10 h. ago Schoolgirls kidnapped from Nigerian boarding school have been released, state governor says

The girls were abducted on November 17 when armed men stormed their school in Kebbi state, northwestern Nigeria

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63 h. ago Hope in Nigeria as 50 schoolchildren escape captivity but 253 more still held

School kidnappings have come to define insecurity in Africa's most populous nation

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8 d. ago Nigeria sees 25 school girls snatched and staff member shot in horror mass kidnap

Armed attackers have stormed a secondary school in Nigeria and kidnapped 25 schoolgirls, police have said

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8 d. ago Nigerian gunmen abduct 'dozens' of girls from boarding school after killing deputy head teacher in chilling echo of Chibok kidnappings

The assailants attacked the Maga Comprehensive Girls' Secondary School in Kebbi state, at around 1am on Monday morning. Pictured: Boko Haram with the Nigerian schoolgirls they kidnapped in 2014.

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3 w. ago School releases statement after death of teaching assistant as son charged with murder

Angela Shellis, 45, was found dead ast her home in Prestatyn, North Wales on Friday, October 24, her son Tristan Thomas Roberts, aged 18, has been charged with her murder

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3 w. ago Marine 'tried to kidnap and sexually assault schoolgirl, 12, he met at park'

US marine William Richard Roy, 24, stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina has been charged over allegedly kidnapping and attempting to sexually assault a 12-year-old girl he took from a park

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3 w. ago Aviation school releases statement after helicopter crash killed man, 70, and injured three others in Doncaster

The aircraft understood to belong to Kuki Helicopters plummeted into a field (pictured) in the Bentley area of the South Yorkshire city just after 10am on Thursday morning.

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3 w. ago Aviation school releases statement after helicopter crash killed man, 70, and injured three others in Doncaster

The aircraft understood to belong to Kuki Helicopters plummeted into a field (pictured) in the Bentley area of the South Yorkshire city just after 10am on Thursday morning.

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