MINNA, Nigeria (AP) — A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month and released over the weekend were hosted at a government-organized ceremony on Monday, ...

Thought Leaders Protest Suppression of News about Kidnapping of Christians By Luka Binniyat ABUJA (Nigeria) - The Middle Belt ...

Everyday Nigeria itches closer to a failed state, as a result of rising violence over contest of its territories by non-state ...

KADUNA, Nigeria, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Armed bandits abducted dozens of worshippers from two churches in Nigeria's Kaduna state, police said on Monday, while a senior ‌church leader put the number of ...

Nigeria orders a new military operation after 162 people are killed in Kwara, while 183 Christians abducted in church raids ...

Security services have now rescued all 166 worshippers who were kidnapped by gunmen during attacks on two churches in northern Nigeria last month, a Christian group said on Thursday.The Christian ...

Nigeria is battling militants and it’s causing a terrible security situation. Gunmen believed to be Islamic extremists killed scores of people in a western Nigerian state that is becoming a new hot ...

Gunmen targeted two churches in the Kaduna state of Nigeria Sunday, abducting dozens of people, according to a report from Reuters. While state police said they were still working to determine the ...

By Jethro IbilekeA family in Benin City, Edo State, has paid ₦15 million ransom to secure the release of four members abducted by gunmen along the Benin-Akure road.The victims were kidnapped on Monday ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen abducted more than 150 worshippers in simultaneous attacks on three separate churches in northwest Nigeria, a state lawmaker told The Associated Press on Monday. The ...

A Utah mom accused of kidnapping her four children and taking them to Europe because she was convinced the world was ending has been arrested after the kids were found dumped in an orphanage. Elleshia ...

Romeo Ordonez, 12, and Sofia Ordonez, 9, are missing in a suspected abduction Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal writer at PEOPLE's crime desk. Her work also appears in The New York Times, The Washington ...