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A state official in northwest Nigeria says nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in have been released more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school

The statement reads, “Recall terrorists invaded and kidnapped 16 pupils (Almajiris) with a woman in Gada LGA of Sokoto State.

The kidnapping, which took place on March 7 in Kuriga, a dusty town in northwestern Kaduna State, was the first mass kidnapping in the country since 2021.

A court in Nigeria’s Kaduna State has acquitted the Rev. Jonah Gangas and his wife, Josephine, of charges after they were jailed for over three years. The couple, associated with the ECWA Church, faced accusations of kidnapping and proselytizing a young Muslim girl, which they denied, claiming they acted on police request.

ALBAWABA - More than 250 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria earlier this month have been released, according to the local govern

Gunmen had demanded 1 billion nairas ($620,432) for the release of the victims. At least 137 of 286 Nigerian children kidnapped more than two weeks ago from a school were reportedly rescued on Sunday.

Ludhiana: Doraha police has booked unidentified accused for kidnapping a minor boy.

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One of the last of four men charged in an international murder-for-hire plot that led to the abduction and killing of a Vermont man has pleaded guilty. Berk Eratay of

Brazilian police say several passengers are being held hostage in a bus in Rio de Janeiro, and two were injured from gunshots. A police statement released Tuesday afternoon said an