Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari acknowledged Saturday the increased violence by armed groups in the northeast of the country and vowed to "soon bring some of these culprits to justice." "In the last two years we have witnessed and overcome a good number of tests and challenges" that are
Supporters of the “Coalition of Northern Groups” (CNG) rally to urge authorities to rescue hundreds of abducted schoolboys, in northwestern state of Katsina, Nigeria on December 17, 2020 – Boko Haram recruited three local gangs in northwest Nigeria to kidnap hundreds of schoolboys on its behalf, security and local sources said on December 16, 2020. The attack occurred hundreds of kilometres from Boko Haram’s stronghold in northeast Nigeria, where it launched a brutal insurgency a decade ago. (Photo by Kola SULAIMON / AFP)The All Progressives Congress (APC) has tendered apologies to parents and guardians of the 344 students that were recently abducted by gunmen at the Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) in Kankara, Katsina State.
One of the students, who escaped, said 520 of them were counted in the bush.
Governor Masari, while speaking to journalists at the Government House in Katsina, said no ransom was paid to secure the release of the students.
“All the students are in good condition of health,” he said.
Supporters of the “Coalition of Northern Groups” (CNG) rally to urge authorities to rescue hundreds of abducted schoolboys, in Katsina on Thursday
He said the students were fatigued from trekking and days spent in captivity, adding that they were on their way to Katsina for medical check-up and data capturing.
Daily Trust was told that while in the bush, the students were kept in clusters in three different locations by three different groups with different motives.
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24 Hours in pictures, 17 December 2020 News in pictures. 1/11 A patient rolls up his sleeve to receive an injection of their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in their car at a drive-in vaccination centre in Hyde, Greater Manchester, northwest England on December 17, 2020. – Covid vaccination at the drive in vaccine hub in Hyde started on December 16 with over-80s registered with a GP in the area being the first to be invited. The British government were set on December 17 to announce their decisions following a planned review of the coronavirus tier restriction allocations for the whole of England amid surging infection rates in London and parts of the southeast which have already resulted in the captial being moved into the highest tier. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)