…wants payment made in 20 days or victims will be killed The terrorist gang holding about 287 school children and teachers captive have given the condition for their freedom: N1 billion or the hostages will be killed. The demand was made known to Jubril Aminu, a friend of the school principal who was also abducted along with the pupils, on Tuesday, Pilot News has learnt. Aminu said he got a phone call from the terrorists...

Victims went far from camp in search of firewood The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, blames the abducted Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Gamboru Ngala town, one of the least secure parts of the troubled Borno State, for their abduction. The IDPs, mostly women and children, went missing on February 29 when they were out searching for firewood for cooking. The unusual disappearance sparked fears of possible abduction by Islamic extremist rebels. DHQ’s spokesperson Major General Edward...

A prominent Islamic scholar in Nigeria, Sheik Ahmad Abubakar Gumi has advised the Nigerian government to hold talks with the terror groups holding communities in the country siege. Terror attacks swept through Kaduna, Borno and Sokoto States in the past week. No group claimed responsibility for any of the recent attacks and abductions, and the security agencies have made no statements. Government at the federal and state levels are overwhelmed by the attacks. As the...