U.S. Says No Ransom For Kidnapped Nigerian Girls

U.S. Says No Ransom For Kidnapped Nigerian Girls - Time

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the U.S. would not support ransom as a way to release more than 250 Nigerian schoolgirls.

U.S. opposes paying ransom for kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls ...

The rebel group's leader said Monday the girls would not be seen again unless the Nigerian government releases “our brethren.” Worldwide ...

WH: No ransom for kidnapped schoolgirls - The Hill

... Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, press secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday. ... Nigerian government, which gave the U.S. ...

School abduction: FG rules out ransom payment, considers US offer

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said it would not pay “a dime” as ransom for the release of over 280 pupils and teachers kidnapped from the Government ...

In Nigeria, parents finally able to see children who were abducted ...

Their abduction was one of several mass school abductions that have shaken the West African nation in recent years. Authorities said no ransom ...

Mass kidnappings from Nigeria schools show "the state does not ...

On March 1, United Nations and local officials said close to 200 people, mainly young women, were abducted while collecting firewood outside a ...

Nigerians Are Being Kidnapped For Ransom — But This Time It's ...

CORNISH: That's Joe Parkinson, Africa bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, co-author of the book "Bring Back Our Girls." Thank you for ...

Armed Groups Kidnap Hundreds Across Northern Nigeria

... kidnapped in Kaduna, but Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that no ransom be paid. The Nigerian authorities should seek the ...

Families of 300 kidnapped Nigerian school children unable to pay ...

kidnapped last week, has said it would be impossible for the ransom to be raised- as the families are poor. On Wednesday, the kidnappers ...

Nigeria: Most of schoolgirls kidnapped from Dapchi freed | CNN

” 'Don't take your girls to that school again if you don't want us to kidnap them again,' ” Bukar quoted the militants as saying. He said his ...

Nigeria: Nine years after Chibok girls' abducted, authorities failing to ...

The Nigerian authorities, however, have not carried out a single credible investigation into the security failures that left children vulnerable ...

More than 130 kidnapped Nigerian students released - Al Jazeera

... kidnappings. “It's not enough to have the children back home for us,” Okenyodo said. “To see a total end to these atrocities, to these ...

Nigeria kidnapping: Students are safe and no ransom was paid ...

Gunmen have released girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in the northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara, the governor said in a ...

Dozens of Children Kidnapped in Nigeria Are Released, Officials Say

The military of the West African nation, which is plagued by kidnappings largely driven by demands for ransom payments, said 137 children ...

What does the recent escalation of mass abductions in Nigeria tell us?

... kidnapped in a series of mass abductions in Nigeria's ... They also carry the possibility of government ransom payments, which does not usually ...

Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping - Wikipedia

On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 mostly Christian female students and also Muslim students aged from 16 to 18 were kidnapped by the Islamic terrorist ...

Kuriga kidnap: More than 280 Nigerian pupils abducted - BBC

Those kidnapped are usually freed after a ransom is paid. The ... girls, saying that they had no choice but to pay the ransom. Map. 1px ...

Nigerian village celebrates the return of kidnapped students - Reuters

... said the government has paid them," he said. Earlier this week, Information Minister Mohammed Idris said no ransom had been paid.

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 ...