Residents of Papiri community say bandits sent two prior warning letters to St. Mary’s Catholic Missionary School before the attack that led to the mass abduction of students in Niger State.
The Chairman of CAN in Niger State says 215 students and teachers were abducted in a gunmen attack on a Catholic school, far higher than earlier estimates, as insecurity forces widespread school closures across Nigeria.
Terrorists have kidnapped an unconfirmed number of pupils from a secondary school in Nasarawa, just hours after a similar abduction in Niger State, intensifying concerns over escalating school-targeted attacks across the North-Central region.
Bandits attacked St. Mary’s Catholic School in Niger State during the night, abducting an unconfirmed number of students and staff as authorities work to verify details.
President Bola Tinubu has deployed Vice President Kashim Shettima to Kebbi State to meet families of abducted schoolgirls and vowed the government is working for their safe return.
President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to rescue 25 female students abducted from a Kebbi State school following an attack that killed the Vice Principal and injured a security guard.
Terrorists abducted female students and killed a staff member at a Kebbi school, while a separate attack in Kwara left two security operatives dead, prompting calls for urgent government intervention.
An Enugu woman, Okonkwo Chisom, has been arraigned for allegedly fabricating claims that her husband defiled their daughters, according to a police investigation.
Portable says he plans to return to school to gain better knowledge in managing his career and record label, Zeh Nation, citing the need for professionalism and self-reliance.
All eight Enugu State lawmakers in the House of Representatives have defected from PDP and Labour Party to the ruling APC, citing internal crises and alignment with Governor Peter Mbah’s administration.