More than 250 children, 12 teachers now missing for two weeks St Mary's school attack one of Nigeria's worst mass abductions Parents criticise authorities for slow response, little progress MAIDUGURI, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man alleged to be the founder and leader of a Haitian gang was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison for orchestrating the kidnapping of 17 people, including five children, who ...

(Abuja) – Nigerian authorities should act urgently to secure the safe release of students and teachers recently kidnapped in the country’s northwest and take concrete steps to protect schools and ...

Two dozen schoolgirls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria’s northwestern Kebbi state last week have been freed, according to officials, as the country grapples with a wave of mass ...

Fifty of the 303 students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school on Friday have escaped and are now reunited with their families, officials said Sunday, as schools across Niger remain closed ...

253 children and 12 staff are still held by kidnappers, church association says Pope appeals for their immediate release Recent kidnappings prompt school closures in northern Nigeria President Tinubu ...

More than 300 children and a dozen teachers were taken from St. Mary’s School in north-central Nigeria, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Saturday. Armed men reportedly stormed the ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary's School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria's Niger state, the ...

Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped several students and staff from a Catholic school early Friday, marking the latest attack on a Christian institution. Nigerian news outlet Arise TV said 52 children were ...

The incident occurred before dawn, around 2 a.m. local time, officials said. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria and LONDON -- An unknown number of students and staff were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in an attack ...

Armed bandits kidnapped more than 300 students at a private Catholic school in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State, authorities say, the latest in a spate of mass abductions and attacks that have ...

A woman who was kidnapped, drugged and being trafficked stabbed her captor and fled on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Wednesday, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed by police. Police ...