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More than 300 taken from Nigeria school in one of worst mass abductions

World Nov 23

Pope calls on kidnappers to free 265 Nigerian students and teachers after 50 pupils escape

By Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press

World Nov 22

Reports of kidnapping of more than 300 children and staff from the Catholic school in Papiri, Nigeria
More than 300 schoolchildren abducted in attack on Catholic school in Nigeria, authorities say

A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Saturday, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren.

By Associated Press

World Mar 27

More than 100 kidnapped Nigerian students arrive back in Kaduna
In Nigeria, parents finally able to see children who were abducted from school in early March

The children's abduction from their school in the remote town of Kuriga was one of several mass school abductions that have shaken the West African nation in recent years.

By Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press

World Mar 24

Nigeria says 137 abducted schoolchildren rescued
After weeks in captivity, some of nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolchildren are freed

At least 137 of nearly 300 Nigerian children abducted more than two weeks ago from their school in the northwestern state of Kaduna were released on Sunday, the West African nation’s military said.

By Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press

World Mar 10

A boy holds a sign to protest against, what a teacher, local councilor and parents said, the kidnapping of hundreds school...
Days after gunmen abduct hundreds of students in Nigeria, hope of finding them begins to fade

The mass kidnapping in Kuriga was the third in northern Nigeria since last week; a group of gunmen abducted 15 children from a school in another northwestern state, Sokoto, before dawn Saturday, and a few days earlier 200 people, mostly…

By Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press

Mar 02

Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed

By Lekan Oyekanmi, Associated Press

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.

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Feb 28

Nigerian families await news of 300 kidnapped schoolgirls

By Associated Press

Families in Nigeria waited anxiously for news of their abducted daughters after more than 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped by gunmen from a government school in the country’s north last week, the latest in a series of mass school kidnappings in…

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