The Kaduna State Government said it spends N4 billion annually to feed schoolchildren in the state. Governor Uba Sani’s Special Assistant on School Feeding, Dr. Fauziya Buhari-Ado, who said this, explained it was to curb the growing number of out-of-school children in the state. In a press statement on Sunday, Buhari-Ado said, “No fewer than 25,000 students in 51 boarding …

Presidential candidates of the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party in last year’s election, Mr. Peter Obi and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, respectively, have expressed their excitement at the rescue of the abducted schoolchildren in Kaduna State. Both of them made their positions known in separate messages posted on their respective X handles on Sunday. About 287 schoolchildren and some …

The Kaduna State Government has announced the release of the 287 schoolchildren kidnapped from Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State. The state governor, Senator Uba Sani, who made the disclosure on Sunday in a statement he released to newsmen, commended President Bola Tinubu, and the Nigerian Army for their roles in ensuring the return of the abducted Kuriga schoolchildren. …

Parents of the abducted schoolchildren at Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State have resorted to prayers for the safe return of their kids. Their resolve followed their inability to meet up with the sum of N1 billion demanded as ransom by the bandits responsible for the children’s abduction. The parents said with …

The bandits who abducted 287 pupils last week at a public school in Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State are asking for N1 billion ransom for the release of the children. The kidnappers made contact on Tuesday through the principal of the school, Abubakar Isah, who was abducted alongside the students on Thursday. The terrorists contacted one …