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A group of nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted by gunmen from their school in north-western Nigeria two weeks ago are now, the regional government in the Nigerian state of Kaduna announced on Sunday. “I wish to announce that our Kuriga school children have been released,” Uba Sani, the governor of Kaduna, said in a post to X, formerly Twitter. The schoolchildren are unharmed, he said, and spoke of “operations of the security agencies, which eventually resulted in this successful outcome.” He did not provide further details about the circumstances of their release. “We … thank all Nigerians wh…

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