Birnin-Yauri
9 May
Three of the seven remaining kidnapped students of Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi State, have regained freedom from their captors, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Those released are Aliya Abubakar, Esther Sunday and Elizabeth Ogechi-Kwafor. NAN recalled that on April 22, fou of the remaining 11 students of the schools regained freedom…
10 Jan 2022
Thirty additional students of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri and a teacher abducted by bandits have regained freedom on Saturday.
18 Jun 2021
About 70 students and four teachers of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, have been kidnapped by bandits in Birnin Kebbi.
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Gunmen have abducted an unspecified number of students and staff at Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri in Kebbi State. The police in Kebbi confirmed the attack. The abduction is the latest in a series of school kidnappings that have rocked the country in recent months. Earlier in June, at least 66 people were said to have…
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