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School Foils Kidnap Attempt In Lagos

Kidnapping in Nigeria
As part of efforts to promote the safety of schools, the need for security to be beefed up has once again come to the fore especially with security personnel attachedRead More

UNICEF: Over 300,000 Children Out Of School In Borno

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that 330,389 students are out of school in troubled Borno State due to the Boko Haram’s crisis. The United Nations agency, however,Read More

Outcry As Kano Public Schools Expose Students To Poor Learning In Decaying Classrooms

Kano Public Schools Expose Students To Poor Learning In Decaying Classrooms
In Madobi Local Government Area in Kano State where Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the former governor of the state comes from, public schools have fallen into dilapidation. One of such schoolsRead More

ICC Will Probe 2,000 Students Kidnapped Under Buhari – SERAP

International Criminal Court (ICC)
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is set to seek authorisation from the Pre-Trial Chamber of the court to open an investigation into cases of abduction of school childrenRead More

UNICEF Urges More Protection For Children, Schools, Says 950 Abducted

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Parents of kidnapped pupils accuse Kaduna school of negligence The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over growing attacks on schoolchildren, as well as child abductions in Nigeria,Read More

Kaduna School Abduction: Frequent Kidnappings In Nigeria Disturbing, UN Warns Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari
The United Nations Organisation has condemned the frequent kidnappings of schoolchildren and other soft targets under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, while calling for the prosecution of the criminals.Read More

UNICEF: Kidnapping of Schoolchildren Threat to Education in Nigeria

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that the mass abduction of school children, particularly girls in Nigeria, is posing a serious threat to the future of children andRead More

Northern States Tighten Security To Curtail Schoolchildren Abduction

Gunmen
Sokoto merges boarding schools in border areas Zamfara to build police posts Police deploy personnel in Kaduna, Katsina FG beefs up safety measures at airports No fewer than 11 NorthernRead More

One Feared Dead As Zamfara Schoolgirls Reunion Turns Bloody

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle
Matawalle alleges involvement of watchman in girls’ Kidnap One person was feared dead and others reportedly injured yesterday when a mob invaded the venue of the reunion of the 279Read More

Stray Bullets Kill Two As Land Grabbers, Police Clash In Ogun

Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun
There was pandemonium on Wednesday in Ikogbo community, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State after stray bullets killed two persons and injured several others, including schoolchildren. AnRead More