{"id":89290,"date":"2026-05-16T14:50:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=89290"},"modified":"2026-05-16T14:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:50:55","slug":"nigeria-gunmen-storm-schools-and-kidnap-50-children-as-toddlers-used-as-human-shields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/05\/16\/nigeria-gunmen-storm-schools-and-kidnap-50-children-as-toddlers-used-as-human-shields\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Gunmen storm schools and kidnap 50 children as toddlers &#8216;used as human shields&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA23m10r.img?w=534&h=356&m=6\" alt=\"Locals say more than 50 children have been taken (file image)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gunmen have stormed three schools in Nigeria and kidnapped more than 50 children, teachers and local residents have said. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/gunmen-storm-schools-and-kidnap-50-children-as-toddlers-used-as-human-shields\/ar-AA23m5Uu?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=2da6c2aaac19409be3da720ae0fbe796&ei=29\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Gunmen have stormed three schools in Nigeria and kidnapped more than 50 children, teachers and local residents have said. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bandits3.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89291,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89290\/revisions\/89291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}