A schoolgirl who was abducted with 24 others from a dormitory in northwestern Nigeria has escaped and is safe, as hunters joined security forces in the search for the missing students.
Police and military forces have been deployed to search for the missing students. A series of similar attacks has put Nigeria's security in the spotlight.
Nigeria suffered its second mass school abduction this week with authorities confirming an attack on a Catholic school in the conflict-battered northern region of the country on Friday.
Armed men attacked a Catholic school in north central Nigeria, and abducted several schoolchildren and staff, authorities said Friday, days after 25 school-girls were abducted in a neighboring state.
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Police in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State reported that a group of armed bandits invaded a private Catholic school early on Friday, abducting an unknown number of students from their hostels amid widespread outrage over ongoing concerns about violen…
Another day, another anti-Christian attack by jihadists in strife-torn Nigeria. Multiple news agencies reported Friday an unknown number of pupils have been abducted by armed men from a Catholic school in the center of the country.
ABUJA, Nigeria — Gunmen attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted schoolchildren and staff on Friday, the latest in a spate of abductions in Africa's most po
Police and military forces have been deployed to search for the missing students. A series of similar attacks has put Nigeria's security in the spotlight.
303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary’s School in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, updating an earlier tally of 215 children.
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Gunmen attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted more than 200 schoolchildren Friday, the Christian Association of Nigeria said, in the latest in a spate of abductions in Africa's most populous country.
Gunmen abducted 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from St. Mary’s School in Niger state, Nigeria, according to an updated tally issued Saturday by the Christian Association of Nigeria. Friday's attack happened four days after a similar incident in Kebbi state.
A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary's School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria's Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said.
A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Saturday, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren.
Police in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State reported that a group of armed bandits invaded a private Catholic school abducting hundreds of schoolchildren – some as young as eight years old – early on Friday, amid widespread outrage over violence against Christians in the West African nation.
It’s been over a decade since Boko Haram abducted 276 girls from a school in Chibok, Borno, in April 2014. The abduction received international attention, with...
