Nigeria kidnappings Stories
The children were among 315 pupils and staff who were kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in late November.
Mohammed Badaru Abubakar's resignation comes as Nigeria scrambles to respond to a wave of mass kidnappings.
President Bola Tinubu directed the army and police to bring in an additional 20,000 officers, adding to the 30,000 he ordered on Sunday when he redepl...
The girls were kidnapped from their dormitory at the Government Girls' Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, a community in the Wasagu/Danko Local G...
The mass abductions came after a warning by US President Donald Trump of military action against Nigeria over the alleged persecution of Christians in...
The move affecting approximately 100,000 officers comes days after more than 300 schoolchildren from St. Mary's Private Catholic School in Papiri, wer...
Kidnappings for ransom have become an increasing threat to schools in Nigeria, particularly in the north-central and northwestern regions.
The data confirms that while the country recorded its last major terror attack in 2019, Al-Shabaab militia is still making attempts to carry out its a...
The report highlights that kidnappings and abductions have become a growing security threat, with men, women, children, and foreign nationals being vi...
A viral video circulating on social media captured the moment when Keter was forcibly removed from his black Landcruiser V8 vehicle by three men.
Gunmen attacked the villages of Gora, Madomawa and Jambuzu and that 38 men and 67 women and children were missing.
Mali has since 2012 been ravaged by different factions affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group as well as local groups.
They are accused of abducting Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan and Mohammed Zaid Sami from India, and Kenyan taxi driver Nicodemus Mwania Mwange.
The kidnapping in Kuriga, Kaduna state on March 7 was one of the biggest such attacks in years and prompted a national outcry over insecurity.
The Kaduna state attack was the second mass kidnapping in a week in Africa's most populous country.
