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Over 250 Nigerian School Students Released A Month After Being Kidnapped
The more than 250 school students seized by gunmen in a mass kidnapping in northwestern Nigeria earlier this month have been released, the local governor said on Sunday.
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Gunmen Kidnap More Than 280 Students From Nigerian School During Raid
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 280 pupils during a raid on a school in northwest Nigeria, a teacher and a resident said, in one of the country's largest mass abductions.
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24 Female Students Among Dozens Kidnapped By Gunmen At Nigerian University
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 30 people, including at least 24 female students, in a raid in and around a university in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, residents said Saturday.
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Severed Head Of Missing Nigerian Lawmaker Found In Park: Police
Police in Nigeria have discovered the severed head of a state legislator who went missing last week in Anambra, where the government accuses separatists of carrying out a spate of killings and kidnappings, police said on Sunday.
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Gunmen Kidnap 4 Staff Members, Their Children From University Of Abuja In Nigeria
Gunmen kidnapped four members of staff and their children from the University of Abuja on Tuesday, the university said, in a rare kidnapping at such a large institution in the Nigerian capital.
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Weak And Tattered, 29 Students Freed By Kidnappers In Nigeria's Kaduna
Kidnappers have released the remaining 29 students they were holding captive on Wednesday, nearly two months after abducting them from a forestry college in Nigeria's Kaduna state.
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All 279 Kidnapped Nigerian Students Released: Governor
All 279 Nigerian students kidnapped from their boarding school in the northern state of Zamfara have been released and are on government premises, the governor of the state told AFP Tuesday.
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Plane In Nigeria Crash Part Of Kidnap Rescue Operation
Seven people on board a military aircraft died in a crash on Sunday near Nigeria's capital Abuja, the country's airforce spokesman said.
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Dozens Of Children Freed After New Abduction In Nigeria: Police
Local vigilantes rescued dozens of schoolchildren abducted by bandits in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina after a gun battle, police said Sunday.
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"You Will Die In The Forest": Nigerian Schoolboys Describe Kidnap Ordeal
Annas Shuaibu says he awoke to the sound of gunshots fired by men who burst into his boarding school in northwest Nigeria in a nighttime raid. He and hundreds of other boys were rounded up and forcibly marched out of the school and into a nearby forest.
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344 Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolboys Released: Official
Over 300 Nigerian schoolboys were released on Thursday after being kidnapped in an attack claimed by Boko Haram, officials said, although it was unclear if any more remained with their captors.
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Boko Haram Releases Video Claiming To Show Kidnapped Nigerian Students
The Boko Haram jihadist group released a video on Thursday claiming to show schoolboys who had been kidnapped in northwest Nigeria.
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Nigeria Rescues 3 Foreigners, Including Indian, Kidnapped By Pirates
Three foreign sailors kidnapped by pirates in the oil-rich south of Nigeria last week have been rescued, the Nigerian Navy said Wednesday.
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18 Indians Kidnapped By Pirates Near Nigerian Coast Released
Eighteen Indians, kidnapped by pirates from a commercial vessel near the Nigerian coast on December 3, have been released, the Indian mission in Nigeria said on Sunday.
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Family Of Haryana Merchant Navy Official Kidnapped By Nigeria Pirates Awaits His Return
The family members of a Merchant Navy officer who was among 18 Indians kidnapped by Nigerian pirates are hopeful that all the crew members will return to their home very soon and said that they are constantly in touch with the ship management company and the government.
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Over 250 Nigerian School Students Released A Month After Being Kidnapped
The more than 250 school students seized by gunmen in a mass kidnapping in northwestern Nigeria earlier this month have been released, the local governor said on Sunday.
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Gunmen Kidnap More Than 280 Students From Nigerian School During Raid
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 280 pupils during a raid on a school in northwest Nigeria, a teacher and a resident said, in one of the country's largest mass abductions.
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24 Female Students Among Dozens Kidnapped By Gunmen At Nigerian University
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 30 people, including at least 24 female students, in a raid in and around a university in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, residents said Saturday.
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Severed Head Of Missing Nigerian Lawmaker Found In Park: Police
Police in Nigeria have discovered the severed head of a state legislator who went missing last week in Anambra, where the government accuses separatists of carrying out a spate of killings and kidnappings, police said on Sunday.
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Gunmen Kidnap 4 Staff Members, Their Children From University Of Abuja In Nigeria
Gunmen kidnapped four members of staff and their children from the University of Abuja on Tuesday, the university said, in a rare kidnapping at such a large institution in the Nigerian capital.
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Weak And Tattered, 29 Students Freed By Kidnappers In Nigeria's Kaduna
Kidnappers have released the remaining 29 students they were holding captive on Wednesday, nearly two months after abducting them from a forestry college in Nigeria's Kaduna state.
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All 279 Kidnapped Nigerian Students Released: Governor
All 279 Nigerian students kidnapped from their boarding school in the northern state of Zamfara have been released and are on government premises, the governor of the state told AFP Tuesday.
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Plane In Nigeria Crash Part Of Kidnap Rescue Operation
Seven people on board a military aircraft died in a crash on Sunday near Nigeria's capital Abuja, the country's airforce spokesman said.
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Dozens Of Children Freed After New Abduction In Nigeria: Police
Local vigilantes rescued dozens of schoolchildren abducted by bandits in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina after a gun battle, police said Sunday.
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"You Will Die In The Forest": Nigerian Schoolboys Describe Kidnap Ordeal
Annas Shuaibu says he awoke to the sound of gunshots fired by men who burst into his boarding school in northwest Nigeria in a nighttime raid. He and hundreds of other boys were rounded up and forcibly marched out of the school and into a nearby forest.
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344 Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolboys Released: Official
Over 300 Nigerian schoolboys were released on Thursday after being kidnapped in an attack claimed by Boko Haram, officials said, although it was unclear if any more remained with their captors.
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Boko Haram Releases Video Claiming To Show Kidnapped Nigerian Students
The Boko Haram jihadist group released a video on Thursday claiming to show schoolboys who had been kidnapped in northwest Nigeria.
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Nigeria Rescues 3 Foreigners, Including Indian, Kidnapped By Pirates
Three foreign sailors kidnapped by pirates in the oil-rich south of Nigeria last week have been rescued, the Nigerian Navy said Wednesday.
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18 Indians Kidnapped By Pirates Near Nigerian Coast Released
Eighteen Indians, kidnapped by pirates from a commercial vessel near the Nigerian coast on December 3, have been released, the Indian mission in Nigeria said on Sunday.
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Family Of Haryana Merchant Navy Official Kidnapped By Nigeria Pirates Awaits His Return
The family members of a Merchant Navy officer who was among 18 Indians kidnapped by Nigerian pirates are hopeful that all the crew members will return to their home very soon and said that they are constantly in touch with the ship management company and the government.
