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The abduction of the 287 children in Kaduna state, near the West African nation's capital, is one of the largest school kidnappings in the decade since the kidnapping of schoolgirls in Borno state ...
At least 137 school children who were kidnapped by armed gunmen in Nigeria earlier this month have now been released, the governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state Uba Sani confirmed in a TV interview ...
Gunmen who kidnapped at least 287 school children in Nigeria last Thursday have demanded a ransom of 1 billion naira ($621,848) and threatened to kill all of the students if their demands are not ...
Over 90 as of 30 June 2023 [1] On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 mostly Christian female students aged from 16 to 18 were kidnapped by the Islamic terrorist group called Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary School at the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. [2] [3] [4] Prior to the raid, the school had been closed for four ...
Females in Nigeria have a basic human right to be educated, and this right has been recognized since the year 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) According to a report in 2014, female education has an important impact on the development of a stable, prosperous and healthy nation state resulting in active, productive and empowered citizens.
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. Muhammadu Sanusi II, CON ( Ajami: محمد السنوسي, Muhammadu Sanusi na biyu ( Listen ⓘ); born 31 July 1961), [1] known by the religious title Khalifa Sanusi II ( Ajami: خليفة السنوسي), is the spiritual leader ( khalifa) of the Tijanniyah Sufi order in Nigeria and the emir ( Sarki) of the ancient city ...
At least 10.5 million children are out of school in Nigeria, the highest number in the world, according to the U.N. children's agency UNICEF. That is due to insecurity, including abductions and a ...
In the evening of 11 December 2020, over 300 pupils [1] [2] [3] were kidnapped from a boys' secondary boarding school on the outskirts of Kankara, Katsina State, northern Nigeria. [4] A gang of gunmen on motorcycles attacked the Government Science Secondary School, where more than 800 pupils reside. [4] [5] On 12 December, the armed forces said ...