School kidnappings spread to southern Nigeria

School and university kidnappings common in the north of Nigeria, now rear their ugly head in the south.

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(Picture: Police officers at the JSS Jangebe school, a day after over 300 school girls were abducted by bandits, in Zamfara, Nigeria. Credit: Reuters)