Index to Nigerian Newspapers

The Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria has decried the spate of bullying, abduction, assault and murder of school children in different parts of the country. On June 19, 2021, a 14-year-old pupil of Premiere Academy, Abuja, Karen-Happuch Akpagher, was allegedly raped in her school and a condom was left in her private part. On January 21, a senior pupil of Elkanemi College of Islamic Theology, Maiduguri, slit the throat of Jubril Mato, while in Kano, Hanifa Abubakar was allegedly kidnapped and killed by the principal of her school. Schoolchildren have also become targets of terrorists and kidnappers.