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By Bashir Bello The Katsina State government has insisted that it didn’t pay a dime as a ransom to secure the release of the schoolboys kidnapped by bandits who attacked the Government Science Secondary School in the Kankara area of the state. The state government kicked against reports making rounds that it paid the sum
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The 334 released Kankara schoolboys has again made a shocking revelation that the gunmen who kidnapped them demanded 344 million Naira, (One million per hand), before they could be released, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. The schoolboys according to WSJ said that 30 million naira was paid initially but their abductors threatened to release only
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By Ikechukwu Amaechi I AM yet to meet a Nigerian who did not heave a sigh of relief when the news broke on Sunday that the boys abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, were on their way home after spending six days with terrorists in the wild. By Nigerian standards, it was a
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by nwachukwu john owen (@realjohn_owen) By Prince Okafor One of the 344 students from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, has disclosed that they were not kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorist group as earlier stated by the Federal Government. The student who made
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The Patriotic Elders Council of Nigeria (PECN) says the safe return of schoolboys abducted in Kankara, Katsina State has evoked memories of President Muhammadu Buhari they used to know. In a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Bishop Pinot Ogbaji, on Monday, the PECN said President Buhari rolled back the years with his display of poise,
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The National Leader, All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari for the prompt intervention in rescuing kidnapped students of Kankara Government Science Secondary School in Katsina State. Tinubu, in a statement on Saturday through his media aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, stressed the need for upgrading of the country’s security infrastructure.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the rescued students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, not to be distracted from their studies following their experiences with bandits. The president made the call when he addressed the affected students at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Katsina, on Friday. The president, who narrated how he
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By Nwafor Sunday President Muhammadu Buhari has received the released 344 Kankara schoolboys. These children were kidnapped and were taken to Tsafe, Zamfara State, inside the terrorist hideout on Friday 11 of December, 2020. READ ALSO: Photos: 344 released schoolboys handed over to Katsina governor They were released yesterday through the intervention of the security
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By Nwafor Sunday Hours after they arrived Katsina, Yahaya Salauwa, Vice Principal of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, confirmed that the abducted schoolboys are complete. After kidnapping them on 11 of December (a week to today), they were taken to Tsafe, Zamfara State. The pupils regained freedom yesterday and were currently being treated in Katsina
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By Nwafor Sunday One of the Kankara schoolboys kidnapped by Boko-Haram, today gave account of how they spent days in the bush with the terrorist group without good food. The boy whose name we cannot disclose for security purposes, said they were given only groundnut cake, also known as Kuli-Kuli, and sweet potatoes. He equally
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