Since December, criminal gangs known locally as bandits have increasingly targeted schools and colleges for kidnapping attacks, hoping to squeeze ransom payments out of the authorities.

University staffer killed, students kidnapped by Nigerian gunmen

Kidnappers have released 53 people including women and children they seized on a bus in Nigeria, local authorities said, while dozens of others taken from a school in a separate incident are still missing.

Kidnappers in Nigeria release 53 including women and children seized on bus

Schools across the region were closed and surveillance aircraft were dispatched to scour the forest.

41 students still missing in Nigeria’s latest school kidnapping

The abducted school kids reunite with their families after being held captive by the Boko haram for a week. As Nigerians celebrate their return, the kids carry baggage of horror.

Nigeria: School kids who faced a week of torture to undergo physical and mental examination

A joint rescue operation was launched on Saturday by Nigeria’s police, air force and army, according to the government.

333 students still missing after gunmen attacked school in Nigeria