While some Nigerian Catholic Church leaders welcomed the US airstrikes against the Islamic State group militants in the northwest of the country, an outspoken bishop strongly opposed it, with some ...

People read newspapers reporting on U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Nigeria, according to U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. military, in Lagos, Nigeria, Dec. 26, 2025. Credit ...

Schoolchildren from St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, Nigeria, arrive at the Niger State Government House Dec. 8, 2025, after being freed from captivity following their abduction by gunmen Nov. 21 ...

Some 130 Nigerian Catholic school pupils were handed over to state authorities a month after they were kidnapped - Copyright AFP Chenemi Bamaiyi Some 130 Nigerian ...

Some 130 Nigerian Catholic school pupils were handed over to state authorities Monday, a day after the government said it had secured their release a month after one of the country's worst mass ...

It is unclear who kidnapped the hundreds of children and staff from St Mary's school in Niger state, Nigeria - Copyright AFP/File Ifeanyi Immanuel Bakwenye It is ...

Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school in November, a presidential spokesman said Sunday, after 100 were freed earlier ...

PAPIRI, Nigeria (AP) — Several parents welcomed the return late Tuesday night of their children, who were abducted last month when gunmen stormed their school. “It has not been easy for me... But ...

Kidnappings highlight insecurity in northern Nigeria US delegation discusses security with Nigerian officials Rescue details unclear; no comment on negotiations or ransom Parents express anguish over ...

MINNA, Nigeria — A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month and released over the weekend were hosted at a government-organized ceremony on Monday, many ...