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Nigeria: Sisters freed after family pays ransom

File Photo Five teenage sisters abducted by gunmen in June in the northern Nigerian state of Zamfara have been freed. There was outrage over the extraordinary kidnap and long stay in captivity especially after the kidnappers released a video of them last month. The sister were visibly frightened and bewildered when they were shown with the captives carrying guns and … Read More
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Kidnappers demand ransom for Nigerian school girls

Gunmen who kidnapped six female students and two staff members from their hostels at a remote school in northern Nigeria have made a ransom demand, the regional governor said. Armed assailants gained entry to Engravers College, a mixed boarding school in a remote area just south of the city of Kaduna, early on Thursday and seized the victims. “They have… Read More