{"id":298886,"date":"2025-11-25T15:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/nigerian-government-under-pressure-over-kidnapping-crisis-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:04:59","slug":"nigerian-government-under-pressure-over-kidnapping-crisis-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/nigerian-government-under-pressure-over-kidnapping-crisis-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian government under pressure over kidnapping crisis | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/DxM3g9KyITQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Nigerian government under pressure over kidnapping crisis | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DxM3g9KyITQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Activists have accused Nigerian authorities of ignoring a kidnapping crisis and have called for the rescue of students abducted in the north last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Christian Association of Nigeria said more than 300 children were kidnapped when gunman stormed a Catholic boarding school on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty of those children have escaped and have been reunited with their families, according to the association. 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