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UNICEF condemns abduction of 317 Zamfara schoolgirls
The United Nations Children Fund on Friday expressed concern over the abduction of over 317 students at the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, describing it as “a…
Zamfara Abduction: Education under attack in northern Nigeria says Amnesty
Amnesty International, has condemned the strings of abductions of students in schools in the northern part of Nigeria.
This was after over 317 schoolgirls were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara…
Just in: Police scrap Eagle Crack Squad in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command on Friday dissolved a special police team codenamed the Eagle Crack Squad.
The development was made public in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni.
The squad…
Zamfara schoolgirls abducted by a splinter group of bandits says Gumi
Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmad Gumi says the 317 Zamfara schoolgirls were abducted by a splinter group of the Zamfara bandits.
The cleric insisted that the abductors of the schoolgirls were not the bandits he recently engaged…
Just in: Bandits abduct over 300 girls in Zamfara school
At least 300 schoolgirls at Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State have been abducted by gunmen suspected to be bandits.
A staff of the school, who begged for…
Kagara abduction: ‘The person who gave us this business is there among you’, Bandits to…
Abductors of the 27 students and 15 workers of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State have vowed that until their demands were met, all efforts by government's security agencies to free the abductees would yield no…
Police arrest perpetrators of Abayi Police Station attack
The police in Abia State have arrested perpetrators of a recent attack on a police station at Abayi, in Aba.
The development was disclosed in a statement by spokesman of the Nigerian Police Force, Mr Frank Mba.
Two…
Trial of 5,000 suspected Boko Haram insurgents to begin soon says Legal Aid Council
The Federal Government will soon begin the trial of 5,000 suspected Boko Haram members who are in various detention facilities across the country, the Director General of Legal Aid Council, Aliyu Abubakar has said.
Abubakar…
Borno attacks: Death toll rises to 16
Boko Haram jihadists attacked Nigeria’s city of Maiduguri in the volatile northeast killing 16 people, including nine children who were playing football in a field, local militia told AFP Wednesday.
Officials said previously 10…
Senate approves N11.35bn Police Trust Fund budget
The Senate on Wednesday approved N11,352,457,101.70 as the budget for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund in the 2020 fiscal year.
The approval came following consideration of the harmonized report of the Senate and House of…