Nearly 300 abducted schoolchildren in northwest Nigeria freed after over two weeks in captivity

Nigerian military returns over 130 abducted schoolchildren after weeks in captivity

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — More than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren rescued after more than two weeks in captivity have arrived in their home state in northwestern Nigeria ahead of their anticipated reunions with families. That follows the latest in a series of mass school abductions in the West African nation. The children were seized by motorcycle-riding gunmen at their school in the remote Kaduna state town of Kurig…

Kidnapped students safe and in high spirits. But Nigeria still has an abduction problem.

More than two weeks after being kidnapped from their school in Kaduna, Nigeria, 137 schoolchildren have been rescued, officials say. That brings the total number of students who have been kidnapped from Nigerian schools since 2014 to more than 1,400.

The Nigerian Army announced this Sunday the release of 137 of the students kidnapped by criminal groups earlier this month at a school in Kuriga, in the state of Kaduna, in the central-north of the country, a case considered an exponent of the security crisis that Nigeria, and especially its most vulnerable communities, has been going through for several years. “The hostages rescued amount to 137. They are 76 girls and 61 boys,” said the head of…

137 kidnapped children rescued in Nigeria

KADUNA, Nigeria — More than 130 children abducted more than two weeks ago from their school in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna were rescued Sunday and are getting psychological support before being returned to their families, the West African nation's…

The rescue took place just a few days before the deadline set to pay a ransom of one billion nairas (638,000 euros) for their release.

137 kidnapped schoolchildren rescued in Nigeria

KADUNA, Nigeria — More than 130 children abducted more than two weeks ago from their school in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna were rescued Sunday and are getting psychological support before being returned to their families, the West African nation's…