# Families in northwestern Nigeria say they have heard nothing from kidnappers nearly two weeks after hundreds of people were abducted in a coordinated raid. Residents say about 600 people, mostly women, children and older people, were seized from three communities in Niger State on 22 August, while at least 40 people were killed. President Bola Tinubu has ordered security agencies to rescue the hostages, but authorities have given little information on the operation. Families say they are desperate for answers as many remain homeless after their communities were burned.
Nigeria families still waiting for news after mass abduction