Gunmen have killed at least 38 villagers in northwestern Nigeria's Kaduna state, a region chronically marred by armed violence. Gangs of armed men have attacked hundreds of local communities across northwestern Nigeria in recent years.

Gunmen kill at least 38 villagers in northern Nigeria's Kaduna state

In northwest Nigeria, 15 high school students were released by bandits after their parents were forced to pay an undisclosed ransom to free them. The 15 students are among the 100 students who were kidnapped on July 5 from the Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna.

Nigeria: Gunmen free 15 abducted high school students after parents pay ransom

Armed men have kidnapped about 150 students from a boarding school in Nigeria's Kaduna state. This is the tenth mass school kidnapping in the country in the last six months.

Nigeria: 150 students abducted by Gunmen from a boarding school

Kidnappers have released the remaining 29 students they were holding captive from a college in Nigeria’s Kaduna state. In March, militants had seized 39 students from the College of Forestry Mechanization in Kaduna state. Security forces recovered 10 of them in the weeks following the attack, but the remaining students were still missing until Wednesday.

Nigeria: Kidnappers free 29 college students abducted in Kaduna state

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