Nigerian police say it has arrested 20 suspected armed kidnappers in the north-west of the country where abductions for ransom are very frequent. According to the authorities, the abductors arrested belonged to two separate gangs that had mainly operated on major motorways in the region. In a statement Police Spokesperson …
Read More »Nigeria: one million children to miss school due to mass abductions
United Nations of International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has indicated that nearly one million of Nigerian children could miss school this year as the new term begins amid a rise in mass school kidnappings and insecurity. Schools have become targets for mass abductions for ransom in northern Nigeria by armed …
Read More »Five schoolgirls escape from Nigeria kidnappers
Five girls among dozens of students abducted from a secondary school in the northern Nigerian state of Zamfara have escaped from captivity. Gunmen attacked their school in Kaya-Maradun town on Wednesday and seized more than 70 students, most of them girls and a senior member of staff. Parents of the …
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