Gunmen abduct 42 students and staff from yet another school in Nigeria
The government has been criticised for its inability to stem escalating violence by criminal groups and Islamist militants
17 February 2021 - 16:41
Lagos — Gunmen have kidnapped students and staff from a school in Nigeria, the second attack of its kind in recent months, causing lawmakers to call on the president to impose a state of emergency.
The criminals abducted 42 people, including 27 students, from a boys’ school in Kagara in Nigeria’s central Niger state, local governor Abubakar Sani Bello said in a televised broadcast on Wednesday. At least one person was killed, according to a statement by the president of the country’s Senate...
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