Bandits release 10 students kidnapped two months ago from Nigerian school
Kaduna, NigeriaReuters Bandits have released 10 more students kidnapped two months ago from a Baptist school in northwest Nigeria, the school administrator told Reuters on Saturday. Rev John Hayab, 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 […]
Kidnappers in Nigeria demand ransom to release 80 schoolchildren
Kaduna, NigeriaReuters 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 […]
Twenty-eight abducted Baptist school students freed in Nigeria
Kano, Nigeria AP Armed kidnappers in Nigeria have released 28 of the more than 120 students who were abducted at the beginning of July from the Bethel Baptist High School in the northern town of Damishi. Church officials handed those children over to their parents at the school on Sunday. But Rev Israel Akanji, president […]
Parents of kidnapped students in Nigeria plea for help; elsewhere 18 villagers killed in suspected Islamist attack
Kano, Nigeria AP Praying, crying and waiting for news about their children, the parents of more than 120 Nigerian students abducted by armed bandits at the Bethel Baptist High School in the nation’s northern Kaduna state have been gathering at the school awaiting updates about their children. Some weeping mothers pleaded for help from Kaduna […]
Some 150 students missing after gunmen raid Nigerian school – parent, administrator
Bauchi/Kaduna, NigeriaReuters About 150 students are missing after armed men raided a boarding school in Nigeria’s Kaduna state, a parent and an administrator said on Monday, and police said they were in hot pursuit alongside military personnel. The attack on the Bethel Baptist High School is the 10th mass school kidnapping since December in north-west […]