Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar's kidnapping highlights continuing security challenges facing parts of the country.

Peace and conflict expert Lekan Olayiwola explains why Nigeria’s kidnapping crisis cannot end through force alone. He ...

“I am calling on the government and people of goodwill to intervene to get me out of my current situation. Kindly help me out of my predicament. I am begging you to treat me with compassion. I am ...

Witnesses said those who carried out the abductions rode motorcycles and used children as human shields while fleeing the scene ...

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, which have devastated Mussa town in Borno state.

Officials say that more than 80 children are missing after suspected militants attacked schools in Nigeria in the past week ...

Nigerian security forces rescued 15 pupils after gunmen ​abducted 23 children and the ‌wife of a school proprietor during an attack late on Saturday ​on an unregistered orphanage ​and school in ...