The Katsina State Police Command have rescued eighty-four kidnapped victims, mostly Islamiyya schoolchildren, from bandits in Mahuta village of Dandume Local Government Area. Eko Hot Blog gathers that the rescue operation followed a distress call received on Saturday at about 10pm that some Islamiyya Students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, Mahuta village, numbering about eighty, were attacked … Read more
Bello Masari, governor of Katsina state, has debunked claims by Boko Haram insurgents that it was responsible for the abduction of some students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara . Eko Hot Blog had reported how, on December 11, gunmen attacked the school and, according to the governor, abducted over 300 students. However, Shekau, in … Read more
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to call its members to down tools nationwide if the Federal Government fail to improve security around schools across the country. The union stated this while reacting to the abduction of over 300 students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Eko Hot Blog had … 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
No fewer than 17 students of Government Secondary School, Kankara, who were abducted on Friday night by suspected bandit have been found and reunited with their parents. Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, disclosed this in an interview with a German radio, Deutsche Welle(DW). The interview which was in Hausa was aired Monday evening. The Governor … Read more