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They were kidnapped from their hostels in central Nigeria; one student reportedly killed; number of students taken still unknown KANO Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang have kidnapped hundreds of schoolboys from their hostels along with some of teachers in central Nigeria , an official and a security source told AFP Wednesday. The attackers wearing military uniforms stormed the Government Science College in “huge numbers” in the town of Kagara in Niger state late on Tuesday, herding the students into a nearby forest, the sources said. One student was dead during the kidnapping, the official said. Northwest and central Nigeria have increasingly been targeted by criminal gangs known locally as “bandits” who kidnap for ransom, rape and pillage across the region. The staff confirmed a student was shot dead during the kidnap operation,” the official said. The school has around 1,000 students and it was not immediately clear how many were taken. The ... » Learn More about Gunmen kidnap schoolboys, teachers in Nigeria: Source

Video Player Close BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's success in poverty alleviation offers inspiration to and is worth learning for other countries still beset by poverty, overseas experts have said. Addressing a grand gathering held in Beijing Thursday to mark the country's poverty alleviation accomplishments and honor model poverty fighters, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that China upholds a people-centered philosophy of development and unswervingly pursues prosperity for all, emphasizing that ending poverty, improving people's well-being and realizing common prosperity are the essential requirements of socialism. President Xi has vividly explained that poverty is not a human destiny, said Humphrey Moshi, a professor of economics and director of the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The Chinese leader said poverty can be eradicated by using available natural resources and adding value to them, and the use of technology, ... » Learn More about World Insights: China’s anti-poverty experience worth learning for other countries, say experts

Video Player Close Photo taken on Feb. 26, 2021 shows a classroom of the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe town in the Talata-Mafara local government area of Zamfara state, Nigeria. Nigerian police confirmed that 317 students were abducted from a girls' secondary school in the northwestern state of Zamfara early Friday. In a statement made available to Xinhua, Mohammed Shehu, spokesman for the police in Zamfara, said 317 students were taken away by unidentified gunmen after their attack on the Government Girls Secondary School at Jangebe, a town in the state's Talata-Mafara local government area. (Photo by Emma Houston/Xinhua) LAGOS, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian police confirmed that 317 students were abducted from a girls' secondary school in the northwestern state of Zamfara early Friday. In a statement made available to Xinhua, Mohammed Shehu, spokesman for the police in Zamfara, said 317 students were taken away by unidentified gunmen after their attack ... » Learn More about Nigerian police say 317 schoolgirls abducted in NW state

Video Player Close LAGOS, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday welcomed the release of students, school staff and family members of school staff abducted by gunmen in Niger state, a north-central state of the country last week. Buhari, in a statement issued by his spokesman Garba Shehu, welcomes the release of students, school staff and family members of school staff, and commended the nation's security and intelligence agencies and the government of Niger state for their responses in securing the release. "We are happy they have been released," Buhari said while sympathizing with the staff and the students, their parents and friends on this ordeal. He warned that the country will not continue to suffer these attacks that threaten the growth of education, security and the life of the future leaders at the same time putting the nation in a negative light. Buhari also reiterated his earlier advice to school owners, particularly the state and ... » Learn More about Nigerian president hails release of abducted students of north-central school

Kidnappers have freed 42 people, including 27 children, snatched from a school in central Nigeria 10 days ago, officials said on Saturday, a day after more than 300 schoolgirls were abducted by gunmen in the northwest. Also read: 344 abducted Nigerian boys freed "The abducted students, staff and relatives of Government Science College Kagara have regained their freedom and have been received by the Niger State government," Niger State governor Abubakar Sani Bello said on Twitter. In mid-February, gunmen in military uniforms raided the college, killing one student and taking 42 others — including 27 schoolboys, three teachers and other relatives of school staff, officials said. Northwest and central Nigeria have seen a surge in attacks by heavily armed criminal gangs locally known as "bandits" who raid villages, killing and abducting residents after looting and torching homes. On Friday, in the Jangebe, a village in Zamfara state, a suspected criminal gang attacked the ... » Learn More about Victims of mid-February Nigeria school abduction freed