ABUJA( Reuters)-Armed men killed 15 people in raids in Nigeria's Sokoto state, government officials

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria( Reuters)-Gunmen kidnapped 20 people in remote Sokoto State in northwest Nigeria

BAUCHI, Nigeria( Reuters)-At least 20 people were killed in Nigeria's Sokoto state when gunmen

abducted more than 1, 000 students from schools in northwest Nigeria since December, and Kaduna state

Armed men kidnapped 73 children from a school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara in the latest mass abduction in the region, police said in a statement on Wednesday. Police said a large number of armed bandits invaded the Government Day Secondary School in the village of Kaya in rural Zamfara state at 11: 22 am local time( 1022 GMT).“ The command … has deployed search and rescue team that was mandated to work in synergy with the military to ensure the safe rescue of the abducted stude

recently been carried out in the northwest by armed gangs seeking ransom. The latest incident took

KADUNA, Nigeria( Reuters)-Gunmen abducted 15 students and four staff members from an agricultural

Armed groups who authorities say are after ransom payments have in recent months targeted schoolchildren across the northwestern part of Africa's biggest economy and most populous nation.... The students remain missing.* Gunmen killed one person and took 19 captive in an April 20 attack on Greenfield University in Kaduna state.... The chairman of the parents' association said a ransom was paid.* Bandits kidnapped nearly 300 girls from the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe, n

have killed or kidnapped hundreds of people across northwestern Nigeria this year.( Reporting by

northwest Nigeria, which authorities have attributed to criminal gangs seeking ransom payments