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Nigeria: Chaos As Zamfara Schoolgirls Reunion Turns Bloody
This Day, 4 March 2021
One person was feared dead and others reportedly injured yesterday when a mob invaded the venue of the reunion of the 279 students of Government Secondary School in Jangebe,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Zamfara Govt Imposes Curfew in Jangebe After Violent Protest
Premium Times, 4 March 2021
The government says it imposed the curfew to restore law and order Read more »
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Nigeria: Traumatized Abducted Schoolchildren Need Urgent Rehabilitation - Experts
UN News, 3 March 2021
In Nigeria, too little is being done to help teenagers left traumatized by the recent spate of attacks on schools and mass abductions, UN-appointed independent rights experts said… Read more »
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Nigeria: Unicef to Provide Psychosocial Support to Released Jangebe Schoolgirls
Vanguard, 2 March 2021
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) says it will provide psychosocial support to the released Jangebe schoolgirls and their families. Read more »
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Nigeria: Zamfara Governor Offers to Resign Over Rising Insecurity
Daily Trust, 3 March 2021
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has offered to resign if taking such step will bring a lasting solution to the high level of insecurity in his state. Read more »
Chaos As Nigeria's Zamfara Schoolgirls' Reunion Turns Bloody
The emotional return ceremony of 279 Jangebe schoolgirls released by kidnappers, was marred by violence from a mob that invaded the ceremony, frustrated at the length of time the event had taken, throwing stones at government officials. Security forces reportedly shot at the crowd, killing one person. Despite the chaos, the girls and parents were happy for their release. UN experts have called for the traumatised learners to receive urgent rehabilitation and specialised help to recover from their ordeal. The taking of the Zamfara girls was the third such incident since December 2020, where criminal gangs demanded ransom. In all three cases, the learners were freed.
InFocus
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President Muhammadu Buhari has imposed a no-fly zone - an area over which certain aircraft are not permitted to fly - in Zamfara State, in a bid to end the banditry that has ... Read more »
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The growing rate of attacks targeted at schools and the number of kidnapping cases in schools has become a source of concern to many stakeholders in the Nigerian education ... Read more »
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The schoolgirls kidnapped from the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe have been freed, local newspaper the Premium Times is reporting. The publication says 279 girls of an ... Read more »
The 317 schoolgirls that were kidnapped from the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State
