{"id":316154,"date":"2024-03-26T06:27:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T05:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=316154"},"modified":"2024-03-26T06:27:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T05:27:40","slug":"fg-speaks-on-paying-ransom-to-secure-release-of-kuriga-schoolchildren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/03\/26\/fg-speaks-on-paying-ransom-to-secure-release-of-kuriga-schoolchildren\/","title":{"rendered":"FG speaks on paying ransom to secure release of Kuriga schoolchildren"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The Minister further stated that President Tinubu has urged security agencies to ramp up efforts to address the menace of kidnapping across the country<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Federal Government has disclosed that no ransom was paid to secure the freedom of the kidnapped schoolchildren from Kuriga village in Kaduna State early this month<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the disclosure while addressing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Idris said: \u201cAs promised by Mr. President, they have been rescued. 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