Boko Haram abducts 10 members of Nigerian oil exploration team

Ten people from an oil exploration research team were kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group in northern Nigeria's Borno state on Tuesday. The team members from the University of Maiduguri who were working for the national petroleum company were seized near Jibi village, a company spokesman said. As of early Wednesday afternoon there was no word on the whereabouts of the team members.