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Added on the 05/07/2021 15:06:05 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Distressed parents wait for news of their children after gunmen stormed the Bethel Baptist High School in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria, kidnapping 140 students in the early hours on Monday. IMAGES
Primary and secondary schools are closed following restrictions imposed by the authorities in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara a day after 73 students were kidnapped by gunmen in the latest in a series of mass abductions targeting pupils. IMAGES
Hundreds of girls wearing hijabs, gathered at Zamfara state government premises as all 279 students kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria have been released. IMAGES
Lagos (Nigeria), March 2 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Stringer) The 279 students kidnapped at dawn last Friday in a public school for girls in the state of Zamfara, in northwestern Nigeria, were released on Tuesday, according to the governor of the region, Beautiful Muhammad Matawalle.FOOTAGE OF THE STUDENTS.
Police guard a college in Afaka, in northern Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna, after gunmen attacked on Thursday night. Authorities say 30 of the students are missing while the army was able to rescue 180 people after a fierce battle with the attackers. IMAGES
A day after their release, dozens of Nigerian schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen earlier this month, arrive at the Kaduna State Government House ahead of a meeting with the governor of the northwestern state, Uba Sani. The mass abduction in Kuriga, Kaduna state on March 7 was one of the biggest attacks on a school in years and sparked a national outcry over insecurity. IMAGES