I was kidnapped by Fulani gunmen, not Fulani herdsmen – Mike Ejiofor

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Local vigilantes and police have rescued a group of children who were kidnapped by an armed gang. The release followed a shoot-out in northwestern Nigeria.

Fulani herdsmen adopts FG's national livestock transformation plan

The governor of Zamfara state has said that 279 girls taken from a school are "now safe." Their abduction was the second mass school kidnapping to take place in Nigeria this year.

In northwest Nigeria, siblings Khadijat and Adamu Shamaki begin Ramadan without their sister Fatima, who was among the 39 students kidnapped from her college by unidentified gunmen last month. Not long after her abduction, their father passed away, plunging the family into despair.

Three kidnapped construction workers regain freedom in Ondo

The three kidnapped construction workers in Ondo state regained freedom from their abductor.

Nigerian authorities said on Tuesday that about 200 children had been seized in the latest school kidnapping in its violent north but they ruled out securing their freedom by paying a ransom.

Officials have confirmed the number of children taken by gunmen from a school in northern Nigeria. The state government is in contact with the kidnappers.

The men were abducted near the country's border with Mali and Burkina Faso, a hotbed for Islamists. China, which mines uranium, gold and oil in the country, has expanded its operations across Africa.

Niger state governor has promised to ensure the safe return of Kidnapped students by the bandits.

Gunmen kidnap staff and baby from northwest Nigerian hospital