The Emirate Council of the Katsina State has suspended the district head of Kankara where over 100 Schoolgirls were Kidnapped earlier this year. Lawal the district head was suspended because of his alleged role in aiding Banditry in the state. Katsina Emirate Council has suspended the Sarkin Pauwan Katsina, who is also the district … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has vowed that the Katsina school abduction will be the last of such incident in the state, Eko Hot Blog has learnt. Adamu made the statement on Wednesday when he visited the Katsina State Police Command, exactly a week after students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara were … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, met with the students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State, who were released by their abductors on Thursday. Prior to the meeting, Personal Assistant on Social Media to the President, Bashir Ahmad, had announced that the President will be meeting with the schoolboys. President @MBuhari will receive … Read more
Reactions have begun trailing the release of the over 300 abducted schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State barely 24 hours after the students regained their freedom. The students were forcefully taken from their school dormitory last week by armed bandits terrorising Northwest states, including Katsina. However, Nigerians have begun calling on … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed delight at the release of abducted students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Buhari, in a statement released by presidential spokesman Garba Shehu, described their return as a big relief to their families, the entire country and to the international community. President Buhari specifically cited what he … Read more
The students abducted by bandits at the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State have regained their freedom. The boys were reportedly released at about 2.20pm on Thursday after spending six nights in captivity. Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media), Garba Shehu confirmed the rescue of the abducted students in a tweet on … Read more
Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, has said that all the students abducted at the Government Science Secondary School in Ƙanƙara Local Government Area of the state are still alive. The governor gave the update on Wednesday during an interview on a TV programme monitored by Eko Hot Blog. “The children are alive and we … Read more
A former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called on the Federal Government to leave no stone unturned in ensuring the rescue of the over 300 students abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Okonjo-Iweala, who made this known in tweet last night, said those using the children as pawns must be … Read more
One of the students kidnapped when armed bandits stormed a Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State has escaped from the abductors. “Out of that 333, before I came into the studio, one escaped out of wherever they kept them,” the Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche said on a TV … Read more
The United Nations (UN), on Monday, condemned the attack and resultant abduction of students at the Government Science School, Kankara, Kastina State. The is according to a statement issued by the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns the 11 December attack on a secondary school in Katsina State, Nigeria, and … Read more
A resident of Ƙankara Local Government Area in Katsina State has revealed that the abduction of over 300 students from a Government Science Secondary School in the area was a reprisal attack. The source who, according to Channels Television, pleaded anonymity, said that the bandits abducted the students from the school because a vigilante group … Read more
Personal Assistant on New Media to the President, Bashir Ahmad, on Sunday claimed that a significant number of the abducted students of Government Science School, Kankara, in Katsina State, have been rescued. Ahmad disclosed this on Twitter last night but did not give a specific figure of the freed students. “A significant number of the … Read more
Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari has confirmed that 333 students are still missing following an attack on Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina on Friday night. Masari gave the figure when he received a Federal Government delegation led by the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno on Sunday. “Based on the available record we have, … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned, the gruesome attack on Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina state, by bandits, which led to the reported abduction of scores of students. Eko Hot Blog reported on Saturday that about 600 students were abducted when armed bandits stormed the school premises late Friday. The PDP, in a … Read more
The attack has drawn condemnation from many, including President Muhammadu Buhari Eko Hot Blog gathers that 426 had been counted safe after the attack while, according to the Police, another 200 returned safely on Saturday. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has sent more police officers to Katsina State to support the ongoing search … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday condemned the attack on a secondary school in Katsina by armed bandits. About 54 students are said to have been abducted after gunmen attacked the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State on Friday night. “I strongly condemn the cowardly bandits’ attack on innocent children at the Science School, … Read more
Two hundred students who fled for safety last night when armed bandits attacked the Government Science Secondary School, Ƙanƙara in Katsina State, have safely returned. Katsina Police Command’s Spokesperson, Gambo Isah and the Principal of the school, Usman Abubakar confirmed this to Channels Television on Saturday. Eko Hot Blog had reported that six hundred students … Read more
Scores of boarding students have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen who attacked the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara (all boys school) in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday night. It was gathered that the security guard attached to the school was shot in the attack … Read more