News Center-In the early morning of Friday, more than 100 Nigerian students, between the ages of eight and 15, and a teacher were abducted by Boko Haram in the north-western town of Kuriga, according to local reports. The students were in the assembly ground when dozens of gunmen on motorcycles rode through the school, the eyewitnesses said.

The eyewitnesses added that one student was shot by the gunmen and was receiving medical attention at the Birnin Gwari hospital.

Dozens women abducted yesterday

Yesterday, dozens of women and girls were abducted by Boko Haram in an IDPs camp in Gamboru Ngala town when they went to collect firewood to cook or sell.

While the exact number is unknown it is estimated more than 200 people were abducted, said Mohamed Malick Fall, the UN's Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator.

276 schoolgirls abducted in 2014

The largest mass abduction by Boko Haram occurred when more than 276 schoolgirls were abducted from their dormitory in Chibok town, also in north-eastern Borno state, in 2014.