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Newspaper Headlines: Bandits release 28 Baptist students after collecting N50m ransom

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
July 26, 2021 7:51 am
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The release of 28 students of Baptist school, Kaduna, by bandits after collecting N50 million ransom, while holding back 87 students, dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch reports that bandits released 28 abducted students of Baptist school, Kaduna after collecting N50 million ransom, while holding 87 students. The newspaper says the All Progressives Congress (APC) won all the chairmanship seats in Ogun state.
Daily Independent says states will face more economic woes in the remaining days of the year as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is set to deduct the loan facility given to them. The newspaper reports that the federal government has extended the NIN-SIM linkage to October 31.

The Nigerian Tribune says the senate has mandated the accountant-general of the federation to ensure the refund of N76 billion given to some federal agencies without the national assembly’s approval. The newspaper’s cover picture shows freed Baptist students reuniting with their parents.
Daily Times reports the ordeal of a parent of one of the freed Baptist school students while his daughter was in captivity. The newspaper says members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have vowed to flood Abuja for the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, their leader.

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