KADUNA, Nigeria—Kidnappers who abducted more than 100 students from a boarding school in Nigeria’s Kaduna state warned that the children could starve unless parents supply them with food, parents and the head of the Kaduna Baptist conference said on Wednesday. The Baptist official said about 125 students are missing, while at least 28 were reunited…
Nigerian Politician Says West Turns ‘Blind Eye’ to Fulani Terrorists
An accord signed by G-20 foreign ministers on June 28 to stamp out the remnants of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and to halt the expanding terror of ISIS-related groups in the Sahel of Africa was greeted with dismay by prominent Nigerians. The Western powers missed an opportunity to identify the world’s fourth deadliest…
Some 150 Students Missing After Gunmen Raid Nigerian School
BAUCHI/KADUNA, Nigeria—About 150 students are missing after armed men raided a boarding school in Nigeria’s Kaduna state, a parent and an administrator said on Monday, and police said they were in hot pursuit alongside military personnel. The attack on the Bethel Baptist High School is the 10th mass school kidnapping since December in northwest Nigeria,…
Former State Department Official: As Violence Pulls Nigeria Apart, US Focuses on Climate Change
Nigeria, a key U.S. ally, celebrated “Democracy Day” on June 12, the very day a former high-ranking U.S. official warned the nation is spiraling into chaos. “The country is falling apart—if not already,” former Assistant Secretary of State Robert Destro told the online conference “Democracy in Peril” sponsored by The International Committee on Nigeria, about the massacres,…
Policeman Killed, Students Abducted in Attack on Nigerian School
BAUCHI, Nigeria—Gunmen killed a police officer and abducted five teachers and an unknown number of students on Thursday from a school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi, police and local residents said. The attack was the latest in a series of group kidnappings at schools in northwest Nigeria, which have been attributed by the…
US Policy on Nigeria Needs an Unblinkered View of Atrocities
Commentary Nigeria, despite boasting Africa’s largest economy, is “falling apart,” warn that nation’s Catholic bishops. Pointing to the mayhem let loose by various Islamic terrorist groups and criminals, they describe government authorities that are “either unable—or worse still, unwilling—to take up the responsibilities of their office.” Citing the bishops, Council on Foreign Relations’ Nigeria expert…
Trump Backs Nigeria Twitter Ban, Urges Other Countries to Follow Suit
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised the Nigerian government’s decision to block access to Twitter, and called on other countries to do the same. Trump applauded the Nigerian government’s move to indefinitely suspend Twitter’s activities, two days after the social media giant removed a post by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish…
Twitter Access Suspended by Nigerian Telecoms After Tech Giant Removes President’s Post
Per the Nigerian government’s orders, the country’s telecommunications operators are going to shut down whatever access is left to Twitter by Saturday, coming after the tech giant deleted a post by President Muhammadu Buhari. “Our members received formal instruction from the Nigerian Communications Commission, the industry regulator, to suspend access to Twitter,” Gbenga Awonuga, executive secretary…
Nigeria Suspends Twitter Days After President’s Post Removed
ABUJA—Nigeria said on Friday it had indefinitely suspended Twitter’s activities, two days after the social media giant removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists. Information Minister Lai Mohammed said the government had acted because of “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s…
Kidnappers Free 14 Nigerian Students in Northwest Kaduna State
KADUNA, Nigeria–Kidnappers have released the remaining 14 students who had been held captive after being abducted last month from a northern Nigerian university, a senior member of the teaching staff said on Saturday. Armed groups have repeatedly attacked schools and universities in northwest Nigeria in the last few months, abducting more than 700 students for…
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