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Makurdi Kidnapping. On 24 April 2021, gunmen kidnapped students from the Federal University of Agriculture in Makurdi, in Benue State. [32][33][34][35] According to eyewitnesses, three students were kidnapped, [36][37][38] but two students were confirmed kidnapped later. This is Nigeria's fifth kidnapping from an academic institution in 2021.
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 ...
Kagara kidnapping. On 17 February 2021, a school pupil was killed and 27 others were abducted by armed men at around 3 am from their school in Kagara, Niger State, Nigeria. [1] Three members of the school staff and 12 of their relatives were also abducted. [1] No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. [2][3]
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]
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 ...
On June 29, 2022, at 4pm local time, bandits on motorbikes and a truck kidnapped four Chinese nationals and other mine workers at Ajata-Aboki mine near Shiroro. [7] The bandits immediately shot and killed seven policemen at the scene along with some civilians, and then proceeded to shoot sporadically to scare the remaining workers.
Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping. 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 called 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 ...
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 ...