Gunmen kill more than 50 in Nigeria’s north-west, residents say
Kebbi, Nigeria Reuters Dozens of gunmen on motorbikes ransacked a village and killed more than 50 people in the latest violence in northwest Nigeria, residents said on Sunday. Gangs have been terrorising areas of the north-west in recent years, forcing thousands to flee and gaining global notoriety through mass kidnappings at schools for ransom. Local […]
Policeman killed, more than 80 students abducted in attack on Nigerian school
Bauchi/Kaduna, Nigeria Reuters Gunmen killed a police officer and kidnapped at least 80 students and five teachers from a school in the Nigerian state of Kebbi, police, residents and a teacher said. The attack is the third mass kidnapping in three weeks in north-west Nigeria, which have authorities have attributed to armed bandits seeking ransom […]