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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has dispatched two helicopters and operatives for the rescue of about 317 abducted schoolgirls in Jangebe, Zamfara State.
The IG also disclosed that the military, police and the Department of State Services operatives have commenced a coordinated search towards the rescue of the schoolgirls.
Suspected bandits in Hilux vehicles and a number of motorcycles had, on Friday, kidnapped over 300 students of Government Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talatar Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara.
A statement by the force spokesman, Frank Mba, titled, ‘Police commence coordinated search and rescue operation for abducted Zamfara schoolgirls,’ said the deployment was in addition to the personnel of Operation Puff Adder II earlier drafted to Zamfara State to support efforts by the command to combat banditry, kidnappings and ot
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The National Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria Youth Wing (YOWICAN), Belosochukwu Enwere, has urged Nigerian youths to reunite Nigeria during the Valentine’s Day celebration
Enwere said: “Valentine should teach us peace unity and oneness. This is a time to show the entire nation that we are one. We must eschew ethic segregation and bitterness and embrace one another.”
He said St. Valentine’s Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus.
“A popular hagiographical account of Saint Valentine of Rome states that he was imprisoned and tortured for performing marriage ceremonies against command of Emperor Claudius the second. There are legends surrounding Valentine’s actions while in prison.”
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The National Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (Youth Wing), Belusochukwu Enwere, on Saturday, called on Nigerian youths to reunite the country during the Valentine’s Day celebration, rather than indulge in immorality and vices.
Enwere, in a statement in honour of Saint Valentine, said the celebration should not be turned to a money-making venture with those in the entertainment and sundry businesses laughing all the way to the bank.
He also advised youths to observe the COVID-19 protocols in line with the directive of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.