US woman kidnapped in central Nigeria is free: Police

An American woman kidnapped ... in central Nigeria last month was released on Friday and handed over to US government officials, police told AFP. Phyllis Sortor, a missionary with the Free ... Read More

A film in Nigeria remembers the Chibok girls abducted 10 years ago, and unites heartbroken families

Not a day goes by without Lawan Zanna remembering his daughter Aisha in prayers. She was among the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped 10 years ago when Islamic extremists broke into their school in ... Read More

Abuja sisters' kidnapping: Nigeria police did not free them, we paid ransom, family says

Nigerian police had no role in rescuing four sisters and their cousin from kidnappers, an uncle of the girls has told the BBC. They were taken from their home in Abuja earlier this month, along ... Read More

Woman rescued 10 years after Chibok kidnapping in Nigeria

Nigerian soldiers say they have rescued a young woman who was abducted in the Chibok kidnapping 10 years ago. Two-hundred and seventy-six girls were taken from a secondary school in the town in Borno ... Read More

Over 100 kidnapped in two new attacks in Nigeria

Bandits routinely target communities, loot villages and carry out mass kidnappings for ransom in northwest and north-central Nigeria ... gunmen kidnapped 87 people in Kajuru Station, according ... Read More

Nigerian army rescues students kidnapped two weeks ago

Seventeen students and a woman freed after operation in north-west of country Nigeria’s army has rescued 17 students and a woman who were kidnapped in a dawn raid by armed men two weeks ago in ... Read More

At least 100 villagers are kidnapped in the latest mass abduction in northern Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria ... central regions. Most of the bandits were previously herders in conflict with local communities. The kidnappers attacked the Dogon Noma community early Saturday and abducted 14 ... Read More

Who Was Savannah Graziano? Kidnapped US Girl Shot Dead By Cops

A 15-year-old girl in California whose father was believed to have kidnapped ... inquiries into police killing of unarmed people. Also Read | US Court Awards $35 Million To Woman Who Suffered ... Read More

Woman kidnapped leaving work burned in attack, DeKalb police say

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - DeKalb County police say a woman was kidnapped, burned and cut after leaving work earlier this week. The victim's family told police the woman was leaving the office along the ... Read More

More than 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren released

ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP)— More than 130 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen in northwestern ... President Bola Ahmed Tinubu welcomed the news and the “tireless dedication” of those who helped ... Read More

More Than 100 Kidnapped Nigerian Students Arrive Back in Kaduna

More Than 100 Kidnapped Nigerian Students Arrive Back in Kaduna By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Wrapped in orange headscarves and blue school uniforms, over 100 Nigerian students and ... Read More

Nigerian army rescues kidnapped students

World News // 2 days ago Mass stabbing at Sydney shopping mall leaves 7 dead, including attacker April 13 (UPI) -- Six people were stabbed to death and a man wielding a knife shot dead by police ... Read More