Over 100 schoolchildren kidnapped in Nigeria Armed thugs have kidnapped 106 students from a boarding school in the Nigerian state of Kaduna, local radio station Invicta reported. According to the deputy director of the school, unknown persons broke into the institution at about 02:00 local time.It is noted that 24 schoolchildren managed to escape. At the same time, Agence France-Presse reports about 140 kidnapped students.