All kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls released by gunmen in Zamfara state
The governor of Zamfara state has said that all 279 girls who were abducted from the Government Girls’ Science Secondary School (GGSS) in Jangebe last Friday have been released by their captors, largely unharmed. “Alhamdulillah! It gladdens my heart to announce the release of the…
Kidnapped Zamfara schoolgirls regain freedom
The schoolgirls of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara local Government Area of Zamfara State who were kidnapped from their school recently, have been released by their abductors. They are presently at the palace of the Emir of Anka waiting to be transported…
Official: 42 abducted from Nigerian school 2 weeks ago freed
An official says 42 people including 27 students who were abducted two weeks ago from a school in northern Nigeria have been freed.The chief press secretary for the Niger state governor, Mary Noel-Berje, told The Associated Press on Saturday that those released have arrived in…
Zamfara schoolgirls abduction: UNICEF angered, sadened, says it’s gross violation of children’s rights
The United Nations Children Fund says it is angered and saddened by the abduction of over 300 schoolgirls in an overnight attack on the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe, Talata in the Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, North-West Nigeria. “We are angered…
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Hundreds of school boys kidnapped in Niger state, Governor shuts down all schools in four LGAs
Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang kidnapped hundreds of schoolboys and some teachers in Kagara, Niger state in central Nigeria, an official and a security source said on Wednesday. The attackers wearing military uniforms stormed the Government Science College in “huge numbers” late…
Out-of-school kids now 6.9m, says Fed govt
The Federal Government on Thursday said Nigeria’s out-of-school-children have dropped to 6.946 million, from 10.1 million. The government claimed that 3,247,590 children who were not in school were enrolled within a year and seven months due to several activities undertaken by the Federal Ministry of…
Teritary Education still not out of the woods as SSANU, NASU begin warning strike
*Threaten to ground varsities over demands The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), yesterday, threatened to ground universities in the country should the Federal Government fail to fulfil its demands, including a N40 billion…
Broward teachers sue to keep working from home
Teachers are suing the Broward School Board for ordering them to return to the classroom and stop working from home, at the same time COVID-19 cases are surging. About 1,700 teachers with conditions such as cancer, kidney disease and heart disease have been approved to teach…
Why We May Resume Strike — ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said there is every possibility of another strike as the Nigerian government has yet to fulfil its promises which informed the suspension of the union’s last industrial action. ASUU had suspended its nine months old strike in…
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