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. Source: […]
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. Source: Policy Radar
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. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGIt was scorching hot on Saturday afternoon in Lokoja, Kogi, when Godwin (not real name) visited one of the hospitals in the state capital to report that he was having The post INSIDE STORY: How Kogi is turning a blind eye to patients with COVID-19 symptoms appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGWhen Gina (not real name) left Adagom refugee camp in Cross River state on August 25, strapped on her mother’s back, the nine-month-old had no inkling she was not going The post Cameroonian refugee in Cross River sells 9-month-old baby for N70k — and blames hunger appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is facing “severe funding gap” regarding the plight of Cameroonian refugees in Cross River state. The organisation said this while The post We are facing severe funding gap, says UNHCR on plight of Cameroonian refugees appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGFlorence Ishaka arrived Nigeria with four children after she managed to escape the violence in Southern Cameroon. She has been in Nigeria since May. Alongside her children, she settled at The post ‘It’s preferable to die back home’ — Cameroonian refugees lament hardship in Nigeria appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGAt a corner of the federal capital territory (FCT) is an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp housing more than 1,500 persons. The victims were forced to flee their homes in The post VIDEO: Inside IDP camp where 130 children are locked out of classrooms appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGEight months after she lost her daughter to oil spill, Annkio Kie (not real name) is still struggling to fight off pain and sorrow. Mary was sick for three years, The post Inside Ogoni village where oil spill wipes off ’10 persons every week’ appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
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