Gunmen kidnapped six students in northwestern Nigeria late Tuesday, local authorities confirmed on Thursday.    An operation is underway to rescue the six students, who were from the Federal Polytechnic in Kaura Namoda area, Zamfara State, police spokesperson Yazid Abubakar told Xinhua by phone.    According to Abubakar, the incidentContinue Reading

   A Cameroonian official kidnapped by Nigerian pirates was freed on Monday night, local officials and security sources said.    Roland Ewane, an administrative official for Idabato town in Cameroon’s Bakassi Peninsula, which borders Nigeria, was abducted alongside an Idabato councilor in October.    Gilbert Guibai Baldena, an administrative officialContinue Reading