Kidnappers have released 53 people including women and children they seized on a bus in Nigeria, local authorities said, while dozens of others taken from a school in a separate incident are still missing.

Kidnappers in Nigeria release 53 including women and children seized on bus

Schools across the region were closed and surveillance aircraft were dispatched to scour the forest.

41 students still missing in Nigeria’s latest school kidnapping

Another new variant of the novel coronavirus seems to have emerged in Nigeria, the head of Africa’s disease control body said on Thursday, cautioning more investigation was needed.

Another new coronavirus variant found in Nigeria, says Africa CDC

More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped in northern Nigeria have been rescued, the Katsina state governor has said.

Over 300 kidnapped Nigerian school boys handed to government

A joint rescue operation was launched on Saturday by Nigeria’s police, air force and army, according to the government.

333 students still missing after gunmen attacked school in Nigeria

The attack sparked anger in the largely poor and rural region towards the country’s government, which is under mounting pressure following deepening insecurity.

WION Dispatch: Hundreds of students missing after gunmen attack Nigerian school

At least 110 people have been killed in an attack on a village in north-east Nigeria blamed on the Boko Haram jihadist group

At least 110 dead in Nigeria after suspected Boko Haram attack

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