Aliyu Abba, 12. PC: Adama Abubakar By: Adama Abubakar It was a breezy Sunday morning in Kano when I left for Borno, Nigeria. I was very excited because I had been wanting to visit Maiduguri for a long time. But the smile on my face and the amount of happiness I felt were cut short when I engaged in a strange interaction with the boys I came across, who appeared to be unlike many I had met in my life.  The boys sitting next to me had a mix of innocence and curiosity in their eyes, and I was curious to know who they were, so I asked if they were with their parents or guardians, given their ages, which could be between 7 and 11 years old, and they answered 'NO', letting me know that they are all by themselves. I could not speak, so I remained silent and began to ponder.  I remembered that earlier, as our bus was about to leave the park, an elderly man, probably in his 50s, approached our bus and gave some advice to the young children; from the advice given to them, I learned that...

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Hadiza Ibrahim Ngulde In a distressing development, eight students from the University of Maiduguri, were reportedly abducted while en route to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FCMDS) Annual Convention in Enugu State.  The group, which includes four members of the University of Maiduguri Medical Students Association (UMMESA), departed from the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) on Wednesday morning, August 14, 2024. According to the press release signed by  General Secretary UMMESA, Abass Omotiti, the University of maiduguri  students passed the night University of Jos where they met 10 other students, making the total of 18 to attend the Conference in Enugu State. However, their journey was cut short when they were allegedly abducted while traveling along the Otukpo (Benue) - Enugu road on August 15, 2024. All efforts to reach them proved futile, after the last communication recorded from the students occurred at 3:24 pm, same day. Th...