KADUNA, Nigeria — Parents of more than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren who were rescued after more than two weeks in captivity said they saw them on Wednesday and that they couldn’t hold back tears of joy during the long-awaited reunion. The parents said they cried and danced as they hugged their children for the first time since March 7, when motorcycle-riding …
Locals tell Al Jazeera they feel abandoned by the government and will have no peace of mind until the children return. Armed men have kidnapped 15 pupils from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria days after more than 280 students were abducted from another school with the army still searching for them. It was the third incident of mass kidnapping …
Suspected jihadists kidnapped more than 200 pupils during a raid on a school in northwest Nigeria on Thursday, according to reports. Pictured: A woman cries at the school in Chikun, Kaduna State as she pleads with authorities to help rescue the kidnapped children Nigeria army trucks are seen parked at the school were suspected jihadist gunmen kidnapped school children in …
“From Rigasa, the next station is Kakau, then Dutse, then Rijana,” announces Ade, a train conductor with the Nigerian Railway Corporation. “If you bought a ticket for Abuja then why are you dropping here?” We explain that we need to stop at the substations between Kaduna and Abuja and ask to buy a ticket from Rijana to the next station …