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NIGERIAN security forces stopped another school kidnapping attempt in the northern Kaduna state in an attack on Saturday night, officials confirmed today. A spokesman for the state government thanked the swift intervention by the police and armed forces, which prevented gunmen from abducting any of the pupils from the secondary school outside Ikara town. “Between the late hours of Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday suspected bandits stormed the Government Science Secondary School, Ikara,” Kaduna state home affairs & security commissioner Samuel Aruwan said. He confirmed that a...

At Least 30 Students Missing As Armed Men Abduct Students in Nigeria (CNN) — At least 30 students are missing after gunmen attacked a college in Kaduna state northwest Nigeria Thursday night, according to authorities. It is the third mass kidnapping from an academic institution in northern Nigeria this year. In a statement, Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Kaduna State Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, said 180 students were rescued by soldiers, who “engaged the armed bandits.” “The troops successfully rescued 180 citizens; 42 female students, eight staff and 130 male s...

By Ryan Shepard Mar 12, 2021 A group of "armed bandits" reportedly abducted 30 students from a school in northwest Nigeria late Thursday night. Members of the faculty were also reportedly kidnapped as well. The incident took place at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka in the Kaduna state. “About 30 students, a mix of males and females, are yet to be accounted for,” Kaduna State Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan said. Fortunately, military respondents were able to arrive in time to save approximately 180 students and staffers. After pushing s...

At least 30 students missing as armed men abduct students in new Nigeria kidnappings At least 30 students are missing after gunmen attacked a college in Kaduna state northwest Nigeria Thursday night, according to authorities. It is the third mass kidnapping from an academic institution in northern Nigeria this year. In a statement, Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Kaduna State Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, said 180 students were rescued by soldiers, who “engaged the armed bandits.” “The troops successfully rescued 180 citizens; 42 female students, eight staff and 130 ma...