Nigeria defence chief says bad intel hinders fight on kidnappings
Lagos, Nigeria Reuters Nigeria’s Defence Chief General Chris Musa said on Monday the military was being fed bad intelligence by informants, hampering the fight against armed kidnapping gangs who continue to abduct students and residents in the north of the country. The military announced on Sunday that it had rescued 137 students abducted by gunmen […]
Nigeria: Kidnaps break up families, keep children out of school
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Nigerian army hunts for kidnapped students, parents seek answers
Kaduna, Nigeria Reuters Nigerian soldiers were on Monday hunting for armed kidnappers who seized nearly 300 school pupils in Kaduna state last week, a security source said, as distraught parents sought answers on when they would be reunited with their children. The source said the army’s Kaduna-based One Division was leading the operation and “will […]
Second Nigerian “Chibok girl” freed in a week seven years after abduction
Maidugri, NigeriaReuters A second young woman abducted seven years ago from the town of Chibok by Boko Haram militants was freed this week, Borno state’s governor said on Saturday. The kidnappings of some 270 teenagers in the northeastern town in 2014 sparked an international outcry and a viral campaign on social media with the hashtag […]
“I was crying”: Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirl phones home after seven years
Abuja, NigeriaThomson Reuters Foundation Nearly seven years since Islamist militants kidnapped two of his daughters from their school in north-eastern Nigeria, a hurried phone call let Ali Maiyanga know that his family’s ordeal might soon be over. The call on Thursday evening was from Maiyanga’s daughter Halima, who – along with her sister Maryam – […]
Freed Nigerian schoolboys return home, tell of beatings and hunger
Katsina, NigeriaReuters Scores of schoolboys who were rescued from kidnappers in north-west Nigeria arrived back home on Friday, many of them barefoot and wrapped in blankets after their week-long ordeal. The boys, dressed in dusty clothes, looked dazed and weary but otherwise well as they got off buses in the city of Katsina. Rescued Nigerian […]
Six years after girls kidnapped in Chibok, Nigeria, attacks persist in area
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News Nearly six years after Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from a high school in northeastern Nigeria, the Chibok area in Borno state is under threat of “annihilation” from the rebel group and the Islamic State in West Africa Province, area leaders said. While 112 of the kidnapped girls remain in captivity, Boko […]
Quick facts – 10 facts about Nigeria’s Chibok schoolgirls
Thomson Reuters Foundation When 276 schoolgirls were abducted from a school in Chibok in northeastern Nigeria five years ago by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, the world was outraged and their kidnapping dominated international headlines. Almost 60 girls managed to escape in the melee following their abduction while others have been released in the […]
Tears flow as escaped Chibok captive brings news – good and bad
Thomson Reuters Foundation It was hearing about her sore eyes that convinced Lawal Zannah his daughter Aisha was still alive, the first sliver of good news to emerge after months of nervy silence enveloped Nigeria’s kidnapped Chibok girls. Word of 21-year-old Aisha’s persistent eye problem came via a newly released captive, Jumai, who had shared […]
Alarm for Chibok girls as Nigeria targets Boko Haram hideout
Thomson Reuters Foundation Nigeria must avoid harming the Chibok girls in its reported bombardment of a forest hideout used by the Boko Haram militants who seized them, parents and activists said on Thursday. More than 200 schoolgirls were abducted from Chibok in 2014, and 106 have been found or freed. One more girl was found […]