JANGEBE, NIGERIA — Armed men kidnapped 317 schoolgirls from a state-run school in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, police said in a statement on Friday, Feb. 26.
Citing an anonymous source, CNN..
Gunmen have freed all 279 girls kidnapped from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria, the governor of Zamfara state said on Tuesday. Soraya Ali reports.
Gunmen on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in Nigeria's north-central state of Niger, while security forces continued to search for 317 schoolgirls..
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