Nigeria Kidnappings

• 50 schoolchildren escape Nigerian abduction, but more remain captive

  Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren who were abducted from a Catholic school in north-Central Nigeria's Niger state have escaped, but 253 students and 12 teachers remain held captive.

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  Nov 23, 2025
  
• Armed assailants abduct more schoolchildren in Nigeria

  Nigeria State Police said it received reports of 'armed bandits' entering St. Mary’s secondary school, which boards students aged 12 to 17, at about 2 a.m. on Friday.

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  Nov 21, 2025
  
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• Nigerian forces continue search for 300 abducted girls after teenage boys freed

  The release comes just a day after the raid on a school in Zamfara state where gunmen seized 317 girls.

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  Feb 27, 2021
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• Boko Haram kidnapping victims describe abuses, being forced into conflict

  Rape, forced marriage and participation in armed conflict were among the abuses faced by women and girls held in captivity by Boko Haram militants, according to a report released Monday.

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  Oct 27, 2014
• Fate of kidnapped girls unclear as Nigeria claims Boko Haram ceasefire

  Nigeria's government and Islamic extremists from Boko Haram have agreed to an immediate ceasefire, officials said Friday.

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  Oct 17, 2014
• 11 parents of Nigeria’s abducted girls die

  About a dozen parents of the more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls will never see their daughters again.

  World

  Jul 22, 2014
• Missing girls’ parents won’t see Nigerian leader

  Parents and schoolmates of the 219 schoolgirls held captive by Boko Haram extremists refused at the last minute Tuesday to meet with Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan.

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  Jul 15, 2014
• Witnesses say 60 more girls and women, 31 boys abducted in Nigeria

  Witnesses say Islamic extremists have abducted 60 more girls and women and 31 boys from villages in northeast Nigeria.

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  Jun 24, 2014
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• Nigeria says it knows girls’ whereabouts, won’t use force to get them

  Nigerian officials know the whereabouts of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls but won’t reveal the location and say they won’t use force to rescue them from their militant captors, according to news reports.

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  May 27, 2014
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• Boko Haram attacks 3 Nigerian villages, at least 48 dead

  Boko Haram assaulted three villages in northern Nigeria, killing 48 people.

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  May 21, 2014