For 11 hours, armed bandits moved freely towards Kagara community in Rafi local government area of Niger state before invading Government Science College (GSC), where they abducted 42 people — The post INSIDE STORY: How police ignored alert on bandits’ presence — a day before Kagara school attack appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGAbubakar Bello, governor of Niger state, says the Kagara students have not been released but the state is doing its best to ensure the students are released within “the next The post Niger governor: Kagara students have not been released appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGTheCable has obtained exclusive pictures of a student and other children that were abducted from the staff quarters of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger state. During a visit to the The post EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Children abducted from GSC Kagara — and what they left behind appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGOn a regular Thursday, Government Science College, Kagara, will be buzzing with activities — but today, silence reigns supreme. The school, located in Rafi local government area of Niger state, The post MORNING AFTER: Survivors, parents recount horrors of Kagara abductions appeared first on TheCable.
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CONTINUE READINGTo ascertain Nigeria’s response to Yellow fever and Lassa fever amid the coronavirus pandemic, JAMES OJO went undercover to Enugu and Ondo — two of the country’s worst-hit states. In The post INVESTIGATION: How extortion, inadequate PPEs sabotage Nigeria’s fight against Yellow fever, Lassa fever amid COVID-19 appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGBY TITILOPE FADARE Sana’ada Ilimi Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, has given a N250,000 grant to five female internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Abuja and Borno state. The grant follows TheCable’s The post Female IDPs get N250,000 grant after story on their recovery effort appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGBY TITLOPE FADARE When Liyatu Ayuba arrived at Durumi settlement in Abuja, after fleeing a Boko Haram attack in Gwoza, Borno state, in 2013, she was distraught and filled with The post SPECIAL REPORT: How female IDPs are getting back their livelihoods appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGWhen Happiness aced her Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in 2018, she was set for the next challenge: taking the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination to study nursing, The post INVESTIGATION: Nurses turned cleaners — and other sour tales from hospitals raising quacks in Akwa Ibom appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGOn December 16, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the immediate reopening of four land borders, namely: Seme in Lagos, Illela in Sokoto, Maigatari in Jigawa and Mfun in Cross River. But The post ‘Our customers have deserted us for trade-friendly nations’ — traders speak on 16-month border closure appeared first on TheCable.
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