Kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren released

Updated February 27 2021 - 8:44pm, first published 8:42pm
An armed gang stormed a secondary school in Nigeria's Niger state last week and abducted 42 people.
An armed gang stormed a secondary school in Nigeria's Niger state last week and abducted 42 people.

Gunmen have released 42 people, including 27 students, who were kidnapped from a boarding school last week in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger, its governor says.

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