Nigeria

Bloody assaults are growing, both by jihadists affiliated with Boko Haram within the jap a part of the nation or by closely armed bandits within the west. The kidnapping of 344 highschool college students by these legal gangs earlier than their launch six days later emphasised the rapprochement between these networks and the deteriorating safety state of affairs in probably the most populous nation in…

The authorities and the principal of their school confirm that the 344 high school students in Kankara all returned healthy and sound, after negotiations with their prisoners. This kidnapping was claimed twice by the Boko Haram group, but was carried out by criminal groups in the region. We also know a little more thanks to the testimonies of the children who were reunited with their families on Friday…

In Nigeria, high school students who were caught last weekend at their boarding school in Kankara, northwestern Nigeria, were released on the evening of Thursday, December 17. This mass kidnapping was claimed twice by Abubakar Shekau, leader of a Boko Haram faction, first Tuesday, then Thursday, through a video showing dozens of children being shown by armed men. Some of them are now free, while the…

Nigeria decided on Wednesday, December 16, to partially resume its land borders with its neighbors. Four border posts are affected, on the side of Niger, Benin and Cameroon. The reopening will take place gradually and all trade will resume at all pedestrian crossings by 31 December, with the exception of certain products. The borders had been closed for almost a year and a half. The measure was…

Nigeria is partially reopening its land borders after virtually a yr and a half of closure. A choice that on the time was supposed to fight smuggling and encourage native Nigerian manufacturing. This reopening is a shocking resolution, because the announcement of the border closure in August 2019 had been introduced. The…

Nigeria opened key border posts with Cameroon, Benin and Niger on Wednesday. The Abuja authorities introduced this within the afternoon. Nigeria closed its borders in August 2019, formally to cease smuggling and encourage native manufacturing. as reported from Lagos, Liza FabbianIt was the International Minister who made this…

The Boko Haram group claimed responsibility for the abduction of at least 333 high school students this Tuesday, December 15, in the state of Katsina in northwestern Nigeria. This mass kidnapping, reminiscent of the abduction of 276 high school girls from Chibok in 2014 in Borno State, is the first incident of this magnitude in western Nigeria, until it was spared by the jihadist threat. In the country,…

During the night from Friday to Saturday, several hundred high school students from their boarding school in Kankara were kidnapped by one hundred armed men on motorcycles. This attack, which took place in the state of Katsina in the northwestern part of the country, was first attributed to the "bandits" who usually operate in this area. The allegation of this attack by Abubakar Shekau, which was broadcast on Tuesday morning, December 15, in a voice message marks a turning point in the jihadist group's expansion.…

Still no news of high school students being kidnapped from their school on the night of Thursday the 10th until Friday the 11th in the state of Katsina in northwestern Nigeria. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered all his security services to prioritize this issue. One of the president's spokesmen, Shehu Garba, claims that the perpetrators of this mass kidnapping were in a forest in the state…

An armed group has kidnapped almost 400 male college students from a boarding faculty in northern Nigeria, native media reported on Saturday. The assault on the highschool happened within the morning within the city of Kankara within the northwestern province of Katsina alongside the Niger border. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the assault in his house nation, saying safety forces had found the armed group hiding within the forest and an operation had been launched. Katsina State Police…