BREAKING: FG Denies Paying Ransom, Releasing Militants for Niger Schoolchildren

Thenews_chronicle | 25-02-2026 04:58am |

The Federal Government has denied reports that it paid a multimillion dollar ransom and released militant commanders to secure the freedom of pupils abducted from St. Mary’s Boarding School in Niger State. The abduction occurred on November 21 at the Catholic school in Papiri, where nearly 300 pupils and staff were taken, with about 50

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