Minna, Nigeria, Dec 8, 2025 (AFP) - 100 abducted Nigerian children handed over to state officials

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2025-12-08

Around 100 schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic school in Nigeria last month were handed over to state officials Monday, AFP reporters saw. The children -- many wearing football jerseys and girls in long robes -- were driven to the Niger State Government House in white buses escorted by a dozen military vans and armoured vehicles. In late November 315 students and staff were kidnapped from St. Mary's co-educational boarding school in north-ce......

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