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Fifty Nigerian Students Escape After Mass Abduction as Pastor Chris Prays for the Nation at Night of Bliss
24
Nov

Fifty Nigerian Students Escape After Mass Abduction as Pastor Chris Prays for the Nation at Night of Bliss

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A Christian group in Nigeria has confirmed that 50 of the 303 schoolchildren abducted earlier this week from a Catholic school in Niger State have successfully escaped from their captors. The children taken by armed gunmen in what has become one of the largest school abductions in Nigeria’s recent history have now been reunited with […]

Nigerian Priest Who Served in U.S. Abducted by Boko Haram in Borno State
11
Jun

Nigerian Priest Who Served in U.S. Abducted by Boko Haram in Borno State

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A Nigerian Catholic priest who recently returned from the United States has been abducted by suspected Boko Haram militants in the northeastern state of Borno, the Catholic Church confirmed on Sunday. Rev. Alphonsus Afina, who served in Alaska from 2017 to 2024, was kidnapped on June 1 near the border town of Gwoza, close to […]