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INSECURITY: Bandits Kidnap 215 Pupils, 12 Teachers Catholic School
No fewer than 215 pupils and 12 teachers were kidnapped from St. Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, when terrorists invaded the school on Friday.
DAILY POST had reported that the bloodthirsty assailants attacked the school in the early hours of Friday and went away with a large number of students and members of staff.
An official within the Catholic Diocese of Kotangora who was not authorized to speak told DAILY POST anonymously that over 300 students were missing after the attack.
He, however, said some of the pupils were able to make their way back to the school after the attack.
“They invaded the school as early as 2 a.m. Friday morning. The kidnappers were just shooting into the air while they were operating.
“Some of the students escaped, some even jumped over the school fence while they were still attacking. As early as 6 a.m., some of the students who took cover in the bush started coming back. It was a terrible incident,” he said.
Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Niger State, Most Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, told reporters on Friday evening that 215 pupils and 12 teachers are currently in the kidnappers’ den.
“I have just got back to the village this night after I visited the school where I also met with parents of the children to assure them that we are working with the government and security agencies to see that our children are rescued and brought back safely,” Yohanna said.
DAILY POST reports that the latest mass abduction by terrorists has escalated tension across the country.
Many private and public schools have abruptly halted their terminal examinations and shut down over fear of attacks.
DAILY POST also observed that Nigerians have started boycotting important public events to avoid being attacked and kidnapped.
The Federal Ministry of Education on Friday night announced the shutdown of a total of 41 Unity Colleges in the country.
Similarly, the governments of Plateau and Katsina have also ordered the immediate closure of all schools within the states.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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