from the Government Girls Science Secondary School in the town of Jangebe, in northwestern Zamfara state.February 18: Bus seizure
Gunmen seize 53 passengers including 20 women and nine children from a state-owned bus in Kundu village in Niger state.Armed gunmen raid the Government Science College in , killing one student and kidnapping dozens of others – including 24 schoolboys, three teachers and eight relatives of school staff.Bandits stop a bus in north-central Niger province and abduct at least: There's no clarity on the fate of 11 others.after attacking a cargo ship off Nigeria's coast. Gunmen strike Kogi state in central Nigeria andArmed gunmen kidnap 11 people, including eight orphans, in Abuja city.
Nigeria faces a constellation of security problems: from Boko Haram, bandits and community violence to state actors using lethal force, adding to the sub-Saharan country’s volatility. We look at the deaths in Nigeria: