Nigerian govt denies ransom payment for Niger pupils as ADC demands probe

Ripplesnigeria | 25-02-2026 06:59pm |

The Federal Government has rejected claims that it paid a ransom or released militant commanders to secure the freedom of schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Boarding School, Papiri, Niger State. In a statement on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, described the allegations as “completely false and baseless,” insisting that the

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