BERMAN: So hopes for a cease-fire that the Nigerian government claimed it negotiated with insurgents, they have all but disappeared this morning. Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped at least 30 boys and girls from the northeast Nigerian village of Mafa over the weekend. That is after they killed 17 in the nearby village last week and seized 60 women and girls from Christian villages in a neighboring state. CNN's Isha Sesay is live in the capital of Abusha this morning with the latest on the Boko Haram marauding and the claims that seem not to be true of the cease-fire by the government.</s>ISHA SESAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: John, there is no doubt the statements made by the government last week are increasingly questionable. Since that announcement has been made, there have been near daily attacks in Eastern Nigeria. You mentioned the attack in Mafa. Children targeted, John, 30 boys and girls, boys as young as 13 and girls as young as 11 carried off by suspected Boko Haram militants. It is worth pointing out these attacks are in villages that are supposedly under a state of emergency. There is an increased military presence there to protect residents. The residents are feeling so unsafe that the village of Mafa, they have left their homes and seeking safety in the state capital. It is a horrifying reality that people in the part of the country have been dealing with for years. All of this begging the question will those 200 plus girls taken in April really be released as the government has long been saying given the events taking place on the ground -- John.</s>BERMAN: It keeps going on, such a tragedy for all the families involved. Isha Sesay for us in Abuja, thank you so much.</s>ROMANS: The most important economic indicator is what you pay at the gas pump. How low can they go? An EARLY START on your money is next.
New Kidnappings by Nigerian Insurgents