Factbox-Kidnaps-for-ransom plague schools across northwest Nigeria


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  • Tuesday, 06 Jul 2021

(Reuters) - Around 150 students are missing after armed men attacked a school in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna state, a parent and an administrator told Reuters on Monday.

Armed groups who authorities say are after ransom payments have in recent months targeted schoolchildren across the northwestern part of Africa's biggest economy and most populous nation.

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