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At least 30 killed in Nigeria Attack

Sky News — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:34:16 +0000

At least 30 people have been killed, and several others have been abducted in a village attack in Nigeria. A group of armed men opened fire at a local market in the state of Nigeria, burning stalls and kidnapping people, including children. Witnesses believe the violence was part of a series of raids which began last week in nearby villages. Security forces are working to rescue those kidnapped.

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Final group of freed Nigerian schoolchildren to reunite with their families in time for Christmas.

TRT Afrika — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:23:53 +0000

Last group of freed Nigerian schoolchildren are due to be taken to Minna later on Monday to meet their relatives in time for Christmas celebrations, President Bola Tinubu’s spokesperson said.

A final group of 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren freed by the government on Sunday are expected to be reunited with their families in the central Niger state on Monday, ending a month-long ordeal that drew global concern.

The children were among more than 300 pupils and 12 staff seized from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, a hamlet a seven-hour drive from Minna, the Niger capital, on 21 November. This incident marks one of the country’s worst school kidnappings in recent years.

They are due to be taken to Minna later on Monday to meet their relatives in time for Christmas celebrations, President Bola Tinubu’s spokesperson said.

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Source: https://www.trtafrika.com/article/e523c99a4573?fbclid=IwY2xjawO2fgZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEexpIQy_YWUR2Sxk6jD6_BEafi1ffCcCX5Zcs9FY7Q8oTgQejzQDBi_FXWWSc_aem_EXqeAdo6YaS0NfVnsUgC3A

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Feedback 100 Nigerian students rescued, more still with kidnappers

Abraham Achirga and Ahmed Kingimi | Reuters — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 21:16:53 +0000

MINNA/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s government on Monday rescued 100 schoolchildren abducted last month from a Catholic school in Niger state, in one of the country’s biggest mass kidnappings in recent years.

The students arrived at the government house in Niger’s capital Minna and were handed over to the state governor.

President Bola Tinubu welcomed the rescue.

“My directive to our security forces remains that all the students and other abducted Nigerians across the country must be rescued and brought back home safely. We must account for all the victims,” he said.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerian-government-rescues-100-schoolchildren-kidnapped-catholic-school-2025-12-08/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOkHDNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe-qaAAUZyUH6f1JgopVijQjdqJsnNQN17c4xgJE34L-gTPAWc-3Yjip-ypOw_aem_foi0icbaw0_ojwDAJwfWdA

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Fifty kidnapped Catholic school students escape captors in Nigeria, more than 250 still being held

Reuters/AFP — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:34:31 +0000

Fifty of the more than 300 students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school on Friday have escaped and been reunited with their parents, according to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Catholic church.

But about 253 kidnapped students as well as 12 staff members and teachers are still being held captive, CAN chairman Bulus Yohanna, a Catholic bishop and proprietor of the school, said on Sunday.

In a statement, Mr Yohanna said the pupils escaped between Friday and Saturday.

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Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-24/nigerian-students-escape-kidnappers-st-marys-school/106043750?fbclid=IwY2xjawORZ-RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe27s7D86EeV3xFIPgsqJGSR-37mAk6b7vmXQZDwq6g24l5i2VxWEnJ3YIwC4_aem_cnkwUrm-QiykqBjUvxx7xA

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Gunmen who kidnapped 287 school children in Nigeria say they will kill them all if $622,000 ransom not paid

Nimi Princewill | CNN — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 21:44:17 +0000

Abuja, NigeriaCNN — Gunmen who kidnapped at least 287 school children in Nigerialast Thursday have demanded a ransom of 1 billion naira ($621,848) and threatened to kill all of the students if their demands are not met, a member of the local community told CNN on Wednesday.

“They called me from a hidden number yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon at around 16 minutes past 12, and demanded 1 billion naira ($621,848) as a ransom for the students. They said [the ultimatum] will only last for three weeks or 20 days from the date they kidnapped the children and if there’s no action from the government, they will kill all of them,” said Aminu Jibril, a resident of Kuriga village, in Kaduna state, where the school is located.

The children were kidnapped on March 7.

Jibril also told CNN that the perpetrators said the kidnapping was “a way of getting back at the government and security agencies for killing their gang members.”

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Source: https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/africa/gunmen-demand-ransom-287-children-nigeria-intl/index.html

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2 kidnapped Americans found dead in Mexico, 2 survivors have returned to the US; victims identified: Live updates

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 03:11:15 +0000

The two surviving Americans in a group of four violently abducted last week in Mexico returned to U.S. soil Tuesday, one of them with a leg wound not considered life-threatening.

Mexican authorities said the two other members of the group traveling for cosmetic surgery were killed Friday after getting caught in the crossfire of rival cartel groups in the border city of Matamoros in Tamaulipas state, just south of Brownsville, Texas.

Tamaulipas Gov. Americo Villarreal said the Americans, traveling in a white minivan, had crossed the border only 2 1/2 hours before the shooting occurred. A 33-year-old woman not linked to the group was killed by a stray bullet, he said.

Attorney General Irving Barrios said no ransom was demanded and all signs point to the U.S. travelers being the victims of mistaken identity. They were kidnapped after the attack and located Tuesday around 8 a.m. in a house outside Matamoros, Barrios said. A suspect who was standing guard over them has been arrested.

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Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/07/americans-kidnapped-mexico-matamoros/11417342002/

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