Niger: Nigeria has once again witnessed the havoc of gunmen. Bandits kidnapped 73 students on Wednesday after raiding a high school in the country's northwest. This is the latest case of kidnapping targeting children. Tell you that armed groups are known here as bandits who kidnap children for ransom.

Kidnapping cases have picked up in central and northwest Nigeria. More than a thousand children have been kidnapped so far this year. Most of these have been released. On Wednesday, robbers entered a secondary school in Kaya in the Maradun area of Jamfara state and kidnapped 73 students, a police statement said. A large number of armed bandits infiltrated the school and then carried out the kidnapping, police spokesman Mohammad Shehu said.

He said the police rescue team is working with the Army to find the children. State Information Commissioner Ibrahim Dosara said Jamfara state authorities have banned night travel. With this, primary and secondary schools have been temporarily closed.

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