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Nigeria students released: 137 abducted children in Kaduna state freed

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An Adviser for Nigeria’s President says all 137 school students abducted earlier this month have been freed. Previous media reports had put the number of children taken at 287. Gunmen attacked their school in the northern state of Kaduna on March 7- kidnapping victims as young as four. Abdul Aziz Abdul Aziz is a Special Assistant to the Nigerian president. He says no ransom was paid for their release. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Nigeria #Kaduna #Kuriga #Bandits #BokoHaram #kidnapping #bringbackourpupils #bringbackourgirls #NigeriaAbductions

Why are schoolchildren being kidnapped in Nigeria? | Start Here

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Why are officials in Nigeria unable to protect schoolchildren from mass kidnappings? Kidnappers in Nigeria are increasingly targeting schools and abducting hundreds of students for ransom. #AJStartHere explains #Al_Jazeera_English #Start_Here #Al_Jazeera_Digital_Shows Let’s talk about the kidnappings. Children in Nigeria are being abducted from schools — often hundreds of boys and girls at a time. They’re taken for ransom. Some of them make it home. But many haven’t. So who’s behind the kidnappings? Why are they still happening? And why have the people in charge failed to stop them? It’s hard to get an exact number but around 700 people have been abducted in Nigeria so far this year — most […]