Authorities reported on Tuesday that a group of gunmen in Kaduna state had abducted eight secondary school students and an unknown number of others as they were leaving school, in the latest in a series of similar kidnappings. Violent attacks have been carried out by armed gangs primarily in remote areas of northwest Nigeria, targeting villages, schools, and motorists, and resulting in the abduction of hundreds for ransom. Samuel Aruwan, internal security commissioner in Kaduna, stated that the eight students were taken by the gunmen from Awon Government Secondary School in the Kachia local government area of southern Kaduna on…

During an attack on the Christian Pentecostal Church in Akenawe-Tswarev community in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State in the early hours of Sunday, armed men killed one worshipper and abducted three people, including the resident pastor. The attack occurred while the congregation was attending a service, according to locals. Hemen Terkimbi, a community leader and President of Gaambe-Tiev Youths Association, confirmed to journalists that the church's resident pastor was among those abducted, and one person was killed during the attack. In addition, five people, including the acting Kindered Head of Akemkpa, Zaki Tyokase Ingyutu, sustained injuries and were…