Tag: Kagara
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Senator Sani, Niger State Governor fight dirty over Kagara school
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello on Sunday fought dirty with former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani over the state of Government Science College in Kagara, where 27 students were kidnapped recently. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Senator Sani is an old boy of the college located in Rafi Local Government Area of the State. Bandits abducted 42…
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Four murdered as bandits return to Kagara
Four individuals have been reported dead after bandits invaded Kagara in Niger State. This occurred barely two weeks after bandits abducted over 300 school children from Government Science College in Kagara. Sources from Kagara told Daily Trust that 11 victims, including seven women, were abducted in different villages. The armed bandits were said to have…
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Just in: Abducted Kagara School boys released
The abducted Kagara Government Science College students, their teachers and family members have been released. They were released in the early hours of Saturday. According to reports, the schoolboys are expected to be received by Governor Abubakar Bello at the Government House in Minna. Twenty-seven students and 14 others were abducted from the school. Gunmen…
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[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,…
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BREAKING: Kidnapped NSTA passengers released, Kagara students to follow suit
Reports just reaching TheNewsGuru.com indicates that passengers of the Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA) kidnapped on Wednesday have been released. A Niger based Islamic Cleric Mallam Shehu Mainasara disclosed the development to our correspondent on Sunday evening. Although there have not been official report from the Niger state government, the cleric said the kidnapped victims…
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Kagara: SERAP asks Buhari to probe, recover ‘billions missing from UBEC, SUBEBs
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN to work with appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly probe allegations of corruption in the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) between 2004…
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For bandits, an end to red carpets -Chidi Amuta
By Chidi Amuta President Buhari’s National Security Adviser, Mr. Babagana Monguno, needs not bother with more seminars and town hall meetings on insecurity. The seminars and meetings are holding themselves daily in the nightmare of our daily encounter with terror and armed lawlessness. The very conclusions he seeks have already been drawn. They are etched…
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LIST: See names of victims of Kagara school abduction
The names of the victims of the abduction that happened at Government Science College, Kagara in Niger State have been released. Recall gunmen stormed the school located in Rafi Local Government Area of the State on Wednesday at 2 a.m. and took the victims away. While one student was killed in the sad incident, 27…
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Niger Governor confident abducted Kagara students will return safe
The Niger State Government says it has taken concrete security measures to ensure safety in the state and safe return of the abducted 27 students of the Government Science College, Kagara. The students, three staff and 12 families of the college in Rafi Local Government Area of the state were abducted in the early hours…
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BREAKING: Niger Govt reveals number of students abducted in Kagara school
Gov. Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger on Wednesday confirmed the abduction of 27 students, three staff and 12 family members by gunmen at the Government Science College, Kagara, in Rafi Local Government Area of the state. Bello made the confirmation at a news conference shortly after an emergency meeting with heads of security agencies in Minna…