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Nigeria: How Insecurity, Poor Facilities Are Forcing Children Out of School

[Daily Trust] Across the country, the number of out-of-school children is increasing, majorly due to insecurity, poor facilities, poverty and other factors. Daily Trust visited schools in some states and now reports.

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Nigeria: Parents of Abducted Kaduna College Students Deny Paying N17m Ransom

[Daily Trust] Parents of the abducted students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in Kaduna State have denied paying N17million ransom for the release of the students.

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[Leadership] The Kaduna State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said it received with great shock, the sad news of plane crash on Friday near Kaduna International Airport, which claimed the lives of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Attairu Ibrahim, and other officers on board.

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Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said public schools will continue using the blended approach to teaching students when they reopen in January. The article Blended approach to teaching will continue when classes resume in January - Manickchand appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Nigeria: 20 Feared Dead As Bandits Kidnap Kingmaker, Wives in Niger State

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Nigeria: Vigilantes Chase Kidnappers Out of Kogi Community

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