Sources: The Hindu
Four soldiers and two civilian drivers are killed and two South Korean workers are kidnapped in an ambush against a convoy in Rivers State, Nigeria. 2023-12-13
Eleven people are killed and several more are kidnapped as Boko Haram gunmen open fire against farmers working in their fields in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria. 2023-11-5
Sixteen people are killed by Fula gunmen at a police checkpoint in Zangon Kataf, Kaduna State, Nigeria. 2023-03-11
Authorities in Mexico confirm the arrest of a retired military general for his alleged role in the kidnapping of 43 students in the state of Guerrero in 2014. 2022-09-15
Royal Danish Navy frigate HDMS "Esbern Snare" opens fire and kills four pirates in the Gulf of Guinea after being fired upon. Four other pirates are detained and taken aboard by Frogman Corps. The incident took place 25 to 30 nautical miles south of the territorial boundary of Nigeria. 2021-11-25
Former Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens admits to kidnapping, raping and killing Everard, but not to murder. 2021-06-8
Boko Haram jihadists storm a village near Gamboru, Borno State, Nigeria, killing three people and kidnapping more than 40 others. It is the second mass abduction by the Islamist group this month. 2020-12-27
Boko Haram jihadists storm Pemi, a Christian village in Borno State, Nigeria, shooting people and burning down a church and a hospital, killing at least 11 civilians. A priest is kidnapped. 2020-12-24
Jihadist group Boko Haram claim responsibility for Friday's mass kidnapping in Kankara, Katsina, Nigeria. 2020-12-15
At least 30 people are dead in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri following an attack on the markets by suspected Islamist militants. 2012-02-20