By NAN 09 May 2023 | 1:30 pm Three of the seven remaining kidnapped students of Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi State, have regained freedom from their captors, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Those released are Aliya Abubakar, Esther Sunday and Elizabeth Ogechi-Kwafor. NAN recalled that on April 22, fou of the remaining 11 students of the schools regained freedom… [FILES] Kidnapping. PHOTO: Sammisreachers/Pixabay Three of the seven remaining kidnapped students of Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi State, have regained freedom from their captors, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Those released are Aliya Abubakar, Esther Sunday and Elizabeth Ogechi-Kwafor. NAN recalled that on April 22, fou of the remaining 11 students of the schools regained freedom from their abductors. Alhaji Salim Ka’oje, the Chairman of the Committee on the abducted FGC, Birnin Yauri students, disclosed this to newsmen via phone conversation in Birnin Kebbi on Monday. “The three girls were released to us on Sunday evening by their abductors but they arrived in Kebbi on Monday afternoon. “Yes they released three of the school girls to us on Sunday evening. They are already with the State Government. “The remaining four girls out of the seven are still in the hands of the bandits,” he said. NAN also reports that 96 students of the FGC, Birnin Yauri were initially abducted by bandits when the school was attacked on June 17, 2021, almost two years now. NOW Former President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for directing the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to train 100 Bayelsa youths and also for making economic self-reliance a priority of his government, even as he said that Nigeria’s underdevelopment is tied to the absence of science and technology culture. 32 mins ago The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) said 1,730 Nigerians have returned from Sudan, with the latest flight from Port Sudan with 146 evacuees aboard Tarco Airline. 41 mins ago The Federal Government (FG) has approved Transcorp Power as the preferred bidder for the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this during the commissioning of the Afam 3 Fast Power 240-megawatt turbine in Rivers State on Tuesday. Osinbajo stated that the approval was given by the National Council on Privatisation (NCP)… 49 mins ago Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Senator Ben Murray-Bruce have commiserated with Senator Ken Nnamani over the death of his wife, Jane Amaechi Nnamani. “It is with sorrow and a deep sense of loss that I received the news of the death of Mrs Jane Nnamani, who died recently after a minor surgery,” Atiku tweeted. “No… 50 mins ago Fifty-three-year-old Dahiru Buba, who trekked from Gombe to Abuja for 15 days to celebrate President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the 2015 poll, says he has no regret for his action.
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