U.S. Says No Ransom For Kidnapped Nigerian Girls

Nigeria searches for hundreds of kidnapped children - NPR

It is not unusual for kidnappers to hold on to the victims once the ransom has been paid. Africa. Nigerian police rescue 5 kidnapped sisters in ...

Nigeria's Chibok girls: Dozens remain in captivity 10 years ... - Semafor

Instead, a kidnap-for-ransom economy has developed over the last decade. ... In March, President Bola Tinubu said Nigeria will no longer pay ...

Kuriga kidnap: Nigerian pupils taken in mass abduction freed - BBC

It said the operation took place in the early hours of Sunday morning, days before a ransom deadline. Officials have not yet commented on the ...

Kidnapping crisis grows, Nigeria says no to ransoms - DW

With more than 280 schoolchildren kidnapped, Nigeria's President Tinubu is enforcing a no-ransom policy despite a surge in kidnappings.

Nearly 300 Abducted Schoolchildren in Nigeria Freed - VOA News

Nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren have been released, local officials said ... without paying a dime" as ransom. But ransoms are ...

Ten years on from Chibok, what happened to the 276 Nigerian girls ...

The Chibok abduction on the night of 14 April 2014 was not the first time schoolchildren had been targeted by militants – nor has it been the ...

Nigeria kidnappings break up families, keep children out of school

In the process we were also kidnapped. After a week they released us, after we too paid a ransom," he said. Treasure came back home a year later ...

Nigerian officials deny paying ransom to free 21 Chibok girls from ...

Nigerian officials have denied reports that the release of 21 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 was secured by ransom payments or a prisoner swap.

Nigeria hit by another mass kidnapping, with more than 300 now ...

President Tinubu said later Wednesday that he had ordered security forces not ... kidnappers and made some ransom payments without public ...

Can Nigeria Ever End Its Kidnap-for-Ransom Industry?

This month marked eight years since the kidnapping of 276 girls from the northern Nigerian ... Behind them is the U.S. flag and a sign that says " ...

Ten years after 'Bring Back Our Girls,' Nigeria's kidnappings continue

Since the armed group Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 students in 2014 at an all-girls school in the town of Chibok, abductions have become ...

How the Chibok schoolgirl kidnappings in Nigeria continue to cast a ...

It's been 10 years since Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls. In the time since, CNN finds that though efforts to enroll more girls in school have worked, ...

Nigeria's Tinubu says country will no longer pay ransom to armed ...

Nigeria will no longer pay ransom to armed gangs that have plagued the country with kidnapping and extortion, President Bola Tinubu said in an opinion piece ...

Nigerian Government Says 82 Chibok Girls Free From Boko Haram

On Friday, the United States and Britain issued warnings that the extremist group was actively planning to kidnap foreigners in an area of Borno ...

Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolboys Say Ransom Was Paid, Tell ... - WSJ

However, three boys said their kidnappers told them they were initially paid 30 million naira, equivalent to around $76,000, but decided not to ...

Why mass kidnappings still plague Nigeria a decade after Chibok ...

A person holds a sign that says 'Bring back our girls now and ... Although the Nigerian government has said it does not negotiate with ...

Tinubu Won't Pay Ransom To Kidnappers+ Police Tells ... - YouTube

As Nigeria continues to grapple with the spate of kidnappings, President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, announced that no ransom will be paid for ...

Nigeria: Escalating attacks targeting children endanger right to ...

... abducted for ransom. No child should go through what children are going through now in Nigeria. Education should not be a matter of life and ...

White House won't pay ransom for kidnapped Nigerian girls

... said. “It is the policy of the United States to deny kidnappers the benefits of their criminal acts, and that includes ransoms or concessions.”.

Boko Haram Offering Different Groups of Chibok Girls for Ransom

Not only Nigeria, but the world has failed our girls. We all as humanity ... In what sound like a poem to the missing girls, Nkeki said: “We cannot ...