Gunmen kidnap 15 children in another school abduction in Nigeria
ARMED men broke into a boarding school in north-west Nigeria early on Saturday and seized 15 children as they slept, according to local police.
This comes around 48 hours after nearly 300 students were taken hostage in a separate abduction in the conflict-hit region.
School abductions are common in Nigeria’s north.
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