CHIBOK, Nigeria( Reuters)-Ten years ago, Solomon Maina's daughter, Debora, was one of

Photos shared by his office showed a shell-shocked looking young woman, in a pink striped hijab, speaking to the governor with her two small children, flanked by military officers.... Eighty two of the victims were freed in 2017 after mediation, adding to 24 who were released or found.... A few others have escaped or been rescued, but just over 110 remain missing....

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KADUNA, Nigeria( Reuters)-Gunmen in Nigeria have kidnapped at least 87 people, including women and children in Kaduna state, residents and police said on Monday, in a fresh attack after an armed gang seized 286 students and staff from a school in early March. Kidnappings by criminal gangs demanding ransom payments have become an almost daily occurrence in Nigeria, especially in the north, with authorities seemingly powerless to stop them. Kaduna police spokesperson Mansur Hassan confirmed the in

A man carries an injured child following a military airstrike at a camp for displaced people in Rann, Nigeria, Tuesday, Jan.... Boko Haram militants have kidnapped more than 400 women and children from the northern Nigerian town of Damasak that was freed this month by troops from Niger and Chad, residents said Tuesday.... Nigerian, Chadian and Niger forces have driven militants out of a string of towns in simultaneous offensives over the past month....

An estimated 3 million students have stopped attending school. For Nigerian students living in fear of the next mass kidnapping, there is only one defense — to runAbuja is known as an oasis of relative calm.... The military outpost near the University of Abuja didn’t deter Tuesday’s kidnappers.“ The gunshots lasted from after midnight until 2 a.m., ” said Geoffrey Nwaka, a soil science professor who lives close to campus.... Nobody is safe.” At midday, authorities continued to pursue the gunme

Less than an hour later, another group of militants broke into the Bethel Baptist school 45 miles away and abducted 121 boys and girls aged between 9 and 16.... Politicians and celebrities have also been snared.... More than 300 are still missing and the true toll is far higher since so many attacks go unreported....

REUTERS/ Afolabi Sotunde He sent his 3 million naira($ 7, 300) into the bush, together with payments from other families in his town of Tegina.... Around 300 of the children have still not been returned, according to a Reuters tally of reports. President Muhammadu Buhari has told states not to pay anything to kidnappers, saying it will only encourage more abductions.... He estimated there were currently around 30, 000 bandits operating in the northwest.“ It’s the most thriving, the most lucrat

TEGINA, Nigeria( Reuters)-After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam's 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he sold his car and a parcel of land and cleaned out his savings to raise a ransom to free them.... Around 300 of the children have still not been returned, according to a Reuters tally of reports.... President Muhammadu Buhari has told states not to pay anything to kidnappers, saying it will only encourage more abductions....

" Sometimes she gets agitated when you turn the light on.... Some of the girls have never been released.... StarPicks GENERATIVE AI IN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION But the tactic has since been adopted by criminal gangs without ideological affiliation seeking ransom payments, with authorities seemingly powerless to stop them....