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ADVERTISEMENT Hundreds of Nigerians in northwestern Katsina State held street protests Sunday calling for answers from authorities after gunmen on motorcycles abducted more than 300 schoolboys. Nigerian security forces say they engaged in gun battles Friday with the kidnappers at Kankara’s Government Science School for boys, but are still searching for the 333 missing students. Kankara resident Salihu Bamle says the town is in shock. “On Friday night, the people of Kankara town witnessed a very, very sad thing,” Bamle said. “Around 10 p.m. at night, the bandits were here shooting spor...

JIHADIST group Boko Haram claimed responsibility today for last week’s abduction of more than 300 children from a secondary school in north-west Nigeria, claiming it wanted to discourage Western education. Some 333 boys remain missing after they were kidnapped last Friday from the Government Secondary School of Science in Kankara city in Katsina state, authorities confirmed. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau confirmed that the Islamists were responsible in a message broadcast by the HumAngle news portal. He said: “What happened in Katsina was done to promote Islam and discourage non-Isl...

Nigerians march against govt over kidnapping of 300 schoolboys December 15, 2020 Written by VOA A classroom sits empty at the Government Science School, where gunmen abducted students, in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina state, Nigeria Hundreds of Nigerians in northwestern Katsina state held street protests Sunday calling...