heart of Nigerians. The Students and Teachers of Secondary School in Kagara, headquarters of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, were said to have been attacked by unknown Gunmen at about 2am on 17th February. A student of the school … Read more
Names of the students and teachers of Government Science College, Kagara, who were abducted by gunmen, have been released by the Niger state government. Ekohotblog had reported that no fewer than 27 students of Government Science College Kagara, 3 teachers, two non teaching staff and 9 family members of the staff staying in the quarters … Read more