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Sep
20
2021
By The African Mirror
10 kidnapped Nigerian students released

10 kidnapped Nigerian students released

NEWS
BANDITS have released 10 more students kidnapped two months ago from a Baptist school in northwest Nigeria, the school administrator has told Reuters. The Reverend John Hayab, the administrator of the Bethel Baptist High school, said 21 students from the school remained in captivity. He said an undisclosed ransom was paid to release eight students while another two were set free due to ill health. Last month bandits released 15 students from the school after a group of 28 was set free in July following the release of a first group of 28 two days after the raid. Around 150…
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Aug
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Kidnappers demand ransom for 80 pupils

Kidnappers demand ransom for 80 pupils

NEWS
KIDNAPPERS are demanding a ransom of one million naira each to release around 80 children snatched from a boarding school in northern Nigeria last month, according to a pastor involved in the negotiations for their release. The attack on the Bethel Baptist High School in the state of Kaduna was the 10th mass school kidnapping since December in northwest Nigeria, which authorities have attributed to criminal gangs seeking ransom payments. "(Bandits) are asking for one million naira on each of the 80 students remaining with them," Reverend Ite Joseph Hayab told Reuters by telephone. Kidnappers released 28 children last month…
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Jul
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Kidnappers release 28 pupils, 81 still held

Kidnappers release 28 pupils, 81 still held

NEWS
KIDNAPPERS who raided a boarding school in northern Nigeria earlier this month released 28 children on Sunday but another 81 remain in captivity, according to a pastor involved in the negotiations for their release. The attack on the Bethel Baptist High School in the state of Kaduna was the 10th mass school kidnapping since December in northwest Nigeria, which authorities have attributed to criminal gangs seeking ransom payments. A first batch of 28 children was released two days after the raid. Parents told Reuters that 180 students typically attend the school, and that pupils were in the process of sitting…
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Jul
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Kidnappers demand food for children seized in Nigeria school raid

Kidnappers demand food for children seized in Nigeria school raid

NEWS
KIDNAPPERS who abducted more than 100 students from a boarding school in Nigeria's Kaduna state warned that the children could starve unless parents supply them with food, parents and the head of the Kaduna Baptist conference have. The Baptist official said about 125 students are missing, while at least 28 were reunited with their families, after the overnight raid on the Bethel Baptist High School early this week, the 10th mass school kidnapping since December in northwest Nigeria. Parents of those missing told Reuters that the kidnappers promised the children would be safe if parents delivered rice, beans, palm oil,…
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