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Nigerian lawyer helping Boko Haram victims earns United Nations' highest honor

Nigerian lawyer, Zannah Mustapha helping to educate and feed hundreds of displaced Boko Haram orphans has just earned himself the United Nations' highest honor.



Mustapha becomes the first Nigerian recipient of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR], an annual award that honors exceptional service to the plight of displaced people.



Through his school, Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School, he provides free education, uniforms, meals and healthcare for the children. He has also provided portions of his farmland to some of the people displaced by insurgency in the region.



He will be presented his award at the official ceremony in Geneva on October 2, 2017.

The six abducted pupils of the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, Epe, which we earlier reported about were released in Ajakpa Community in Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

According to a senior police officer, the children had been moved to the Ondo State Police Command headquarters in Akure.

According to the source, the abducted kids would be taken to the Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu at the Ondo State Government House Akure, the state capital by the security operatives.

One of the parents of the children when contacted on the telephone said, “I am the happiest person on earth right now.”