Authorities in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state have scaled back a curfew imposed on a town where hundreds of schoolgirls were abducted last month, residents said Tuesday.
The father of one of the abducted Jangebe school girls, who himself had been in captivity, regained his freedom on Monday night with tales of sadness and joy, the News Agency of
A 24-hour curfew has been imposed in a northwestern Nigerian town and its market shut after violence marred the reunion of nearly 300 abducted schoolgirls with their parents, local residents said Thursday.
All the 279 Nigerian schoolgirls released by kidnappers this week will reunite with their parents later on Wednesday, a senior state education official told AFP.
Hunainatu Abubakar, one of the abductees from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara, said the abductors asked the captives to pray for them to be good citizens.
One of the victims of last Friday’s Zamfara Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, abduction, Hafsat Anka, said the captives threatened to kill, fry and eat them if they misbehaved. Hafsat, while narrating
[dailymotion code=”k6h1COft4TTbqcwHdh9″ autoplay=”yes”] Over two hundred girls kidnapped from their school in Jangebe, Zamfara State, last week have been freed by their abductors. Zamfara State governor Bello Matawalle said 279 schoolgirls were
Governor Abdullah Umar Ganduje has directed immediate closure of 10 boarding schools in the state as armed criminal gangs continue targeting boarding schools in the North. Ganduje’s directive came less than 24
The Zamfara Government has confirmed the abduction of female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata-Mafara Local Government area of the state. The confirmation was made by the Commissioner of
The Zamfara Government has confirmed the abduction of female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata-Mafara Local Government area of the state. The confirmation was made by the Commissioner of
[dailymotion code=”k17aJSUIHePRR6wGEUk” autoplay=”yes”] About 300 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara, were feared kidnapped on Thursday night, BBC Hausa reported, more than a week after 42 students and staff were