Nigeria: Renewed Spate of School Kidnappings

Nigeria to beef up police force under pressure from Trump

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu said his country would hire tens of thousands of police officers in order to quell a surge in violence. Tinubu’s announcement comes just days after gunmen abducted hundreds of children from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria. Abuja has faced pressure from US President Donald Trump to do more to protect its Christian population, with Washington recently floating tariff threats should Nigeria fail to stem the unr…

Nigeria: Renewed Spate of School Kidnappings

Abuja -- Ensure Safe Release of Victims, Protect Schools from Attacks

Nigeria: Renewed Spate of School Kidnappings

Nigerian authorities should act urgently to secure the safe release of students and teachers recently kidnapped in the country’s northwest and take concrete steps to protect schools and communities from further attacks.

Human Rights Watch Urges FG to Protect Schools from Attacks

By Adedapo Adesanya Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Nigerian government to secure the safe release of students and teachers recently kidnapped in the country’s northwest and take concrete steps to protect schools and communities from further attacks. In a statement on Tuesday, the rights body said, “The groups responsible for the kidnappings […]

Nigeria: Renewed Spate of School Kidnappings

Nigeria: Renewed Spate of School Kidnappings

Mass Kidnapping in Nigeria Demonstrates Growing Unrest

Approximately 250 students and 12 teachers remain in captivity following a mass kidnapping last Friday at a Catholic school in northern Nigeria’s Niger State, marking the second major kidnapping in the country in the past week. Reportedly, around 50 students managed to escape and return to their families, according to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The kidnapping a week prior involved armed gunmen storming a girl’s boarding school i…