Nigeria

GUNMEN kidnapped more than 80 pupils in a raid on a school in Nigeria’s north-western state of Kebbi, a teacher said on Friday.

Police said five teachers were also abducted and an officer killed in the attack on a federal government college in the remote town of Birnin Yauri on Thursday.

More than 800 Nigerian students have been kidnapped from their schools since December. Some have been freed while others remain missing. The group kidnappings have been attributed by the authorities to armed bandits seeking ransom payments. |