308 suspected rustled livestock were recovered from the bandits.  At least four bandits wreaking havoc in Kankara and its vicinity have been apprehended, The Katsina State Police Command has said. Ekohotblog reports that spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, Isah Gambo disclosed this on Tuesday. Addressing newsmen regarding the development, Gambo said the … Read more
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 Katsina government has ordered the resumption of academic activities in five boarding schools in the state. The directive, which will see to the continuation of the 2020/2021 academic session, will take effect from Sunday, March 28. The directive is contained in a statement by Sani Suleiman, public relations officer in the state ministry of … Read more
The United Nations has chastised President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over the ihandling of the abducted Kankara schoolboys investigation. Recall that hundreds of schoolboys were kidnapped from Kankara government school in Katsina, Buhari’s home state, in November. But in a statement issued on Wednesday by the UN panel of experts in Geneva, Switzerland, the global organization … Read more
Gunmen invade Niger state still in the wake of kidnapped school children. Some people died while others who sustained various gunshot injuries were rushed to various health facilities for medical attention. Some Communities in the Gurmana ward of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State have been attacked by gunmen again as the state is … Read more
This information was confirmed by Abubakar Muhammad Sauran, a Commissioner of Zamfara state internal affairs. The bandit that masterminded students from Government Science Secondary School, Auwal Daudawa surrenders his arms along with five of his gang members. According to reports gathered from BBC Hausa, Auwal Daudawa is the brain behind Kankara students abduction which took … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has urged the #BringBackOurBoys campaigners to refund monies collected for the movement. He lamented that it was shameful that “merchants of fortune” profiteered from the abduction of over 300 schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Shehu said the creators of … Read more
Chibok, Kankara Although in the seeming absence of leadership, political order and law, life has become somewhat uncertain, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short, the denouement of the Kankara abduction incident, however, leaves so much to be grateful for, writes Louis Achi According to the quaint English philosopher-historian, Thomas Hobbes, in a “state of nature”, … Read more
Kankara pupils Reactions have continued to trail the release of the 344 students of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara, Katsina State, who were abducted by gunmen last week Friday night, Eko hot blog gathered. For the students’ parents and relations, it has been wild jubilation and cries of joy over their release, after spending … Read more
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Bola Tinubu said the release of over 300 schoolboys abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, vindicated President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu made this known on Saturday through a statement titled, ‘Lauding Pres. Buhari, Gov. Masari over Rescue of Kankara Schoolboys’. He said, “The initial abduction of the over … Read more
Abduction The Federal Government has described as senseless the claim in certain quarters that the abduction of some students from a boarding school in Kankara, Katsina State, and their release was stage-managed. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, dismissed the claim on Saturday when he featured on a special edition of the … Read more
Abduction The United States (U.S.) on Thursday condemned the abduction of hundreds of children by gunmen from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, on Dec. 11 and urged the government to hold those responsible accountable ” to the full extent of the law”. The U.S. Department of State condemned the abduction in a statement … Read more
Former minister of finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has warned that those using Nigerian children as ‘pawn’ must be held accountable. She stated this on her official Twitter page while reacting to the abduction of over 300 students from the Government Science Secondary school, Kankara in Katsina State. The former Minister described the incident as a … Read more
Gunmen on Sunday have reportedly killed a farmer, Bashir Mandela Jibiya in Jibia Local government area of Katsina State and again, kidnapped three others including two women. The attack was coming barely 24 hours after attack on boarding school students at Government Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State and President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to his hometown, … Read more
Residents on Sunday took to the street to protest the abduction of many schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the Kankara Local Government Area, Kastina State. The protesters demanded the prompt rescue of students abducted by bandits on Friday night Recall that, yesterday, Ekohotblog reported that scores of students of the boarding … Read more
Kastina State Governor, Aminu Masari on Saturday ordered the immediate closure of all boarding secondary schools in the state. The directive followed the abduction of scores of students of the Government Science Secondary School Kankara by bandits on Friday night. The Governor gave the order during his visit to the school on Saturday for an … Read more