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Nigeria kidnapping: Freed Zamfara schoolgirl keen to return to school

A girl who was kidnapped alongside 278 students speaks to the BBC about her ordeal.
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Deadly violence mars reunion between schoolgirls and parents in Nigeria, witnesses say

At least one person has been shot dead and two others injured as hundreds of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls who had been released were reunited with their parents, eyewitnesses told CNN.
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Nigeria kidnapped girls: Shots fired at Zamfara reunion ceremony

Parents of girls released by kidnappers had thrown stones at officials during the reunion ceremony.
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Nigeria kidnapped girls: Security forces 'open fire' at reunion ceremony

Parents of girls released by kidnappers had thrown rocks at officials during the reunion ceremony.
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Israel Adesanya: From being bullied by racists to UFC champion

Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has gone from being bullied by racists at school in New Zealand to being a UFC champion.
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Israel Adesanya: From being bullied to UFC champion

Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has gone from being bullied at school in New Zealand to being a UFC champion.
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Nigeria: Law Firms As Targets For Hackers – Risks And The Way Forward - AELEX

The growth in technology has led to a sudden shift in the storage of information from physical storage systems to online storage platforms.
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Nigeria is trapped in a cycle of kidnappings and thousands are missing amid predatory practices

Kidnapping students has become one of the fastest-growing sectors of Nigeria's economy. Hundreds were freed on Tuesday after a ransom had been paid.       [Author: USA TODAY]
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Tears of joy and relief as 279 kidnapped schoolgirls return home

Hundreds of schoolgirls were released on March 2nd after being abducted in the early hours of February 26th when armed men raided a state-run school in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, a government official has told CNN. CNN's Stephanie Busari reports.
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Tears of joy and relief as 279 Nigerian schoolgirls return home

Hundreds of schoolgirls were released on March 2nd after being abducted in the early hours of February 26th when armed men raided a state-run school in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, a government official has told CNN. CNN's Stephanie Busari reports.
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Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls released days after kidnapping

Hundreds of schoolgirls that were kidnapped at gunpoint from their boarding school in Nigeria have been released, authorities said.
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Nigeria: Electric Power Generation, Distribution And Pegging: Is The New NERC Order On The Capping Of Estimated Bills A Solution? - LeLaw Barristers & Solicitors

Globally, the generation and transmission of electricity has continued to grow rapidly, albeit not keeping pace with population growth in emerging and 3rd World economies.
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Nigerian Governor: 279 Kidnapped Schoolgirls Freed

Nigeria has seen several such attacks and kidnappings in recent years.
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Nigeria school abduction: Hundreds of girls released by gunmen

A group of nearly 300 girls are released after they were abducted from their school last week.
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Nigeria's school abductions: Why children are being targeted

Paying ransoms to kidnappers is fuelling the mass abduction of students in northern Nigeria, analysts say.
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Almost 300 schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria are free, says state governor

Government officials had been in talks with the kidnappers following Nigeria’s third school attack in less than three monthsAll 279 Nigerian students kidnapped from their boarding school in the northern state of Zamfara have been released and are on government premises, the governor of the state has said.“I am happy to announce that the girls are free,” Dr Bello Matawalle told AFP. “They have just arrived in the government house and are in good health.” An AFP reporter saw hundreds of girls wear...
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Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls rescued days after kidnapping

Hundreds of schoolgirls that were kidnapped at gunpoint in Nigeria have been rescued, authorities said.
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Nigeria's school abductions: Why children are being targeted

A reward system for kidnappers is fuelling mass abductions of students in northern Nigeria.
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Dolphins Notebook: Ogbah Helps Out, Tua Topics, Surtain Shines

Miami Dolphins defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah lent a helping hand to help feed children affected by the severe weather in Houston Author: Publish date: Feb 27, 2021 * * * Miami Dolphins defensive end Emmanual Ogbah was born in Nigeria, but m
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42 people including students abducted last week in Nigeria released

At least 42 people, including students, who were kidnapped last week in an armed raid at a state-run school in Kagara in Niger state, northwest Nigeria, have been released, the vice-principal of the school, Mallam Saidu, told CNN Saturday.
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Nigeria kidnappings: Hunt for 300 girls as second abducted school group freed

Some 317 girls remain missing in Zamfara state, but 42 people abducted in Niger state are freed.
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Schoolchildren freed after abduction in northern Nigeria, governor says

Students, teachers and family members released after gunmen stormed college in Kagara two weeks agoForty-two people including 27 students who were abducted two weeks ago from a school in northern Nigeria have been freed, an official has said.The chief press secretary for the Niger state governor, Mary Noel Berje, told the Associated Press on Saturday that those released have arrived in the state capital, Minna. “We have received them,” she said. Continue reading...
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(CNN) — If a steaming bowl of soup strike...

(CNN) — If a steaming bowl of soup strikes you as the ultimate in old-fashioned comfort, you’ve got plenty of company. Soup is one of the world’s oldest and most universal foods, said Janet Clarkson, author of the book “Soup: A Global History.” “Every culture has some kind of soup,” she said. “It’s got very ancient roots.” Early people simmered everything from turtle shells to lengths of bamboo in soup, she writes in the book, turning out metal soup pots starting in the Bronze Age. Boiling food ...
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HORROR: More Than 300 Schoolgirls Kidnapped By Gunmen In Nigeria

Armed groups in the region are known to kidnap people for money and for the release of their members from jail.
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Nigeria's Zamfara school abduction: More than 300 Nigerian girls missing

Gunmen raided the boarding school in the north-western state of Zamfara on Friday morning.
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Kidnappers abduct 317 schoolgirls in Nigeria in armed night-time raid

Bandits carried out third mass kidnapping of students in three months, police sayPolice have said 317 schoolgirls have been abducted in north-west Nigeria, the third mass kidnapping of students in three months in an escalating wave of rural attacks blamed on groups of armed bandits.The schoolgirls were abducted at about 1am from the town of Jangebe, Zamfara state, from the Jangebe government girls’ secondary school, police said on Friday. Continue reading...
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Kidnappers abduct more than 300 schoolchildren in Nigeria

Surge in armed militancy in north of country has led to widespread breakdown of securityPolice have said 317 schoolgirls have been abducted in north-west Nigeria, the third mass kidnap of students in three months in an escalating wave of rural attacks blamed on groups of armed bandits.The schoolgirls were abducted at about 1am from the town of Jangebe, Zamfara state, from the Jangebe Government Girls’ Secondary School, police said on Friday. Continue reading...
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Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls are missing after gunmen raid school

Hundreds of girls are missing after gunmen raided a school in northern Nigeria early Friday morning.       [Author: USA TODAY]
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Nigeria's Zamfara school abduction: Hundreds of girls missing

A teacher in the north-western Zamfara state tells the BBC at least 300 girls are unaccounted for.
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Hundreds of schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria, government official says

An unspecified number of young schoolgirls were abducted early Friday when armed men raided a state-run school in Zamfara State, north-west Nigeria, a government official told CNN.
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