Month-long ordeal ends but no details released on how they regained their freedom or who was behind abduction A final group of 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren freed by the government on Sunday are expected to be reunited with their families in the central Niger state on Monday, ending a month-long ordeal that drew global concern. … Read more
Presidential spokesperson says all those abducted from a Catholic school in Niger state last month are now free Nigerian authorities say they have secured the release of a further 130 schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic school in November, after 100 were freed earlier this month. “Another 130 abducted Niger state pupils released, none left in … Read more
Survivors of the St. Mary’s Catholic School abduction in Nigeria recall their harrowing ordeal and release.
Military personnel told they can return to Nigeria after actions described as ‘unfriendly act’ Authorities in Burkina Faso have released 11 Nigerian military personnel held after a cargo plane from Lagos made an “unauthorised” emergency landing in its second largest city, Bobo-Dioulasso. The breakaway regional Association of Sahel States (AES) said on Monday that the … Read more
Unauthorised touchdown comes less than 24 hours after Nigerian forces intervened in attempted coup in Benin Eleven Nigerian military personnel are being held in Burkina Faso after a Nigerian plane reportedly entered Burkinabé airspace without authorisation on Monday, the latest twist in a region enmeshed in multiple political and security crises. In a statement on … Read more
Gunmen abducted 315 pupils and staff last month from St Mary’s school in Niger state as part of spate of kidnappings Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school last month, a UN source and local media said on Sunday, though the fate of another 165 … Read more
Africa’s most populous nation was already facing one of the world’s biggest hunger crises. It’s getting much worse.
The president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, said all 24 of the girls kidnapped last week had been rescued All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants after a mass abduction last week from a school in north-western Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president announced on Tuesday. A total of 25 girls were abducted on 17 November … Read more
Christian group revises up number of students and teachers missing after one of country’s largest mass abduction Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said on Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa’s most populous nation. The early Friday raid on … Read more
There are widespread attacks across the country affecting many religious and ethnic groups. Many of them defy a simple explanation.