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Kaduna state governor Uba Sani, centre, gestures after a meeting with security officers in Kaduna, Nigeria, Sunday, March 24, 2024. Officials in Nigeria say over 130 of nearly 300 schoolchildren have been released more than two weeks after they were seized in the northwestern state of Kaduna and marched into the forests. Sani, who first announced the rescue, did not give details about the operation. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)

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Over 130 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria's northwest are rescued after weeks in captivity
By CHINEDU ASADU - Associated Press
Sun,03/24/24-1:36AM , 456 Reads
KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — 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 military and government officials said.
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A women prays for the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School students in Kuriga, Kaduna state Nigeria, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Security forces swept through large forests in Nigeria's northwest region on Friday in search of nearly 300 children who were abducted from their school a day earlier in the West African nation's latest mass kidnap which analysts and activists blamed on the failure of intelligence and slow security response. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

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Gunmen kidnap nearly 300 students in northwest Nigeria. 2 days later, some lose hope of finding them
By CHINEDU ASADU - Associated Press
Sat,03/09/24-8:55PM , 152 Reads
KURIGA, Nigeria (AP) — Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria’s northwest, riddled with Islamic extremists and armed gangs.
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Children walk past classrooms at the LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga where students were kidnapped in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Security forces swept through large forests in Nigeria's northwest region on Friday in search of nearly 300 children who were abducted from their school a day earlier in the West African nation's latest mass kidnap which analysts and activists blamed on the failure of intelligence and slow security response. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

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Gunmen kidnap 15 children in yet another school abduction in northern Nigeria
By CHINEDU ASADU - Associated Press
Sat,03/09/24-12:04PM , 194 Reads
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Armed men broke into a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria early Saturday and seized 15 children as they slept, police told The Associated Press, about 48 hours after nearly 300 students were taken hostage in
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People gather around an area were gunmen kidnapped school children in Chikun, Nigeria, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria's northwest region Thursday morning and abducted at least 287 students, the headteacher told authorities, marking the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week. (AP Photo)

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Gunmen abduct 287 students in the latest school attack in Nigeria’s northwest, headteacher says
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Thu,03/07/24-1:28PM , 174 Reads
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria’s northwest region Thursday and abducted at least 287 students, the headteacher told authorities, marking the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week.
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