The Kano State Government has ordered the closure of four tertiary institutions in the state over insecurity in Nigeria’s northwest region. The affected schools include RMK College of Advanced and Remedial Studies Tudun Wada, School of Environmental Studies Gwarzo, School of Rural Technology and Entrepreneurship Development (SORTED) Rano, and ABCOAD Dambatta. The order came just a day after the state closed 10 boarding schools due to rising cases of students abduction for ransom by the...

42 persons abducted by armed bandits on Feb. 17 at the Government Science College, Kagara in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger, have regained freedom. Mary Noel-Berje, the spokesperson to the governor of Niger state, confirmed in a statement that “kidnapped students, staff and family members of the Government Science College Kagara have regained freedom and received by the Niger state government”. The students who were received by the Chief of Staff to the governor,...

Following the abduction of 317 schoolgirls of Government Girls Secondary School Jangebe, the Zamfara State government has closed down all boarding schools. In the same vein, Kano state government has announced the closure of 10 boarding schools across the state with immediate effect in the wake of the abduction of school children. Briefing newsmen in Government House Gusau, on Friday, Governor Bello Matawalle explained that the schools must remain shut down until the security situation has...

As the Nigerian government is battling to secure the release of 27, students, 3 teachers and 12 members of their families kidnapped last week in the Government Science College in Kagara, Niger state another set of 317 female students were in the early hours of Friday abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Talata local government area of Zamfara state. Zamfara State Police Commissioner, Abutu Yaro who confirmed the development said armed men had invaded...

Some suspected bandits have abducted over 300 schoolgirls at Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A staff of the school who begged for anonymity said the bandits came to the school at about 1am on Friday with Hilux vehicles and motorcycles and forcefully evacuated the students. He narrated that some of the bandits put on uniforms and pretended to be security personnel, they later broke into the...