Tag: Jangebe
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A country led by the blind and deaf – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa THE story of 14-year-old Habiba, a student of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State, is heart-wrenching. Bandits raided her home three months ago, killing her uncle and abducting her father and elder sister. Then on February 26, 2021 bandits invaded her school, abducted her and 316 other girls aged between 12…
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School’s watchman assisted bandits in kidnapping of Zamfara schoolgirls – Gov Matawalle
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has alleged that the watchman of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata-Mafara LGA of Zamfara was involved in the abduction of over 270 schoolgirls the state. Matawalle who made the remarks during an appearance Channels Television programme said bandits the named the watchman of the school as the facilitator…
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Buhari celebrates release of abducted Zamfara schoolgirls
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed “overwhelming joy” over release of abducted female students of Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe, in Zamfara. While reacting to the development in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday, the President said: “I join the families and people of Zamfara in welcoming and celebrating…
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Our abductors threatened to kill, fry and eat us – Jangebe abductee
One of the victims of last Friday’s Zamfara Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, abduction, Hafsat Anka, said the captives threatened to kill, fry and eat them if they misbehaved. Hafsat, while narrating her ordeal to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the Government House, Gusau, shortly after regaining freedom, stated that they trekked over…
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Jangebe abduction will be the last – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that last Friday’ abduction of female students from Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe, will be the last to happen. The president’s statement was relayed on Sunday, through Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, who led a high-powered federal government delegation to sympathise with the people and government of…
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Zamfara govt: ‘Abducted schoolgirls not released, negotiation still ongoing’
Zamfara State government has debunked reports that students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, have been released by their captors. Reacting to the reports on Twitter, Zamfara’s Commissioner for Information, Suleiman Tunau Anka, cautioned the public to disregard fake news in the media regarding the…
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Buhari’s aide gives update on release of Jangebe schoolgirls
Aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie has confirmed all 317 schoolgirls kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara local Government Area of Zamfara State were released. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Jangebe schoolgirls were released on Sunday and were received at the palace of the Emir of Anka waiting…
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BREAKING: Kidnapped Zamfara schoolgirls regain freedom
The schoolgirls kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara local Government Area of Zamfara State have just been released. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports they are currently in the palace of the Emir of Anka waiting for transportation to Gusau, the State capital. “BREAKING: Zamfara Govt Confirms Release Of Abducted Jangebe Schoolgirls,” aide to…
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BREAKING: Jangebe schoolgirls escape from kidnappers den
Seven out of the 317 schoolgirls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara local Government Area of Zamfara State have escaped from their kidnappers den. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the 7 seven schoolgirls escaped and reached home on Friday evening, coming less than 10 days after a similar incident happened at Government…
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![[2014 – 2021] Timeline of mass school kidnappings in Nigeria](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Gunmen.jpg)
[2014 – 2021] Timeline of mass school kidnappings in Nigeria
Gun wielding daredevils have for a couple of years launched coordinated attacks on educational institutions in Nigeria particularly in the northern part. Unfortunately, school children have become the latest high-profile kidnapping targets in these attacks. What stated as a strange occurrence in Chibok, Borno State in 2014 is fast becoming the norm seven years after,…