Hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped last friday in Northern Nigeria have been released. The governor says that 340 for children are on their way back where they were being held by suspected book to her room militants. All of them on their way from the forest area and by tomorrow will have exam and will be on the way to connect them with their families. The bbcs nigeria correspondent mayenijones is in kano in katsina. She says the news comes as a huge relief to the parents. Its been a very eventful, very emotional day for the families of these boys. Just a few hours ago, we had a video purportedly from boko haram showing these children in a forest. They looked disheveled, it was a very distressing video. Just a few hours later, Katsina State government says theyve managed to secure their release and theyll soon be reunited with their families. Obviously this is coming after six very long days since they were taken from their boarding school in the town of kankara in Katsina State. Its stil
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has revealed that his statements on Kankara abduction and Zabarmari massacre were his worst experiences as Buhari’s spokesperson. Shehu, who previously served as spokesman of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, disclosed this in an interview with British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Information Nigeria reports […]