1,680 Nigerian schoolchildren kidnapped in 10 years – UNICEF The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), revealed that there has been a significant increase in attacks and abductions targeting Nigerian schoolchildren since the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping in Borno State a decade ago. According to the 'Minimum Standards for Safe Schools (MSSS) Monitoring Report' presented by UNICEF Nigeria's Chief of Education, Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan, only 37% of schools in 10 states have early warning systems to detect threats of such attacks. The report highlighted the disturbing statistics of conflict-related violence affecting children, stating that over...