More than 300 students are confirmed missing after armed men attacked a Catholic school in northern Nigeria on Friday, the latest in a series of mass abductions in Africa’s most populous nation.
More than 300 students are confirmed missing after armed men attacked a Catholic school in northern Nigeria on Friday, the latest in a series of mass abductions in Africa’s most populous nation.
Students are seen at a Koranic school in Igbo-Ora, on October 12, 2024. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images) Photographer: OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP
Another group of schoolchildren has been kidnapped in northern Nigeria, in the second such incident this week in the West African nation where attacks by militants have displaced thousands of people.
Another group of schoolchildren has been kidnapped in northern Nigeria, in the second such incident this week in the West African nation where attacks by militants have displaced thousands of people.
Mass kidnappings of students has been a recurring peril in Nigeria.
A Nigerian court handed a life sentence to separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, convicting him of terrorism in a ruling that risks reigniting regional tensions and worsening the nation’s already fragile security situation.
A Nigerian court handed a life sentence to separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, convicting him of terrorism in a ruling that risks reigniting regional tensions and worsening the nation’s already fragile security situation.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu postponed a trip abroad to deal with security issues after a spate of attacks, including the abduction of dozens of schoolgirls, the killing of a military general and the kidnapping of churchgoers.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu postponed a trip abroad to deal with security issues after a spate of attacks, including the abduction of dozens of schoolgirls, the killing of a military general and the kidnapping of churchgoers.
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