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Thursday, April 4, 2024
Why mass kidnappings still plague Nigeria a decade after Chibok abductions
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In the decade since the armed group Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 students at an all-girls school in the town of Chibok, abductions have b...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
NYSC member, eight others rescued by Nigeria military
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The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe, says its troops on Monday rescued nine kidnap victims abducted by gunme...
Monday, April 1, 2024
Video - Nigeria ramps up security following spate of kidnappings
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Nigeria's federal government says it's doing everything it can to protect communities amid a recent surge in school kidnappings fo...
Gunmen kidnap 15 children in dawn raid on school in Nigeria
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Gunmen kidnapped at least 15 students from a school in Nigeria 's northwestern Sokoto state in a dawn raid on Saturday. The kidnapping ...
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Court in Nigeria sentences Chinese businessman to death for murdering girlfriend
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A Nigerian court has sentenced a Chinese businessman to death after being found guilty of murdering his girlfriend Ummu Kulthum Sani in 2022...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Kidnapped Edo PDP chairperson freed
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The Chairperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Tony Aziegbemi, abducted on 15 March in Benin, has been freed. The News...
Monday, March 25, 2024
Video - Over 200 abducted schoolchildren and staff freed in Nigeria
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More 200 pupils and staff abducted by gunmen from a school in northern Nigeria were released, just over two weeks after they were kidnappe...
Video - 21 people killed in an attack in Nigeria’s Niger state
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According to local officials, unknown gunmen launched an attack at a busy market in Madaka village, in the Rafi local government area, on ...
Nigerian army rescues kidnapped Kaduna students
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The Nigerian army on Sunday rescued students and staff who were abducted by gunmen from a school in the country's north earlier this mon...
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Video - Village in Nigeria reels from kidnapping of 87 residents
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A spate of recent abductions in Nigeria has left citizens fearful, with the most recent case involving the abduction of at least 87 people...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Video - Nigeria Senate to take action over relentless violence
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Nigeria’s Senate is trying to take the initiative in curbing a relentless wave of armed militia assaults in the north. Recent violence lef...
Nigerian Troops Rescue 16 Abductees in Kaduna
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Nigeria’s military on Tuesday said troops have rescued 16 abductees in northwest Kaduna state after exchanging fire with insurgents who atta...
Baby factories continue to thrive in Nigeria
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Child traffickers often abduct girls and young women, take them to isolated locations and impregnate them. When they give birth, their babie...
Gunmen kidnap more than 100 in latest Nigeria attacks
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Kidnappers have abducted over 100 people in two new attacks in northwest Nigeria weeks after more than 250 school pupils were seized in the ...
Monday, March 18, 2024
Video - Families and victims in Nigeria reeling from impact of kidnappings
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For much of the last decade, Nigeria's northern region has been plagued by abductions and attacks on schools. These kidnappings leave ...
Video - Kaduna state abductions raise Nigeria's insecurity crisis
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Authorities in Nigeria's Kaduna State, are determined to address the increasing number of abductions. Armed groups have been wreaking ...
Thursday, March 14, 2024
President Tinubu rules out ransoms for abducted students as observers urge dialogue
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President Tinubu has ruled out the payment of ransoms for nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in the conflict-hit north a w...
Nigeria Orders Creation of Police Base in Remote Community After Mass Kidnappings
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Police in Nigeria have ordered the creation of a new base for officers and the deployment of special forces in a remote village in northwest...
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