Index to Nigerian Newspapers

A group of school children have been abducted by bandits at Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, just hours after President Muhammadu Buhari arrived for a private visit. The assailants terrorized the community before abducting the students, while those who managed to escape fled into nearby bushes. Parents are now searching for their children's whereabouts. The abductions have been followed by others in Kano, Lagos, and other states. Nigeria faces security challenges, exacerbated by the emergence of Boko Haram insurgents in Borno state a decade ago. Boko Haram, now joined by the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), has killed thousands, displaced millions, orphaned many children, and destroyed infrastructures and livelihoods in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa.