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Victims. 22. The Greenfield University kidnapping took place on 20 April 2021, when at least 20 students and 2 staff were kidnapped in Kasarami village, Chikun LGA, Kaduna State, Nigeria, during an attack by suspected armed bandits at Greenfield University. The remaining 14 students were released on 29 May 2021 after one month in captivity.
Missing. Over 90 as of 30 June 2023 [1] On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 mostly Christian female students aged from 16 to 18 were kidnapped by the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary School at the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. [2] [3] [4] Prior to the raid, the school had been closed for four ...
Kidnappings at schools in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, were first carried out by jihadist group Boko Haram, which seized ... abductions have become an almost daily occurrence in recent ...
The abduction of the 287 children in Kaduna state, near the West African nation's capital, is one of the largest school kidnappings in the decade since the kidnapping of schoolgirls in Borno state ...
The 137 children were rescued in Zamfara state, an enclave known for kidnappings more than 124 miles away from their […] The post Some of nearly 300 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria’s north ...
Chikun kidnapping. On 5 July 2021, an armed gang carried out a mass kidnapping in Chikun, Nigeria. [1] [2] At about 1:45 am on 5 July 2021, a bandit gang kidnapped over 140 pupils from Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Kujuma, Chikun, Kaduna State, Nigeria. [1] [2] 26 pupils and a teacher were rescued. [1] [2]
Kuriga Kidnapping. On 7 March 2024, more than 200 Nigerian school students were abducted from their educational institution in the north-western town of Kuriga [ ceb], Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State. The event occurred while the pupils were gathered on the assembly ground around 08:30 (07:30 GMT). A group of dozens of gunmen riding ...
The security lapses that resulted in the Chibok kidnappings 10 years ago remain in place in many schools, according to a recent survey by the United Nations children’s agency’s Nigeria office ...