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21 abducted schoolchildren rescued in Northwestern Nigeria

Some of the students who were abducted by gunmen from the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe last week. /AP At least 21 schoolchildren in Nigeria have been rescued hours after they w

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16 kidnapped after gunmen attack college in NW Nigeria: police

FILE PIC: Nigerian police confirmed on Monday 16 persons were kidnapped after a group of unidentified gunmen attacked a college in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state on Sunday. /Xinhua Nigerian

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Around 30 students missing after gunmen attack college in NW Nigeria

Around 30 students are missing after gunmen attacked a college in the northwest Nigerian state of Kaduna, the state's security commissioner said on Friday.Samuel Aruwan, in a statement, said an armed

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Feb. 27 - Mar. 5)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | China keeps position

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Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed

Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state’s governor said Tuesday.Zamfa

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Surging violence in Nigeria drives displacement to Niger

Saratou and her seven children fled their village in Nigeria to the border area in Maradi, Niger, after attacks by criminal gangs. /UNHCR UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it is alarmed at su

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All 279 kidnapped Nigerian girls released: governor

All 279 girls kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria have been released and are on government premises, AFP reported on Tuesday citing a local governor.Nigerian President Muhammadu

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Nigerian schoolboys freed as forces search for 300 abducted girls

Students and teachers who were abducted by gunmen from the Government Science College Kagara two weeks ago are seen after their release meeting with the state Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, in Min

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School children abducted in Nigeria's Niger state released, governor says

Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 42 people, including 27 students, who were kidnapped from a boarding school last week in the north-central state of Niger, the st

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UN chief demands 'immediate' release of kidnapped Nigeria schoolgirls

File: The yard of the Government Girls Science and Technical College staff quarters in Dapchi, Nigeria, after the abduction of more than 100 girls. /AFP UN chief has added his voice to the kid

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Gunmen abduct students in Nigerian school: report

Scores of students were abducted by gunmen who stormed an all-girl school in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara on early Friday, Xinhua reported citing a local official. Source(s): Xinhua News

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Nigeria hunts school kidnappers as families call for help

Heavily-armed men in military uniforms raided the Government Science College in Kagara early Wednesday. /AFP Photo Nigerian security forces on Thursday said they were tracking the armed gang t

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Nigerian army kills several bandits, rescues 3 kidnapped people

FILE PHOTO: Nigerian Army soldiers stand at a base. /Getty Images The Nigerian military said that it killed several suspected bandits and arrested three others following a series of security o

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Military airstrike kills armed bandits in northwest Nigeria

Nigerian troops conducted an airstrike killing several bandits in Northwest Nigeria. /Nigerian Army An airstrike by Nigerian troops has destroyed a camp of an armed group inside Kagara Forest