KADUNA — The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has called on the Federal Government to take decisive action against acts of criminality, including banditry and kidnapping. The JNI also urged the government to reclaim forests where bandits hide to terrorise citizens. Dr. Kahlid Aliyu, the Secretary-General of JNI, made the appeal in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. He spoke in reaction to the kidnapping of some students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School,...

The Niger State Government has released names of the students, teachers and other residents abducted on Wednesday from the Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State. According to the list that emanated from the State Ministry of Education, 27 students were abducted alongside five other staff and nine members of their families. This made a total of 41 persons abducted. Three of the staff abducted were teachers and two were the non-teaching staff. The names...