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Kidnapping for ransom on a commercial scale became rampant in Nigeria in 2011 spread across all the 36 states and the country's capital, Abuja. [13] [14]In February 2021, Nigerian journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani wrote for the BBC News, "The Nigerian government seems to have suggested that it can no longer be relied on to keep citizens safe."
Kankara kidnapping. In the evening of 11 December 2020, over 300 pupils [1][2][3] were kidnapped from a boys' secondary boarding school on the outskirts of Kankara, Katsina State, northern Nigeria. [4] A gang of gunmen on motorcycles attacked the Government Science Secondary School, where more than 800 pupils reside. [4][5]
The Zamfara kidnapping (or Jangebe kidnapping) was the abduction of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 during a raid by armed bandits on 26 February 2021. The kidnapping occurred at the Government Girls Science Secondary School, a boarding school in Jangebe, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. [1][2][3] All hostages were released by the bandits ...
September 14, 2024 at 1:32 PM. By Ahmed Kingimi. LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's army has rescued 13 hostages who were kidnapped in northwest Kaduna state, following a military operation prompted by a ...
In Nigeria, news of kidnappings often fades quickly as abductions have become an almost daily occurrence. One of the top items on news bulletins on Monday was President Bola Tinubu visiting ...
Gunmen who kidnapped at least 287 school children in Nigeria last Thursday have demanded a ransom of 1 billion naira ($621,848) and threatened to kill all of the students if their demands are not ...
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 ...
None. 6 killed. During the early hours of October 31, 2020, United States Navy SEALs from the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) conducted an operation in Northern Nigeria, resulting in the rescue of an American hostage and the killing of six of the seven captors. [5][6] The hostage, 27-year-old Philip Walton, had been kidnapped ...