Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu sent troops to rescue more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen from a school in the country's northwest. This is one of the largest mass abductions in three years.
Nigeria n President Bola Ahmed Tinubu sent troops to rescue over 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen from a school in the country's northwest. This is one of the largest mass abduction s in three years. The attack in Kaduna state is the second mass kidnapping in a week in Nigeria , where armed criminal gangs target victims for ransom.
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