Parents shed tears of joy as hundreds of Nigerian schoolboys who were abducted by Boko Haram were freed from their Islamist captors. Freed after being kidnapped in an attack on their school, the boys were welcomed by the governor of Katsina state and Nigeria’s president on Friday. Emotional reunions with their parents began late in … Read more
More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwestern Nigeria have been freed, authorities have confirmed. Boko Haram militants kidnapped hundreds of children from the all-boys Government Science Secondary School in northwestern Katsina state last Friday. Around 800 students had been present at the school when it was attacked by armed men on … Read more
Faced with a barrage of questions about the dubious graphs they wheeled out during Saturday night’s Halloween Horror press conference, Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris Whitty spent much of yesterday’s Commons select committee hearing shifting in their seats. But there was one question in particular that got Sir Gloom and Professor Doom extremely hot … Read more
Fears grow for two schoolboys, aged 14 and 15, who ‘went missing together’ nearly one week ago Cameron Gianni, 15, and Daniel Jones, aged 14, were last seen on September 8 The boys – from Didcot and Benson respectively – are believed to be together Daniel is described as white, around 5foot 8inches tall with short blond … Read more