Kidnapped Nigerian students freed after ransom paid – school, parent
Kaduna, NigeriaReuters Six students and two officials who were kidnapped last month from a school in Nigeria’s Kaduna state were released after relatives paid ransom money, a school official and parent said on Friday. Kidnappings by armed men, commonly referred to in Nigeria as “bandits”, have become endemic in northern Nigeria, disrupting the education of […]
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 […]