At least 15 people kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna have been rescued, according to an official.

The Unicef has said that it will provide psychosocial support to the 279 released schoolgirls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria's Zamfara state last week.

Gunmen who kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria last week beat them and threatened to shoot them during a forced march into captivity, victims said on Tuesday...

All Nigerian students kidnapped from their boarding school on Friday in the north-western state of Zamfara have been released, a local official said on Tuesday.

Pope Francis on Sunday decried the kidnapping of 317 students from their boarding school in northwest Nigeria and prayed for the girls' quick release.

Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a number of schoolgirls from the town of Jangebe in northwest Nigeria early on Friday, a state spokesman said, the second such kidnapping in little over a week.

A day after arresting six men for kidnapping a photographer and his auditor seeking a ransom of Rs 35 lakh, Virugambakkam police on Tuesday arrested the kidnap victims too based on the counter...

A four member gang was arrested for abducting a business man near Chengalpet. While the businessman was rescued, hunt is still on for 2 others who are still on run with the businessman's car.

The Acharapakkam police on Wednesday won the praises of public after it rescued an 18-year old schoolboy within four hours of being kidnapped.

Unidentified gunmen abducted 27 students and some staff and their family members in an attack overnight on a secondary school in Nigeria’s Niger state, the state governor’s spokeswoman said on...