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THE Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, Osun state chapter has appealed to the federal and state governments to deploy more security personnel, including operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, the police, and the Department of State Services, DSS, to schools in remote areas and border communities to prevent attacks and kidnappings by bandits. The Osun state NUT made the call during their emergency meeting with the state government over rising security threats facing schools across the nationwide. Also, the development follows renewed demands by the NUT in the state for improved security in schools located in remote and border communities adjoining neighbouring states. According to the chairman of the NUT in Osun State, Babalola Babatunde, said the deployment of additional security personnel to schools in remote areas had become imperative to prevent attacks and kidnappings by bandits. Babatunde said: “Schools located near forests and border communities are ofte...

*Schools shut as teachers, CSOs protest  nationwide, demand urgent govt action *Says terrorists using students as shield *Muslim congress demands immediate rescue of victims *Borno residents slam FG’s silence over 42 abducted students ACADEMIC activities were brought to a standstill across public schools nationwide, as teachers complied with a directive from the National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, to embark on a peaceful protest over the abduction of teachers and students in Oriire Local Government Area, Oyo State. This came on a day residents of Borno State also expressed concern over silence  of the Federal Government on the abduction of 42 primary and junior secondary school students at Mussa community in Askira Uba Local Government Area of the state. The protest was organised to demand immediate release of 47 teachers and students recently kidnapped from both public and private schools at Ahoro Esiele Community, Oriire council area. In compliance wi...