The latest abduction comes as the White House has expressed concern about ongoing violence against Christians in the West African nation.

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -A Nigerian court on Thursday sentenced separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison after convicting him on all seven terrorism-related charges at the end of a decade-long trial that has inflamed tensions in the country's southeast.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met a top Nigerian security official to reinforce the Trump administration’s claim that Christians in the West African country have been singled out for “horrific violence.

The Eastern South regional police command has confirmed the arrest of Victor Benjamin Fejemirokum, a 26-year-old Nigerian wanted for the alleged abduction and murder of a woman and her daughter in Nigeria.

A Nigerian Catholic bishop said U.S. military intervention is warranted at a Nov. 20 hearing of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa.

Police in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State reported that a group of armed bandits invaded a private Catholic school early on Friday, abducting an unknown number of students from their hostels amid widespread outrage over ongoing concerns about violence against Christians in the West African nation.

A Nigerian man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for helping steal more than $290,000 in COVID-19 unemployment and disaster relief funds