Nigeria: Kidnappings on the rise
17 March 2024 |
3:15 am
With Nigeria's economy and poverty levels worsening, abductions have become an almost daily occurrence in recent years. On March 7, 286 students - some as young as eight - and school staff were kidnapped by gunmen in Kuriga, a town in Kaduna State.
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