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

The Nigerian army rescued abducted students and staff from a school in Kaduna, following a $690,000 ransom demand.
The mass abduction in Kuriga on March 7, 2024, was the first in Nigeria since 2021.
More than 150 students were previously abducted from a secondary school in Kaduna.

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BBC News

Kuriga kidnap: More than 280 Nigerian pupils released

Gunmen rode through the school in Kuriga in north-western Nigeria seizing children as young as eight.

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Nigerian army rescues students kidnapped two weeks ago

Seventeen students and a woman freed after operation in north-west of countryNigeria’s army has rescued 17 students and a woman who were kidnapped in a dawn raid by armed men two weeks ago in north-west Sokoto state, the state governor said.The attack at Tsangaya school on 9 March came two days after the mass abduction of schoolchildren in Kaduna, also in the north. Those students are still missing. Continue reading...

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

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

A State official in northwest Nigeria says nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in have been released more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school

1 month ago·India

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CTV News

Some of nearly 300 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria's north are freed after weeks in captivity

At least 137 of nearly 300 Nigerian children abducted more than two weeks ago from their school in the northwestern state of Kaduna were released on Sunday, the West African nation's military said.

1 month ago·Canada

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The Independent

Nearly 300 Nigerian schoolchildren released by kidnappers after two-week ordeal

Dozens of armed groups operate in north-western and central Nigeria, targeting villagers and travellers for ransom

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Over 200 Nigerian students released after abduction in Kaduna

Over 200 students and staff abducted by gunmen from a school in northern Nigeria earlier this month have been released unharmed, the office of the governor of the state of Kaduna said on Sunday, days before a deadline to pay a $690,000 ransom.

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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