Several students kidnapped as gunmen attack university in central Nigeria

ABUJA, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Several students were reported missing after a group of gunmen stormed their school in Nigeria's central state of Kogi late Thursday, local authorities said Friday.

The gunmen attacked at least three lecture halls at the state-owned Confluence University of Science and Technology in the Okene area of Kogi Thursday night, as dozens of students held "group reading" ahead of their upcoming semester examination beginning on Monday, the school's vice chancellor, Abdulrahman Asipita, told reporters while assuring that the local authorities were "on top of the situation."