(CNN) — The remaining 130 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State in November have been released, a presidential spokesman said on Sunday, ...

NEW HOPE, Minn. — The FBI is now investigating after an alleged kidnapping involving a federal agent unfolded across Plymouth and New Hope, Minnesota Wednesday afternoon. Both local police departments ...

The gang that abducted a group of young women in Nigeria's northeast state of Borno a week ago released the remaining 12 late Saturday, a local official told AFP. Their release comes as the country ...

(Abuja) – Nigerian authorities should act urgently to secure the safe release of students and teachers recently kidnapped in the country’s northwest and take concrete steps to protect schools and ...

Fifty of the 303 students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school on Friday have escaped and are now reunited with their families, officials said Sunday, as schools across Niger remain closed ...

253 children and 12 staff are still held by kidnappers, church association says Pope appeals for their immediate release Recent kidnappings prompt school closures in northern Nigeria President Tinubu ...

More than 300 children and a dozen teachers were taken from St. Mary’s School in north-central Nigeria, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Saturday. Armed men reportedly stormed the ...

The incident occurred before dawn, around 2 a.m. local time, officials said. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria and LONDON -- An unknown number of students and staff were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in an attack ...

Students and teachers were taken captive from a Catholic school in the latest in a wave of such attacks in the country. By Ruth Maclean and Ismail Alfa Ruth Maclean is the West Africa bureau chief, ...