18 h. ago Nigerian child recalls how he was taken in mass school abduction: ‘They said they’d shoot us’

When gunmen stormed St. Mary Catholic School in Nigeria's Papiri community, the children tried to escape but were told they would be shot if they ran away

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19 h. ago 'They said they'd shoot us': Nigerian child recalls how he was taken in mass school abduction

When gunmen stormed St. Mary Catholic School in Nigeria's Papiri community, the children tried to escape but were told they would be shot if they ran away

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48 h. ago Nigerian children reunite with their parents after being released from abduction

Several parents have welcomed the return of their children who had been abducted last month in Papiri, Nigeria, when gunmen stormed their school

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3 d. ago 100 schoolchildren abducted in Nigeria are released; more still being held

The Christian Association of Nigeria says 100 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school last month have been released

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4 d. ago Nigerian state secures release of 100 out of 265 kidnapped schoolchildren

Gunmen abducted 315 pupils and staff last month from St Mary’s school in Niger state as part of spate of kidnappingsNigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school last month, a UN source and local media said on Sunday, though the fate of another 165 students and staff thought to remain in captivity remained unclear.In November 315 students and staff were kidnapped from St Mary’s co-educational boarding school in north-central Niger state, as the country buckled under a wave of mass abductions reminiscent of the infamous 2014 Boko Haram abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Parents of abducted children plead with the Nigerian government for news of rescue

Hundreds of parents in Nigeria are pleading for the rescue of their children abducted from a Catholic school last week

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2 w. ago Schoolgirls kidnapped from Nigerian boarding school have been released, state governor says

The girls were abducted on November 17 when armed men stormed their school in Kebbi state, northwestern Nigeria

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2 w. ago 24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria have been rescued, president says

Nigeria's president says that all 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last week from a school in Kebbi in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued

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2 w. ago 50 schoolchildren escape captivity in Nigeria, 253 students and 12 teachers still being held

Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped and are now with their families

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2 w. ago Security fears rise in Nigeria after more than 300 schoolchildren kidnapped

Christian group revises up number of students and teachers missing after one of country’s largest mass abductionGunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said on Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa’s most populous nation.The early Friday raid on St Mary’s co-educational school in Niger state in western Nigeria came after gunmen on Monday stormed a secondary school in neighbouring Kebbi state, abducting 25 girls. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack now more than 300. Here’s what you need to know

The Trump administration's deep cuts in foreign aid to Nigeria this year haven't helped the situation

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2 w. ago Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300

Gunmen abducted more than 300 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from St. Mary’s School in north-central Nigeria

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2 w. ago Nigeria reels after 215 children taken in second mass school abduction in a week

Twelve teachers also kidnapped from Catholic school amid threats from Trump to intervene over ‘Christian genocide’Unknown gunmen have abducted 215 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, the second mass abduction in the country in a week.The latest kidnapping, in Papiri community in Niger state, came against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s threat to intervene militarily to end a “Christian genocide”, which the Nigerian government has denied is happening. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gunmen abduct more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in attack on Nigerian Catholic school

Gunmen have attacked a Catholic school in Nigeria, abducting more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers

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2 w. ago Gunmen kidnap more than 200 school children as families terrified

Attackers seized 215 students as well as 12 teachers from St Mary's School in Agwara, Nigeria, in the latest in a spate of abductions in the country

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2 w. ago Violence against Christians takes a terrifying turn as 100 children are kidnapped from Nigerian school by armed gangsters with Trump threatening invasion

Armed gangsters abducted the children from a school in Agwara, in central Nigeria - the second kidnapping incident in less than a week.

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3 w. ago Armed terrorists burst into Catholic school and abduct '52 kids'

An armed gang entered St Mary’s Papiri Private Catholic Secondary School, Papiri, in the state of Niger in Nigeria, and have reportedly kidnapped more than 50 students this morning

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3 w. ago Nigeria school kidnapping: One student escapes as search for 24 others intensifies

Schoolgirls abducted from a boarding school in Nigeria escaped and is now home

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3 w. ago Gunmen abduct 25 girls from a high school in northwestern Nigeria

Police in Nigeria say gunmen have abducted 25 girls from a high school in the country's northwestern Kebbi state

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3 w. ago Terror as mass kidnapping sees 25 school girls snatched and staff member shot by armed gang

One staff member at the school was killed and another was wounded in what was the latest incident of school abductions signalled the dawn of a new era of terror

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