Tag: Kankara
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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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Huge ransom payment for Kankara, Dapchi students’ release, FG speaks
The Federal Government on Saturday debunked rumours of payment of ransom for the release of the abducted Kankara schoolboys in Katsina State and the Dapchi schoolgirls in Yobe State. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed revealed this in an interview on a monitored Channels Television interview on Saturday. “All these stories about…
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Kankara, conspiracy theories and 2023 scheming, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Were it an unserious issue, it would’ve been a case of different strokes for different folks, for the seeming insensitive disposition of politicians to the Kankara tragedy of the penultimate week. Politicians, disesteeming Nigerians’ lives when scheming for elective positions, used the period of seizure of students of the Government Science Secondary…
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From Dapchi to Kankara: ‘Slap’ on Buhari’s face, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon The title of a Shakespeare play, “All’s well that ends well,” aptly captures the sigh of relief that trails the December 17, 2020, safe return of 340 students of the Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara, Katsina State, North-West of Nigeria. Yes, “sigh of relief,” and not “excitement” that would normally pervade…
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Kankara: A Walk Back from Darkness – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta The boys of Kankara Government Science Secondary School committed no crime known to law in a secular state. Their parents enrolled them in a government boarding school in search of education, knowledge and enlightenment. Like their compatriots in the rest of the country, they all aspired to become great scientists, teachers, doctors and…
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Some people not happy with release of Kankara schoolboys —Buhari’s aide
Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, has said some ‘people’ are annoyed over the release of hundreds of schoolboys kidnaped from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. “When those boys were kidnapped, some people were clearly happy, and now are also clearly not happy with their rescue. Nigeria will always…
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We’ll rescue abducted Kankara schoolboys ‘whichever way’ – Military
The military on Wednesday assured parents and concerned citizens that it will do everything possible to rescue abducted pupils of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. It is determined to get the boys out “whichever way.” Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu has deployed a Special Squad in the state. Governor Aminu Masari…
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#BringBackOurBoys: The Kankara kidnap, one kidnap too many – Ozioma Onyenweaku
By Ozioma Onyenweaku It was in 2014 that we woke up to the news of the abduction of over 200 girls from a girls’ school in Chibok. After all the hues and cries over the abduction, the girls remain missing more than 6 years after. With all the security paraphernalia Nigeria can boast of, actions…