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Jun
19
2021
By The African Mirror
One student dead, seven rescued in Nigeria

One student dead, seven rescued in Nigeria

NEWS
ONE student from a group of dozens abducted from a school in northwest Nigeria this week has been found dead, the army has announced, adding it had rescued five students and two teachers. Gunmen raided the school in Kebbi state in broad daylight on Thursday in the latest case of mass abductions in the region. A teacher said more than 80 students were taken, while the police said five teachers were abducted but did not disclose the number of missing students. One female student was found dead in the forest by troops tracking the kidnappers, Nigerian army spokesperson Onyema Nwachukwu…
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May
31
2021
By The African Mirror
Kidnappers abduct students in Nigeria

Kidnappers abduct students in Nigeria

NEWS
THREE days after kidnappers released 14 students in Kaduna state, Nigeria, a new group of students were abducted in an attack on a school in the neighbouring Niger state. Niger state governor's chief press secretary announced the kidnapping yesterday. "There was an abduction at an Islamic School in Tegina. But we are yet to ascertain the number of students abducted," Mary Noel Berje told Reuters. Armed groups have repeatedly attacked schools and universities in northern Nigeria in recent months. On Friday kidnappers released the remaining 14 students who had been held captive after being abducted last month from a northern…
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Apr
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Parents of Nigeria kidnap victims plead for help

Parents of Nigeria kidnap victims plead for help

NEWS
LIBBY GEORGE and BOSAN YAKUSAK WHEN Linda Peter last spoke to her daughter, the brief phone call left her relieved the teenager was alive but distraught because she could not pay any ransom demanded. Peter's 18-year-old daughter, Jennifer, was among 39 students abducted by gunmen on March 11 from a forestry college in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kaduna. The captors, who called from the teenager's phone, threatened to kill the male captives and force females into marriage but did not specify the ransom sum sought. "The government is not doing anything to help these children," said Peter, a widow…
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