100 kidnapped children freed in Nigeria
Nigeria has rescued 100 children who were abducted by gunmen from St Mary’s Catholic School in Niger state last month.

Nigeria has rescued 100 children who were abducted by gunmen from St Mary’s Catholic School in Niger state last month.






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Nearly 35 million people ‘projected to face severe food insecurity’, including ‘famine-like conditions’.
More than 300 students abducted amid surge in armed attacks, bringing back memories of 2014 Chibok girls’ kidnapping.
Authorities look for missing students and teachers after two major incidents of kidnappings take place within days.
“Some schools do not have early warning systems.”

More than 300 children were abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria’s Niger state.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for this or a previous abduction, as authorities deploy rescue squads.
Attack comes just days after armed men stormed a secondary school in northwestern Nigeria, kidnapping 25 schoolgirls.

Separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu shouted in protest at a court hearing in Nigeria, before he was sentenced to life.
Prosecutors had sought the death penalty against Kanu, but Judge James Omotosho said he chose to show mercy.
The Nigerian president will focus on rescuing the schoolgirls abducted by armed men in Kebbi State.