Minna, Nigeria, Dec 22, 2025 (AFP) - Last of kidnapped Nigerian pupils handed over, government says

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2025-12-22

Some 130 Nigerian Catholic school pupils were handed over to state authorities Monday, a day after the government said it had secured their release a month after one of the country's worst mass abductions. Kidnappings for ransom are a common way for armed groups to make quick cash in the conflict-hit west African nation of some 230 million, but a spate of attacks in November put an uncomfortable international spotlight on Nigeria's grim security......

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