It was the first attack on an elementary school in a wave of such attacks in which more than 700 people have been abducted since December

Padlocks and chains used to shackle children rescued by police from captivity are seen at the Hajj transit camp in Kaduna, Nigeria September 28, 2019.

No children missing after gunmen raid Nigerian primary school: security commissioner

Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna state’s security commissioner, said the missing comprised of 23 females and 16 males

A view shows one of the hostels where gunmen abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, in Kaduna, Nigeria March 12, 2021.

Number of missing Nigerian students raised to 39 after armed raid

The college was said to have some 300 male and female students, mostly aged 17 and older, at the time of the attack

About 30 students, a mix of males and females, are yet to be accounted for

Nigeria gunmen raid college, dozens feared abducted

The 279 girls were abducted on February 26 from the Government Secondary School in Jangebe by gunmen who are known locally as bandits

Freed: The school abduction was Nigeria's third mass kidnapping in less than three months

Nigeria eases curfew in town of kidnapped schoolgirls

This is the second such kidnapping in little over a week in a region increasingly targeted by militants

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks after security forces rescued schoolboys from kidnappers, in Katsina, Nigeria, December 18, 2020.

Gunmen take 317 schoolgirls in Nigeria's latest mass abduction

Group claims oil-rich Niger-Delta neglected by government

Militants from Nigeria’s oil-rich region have threatened to attack the country's capital and economic hub for alleged neglect of the Niger-Delta

Nigeria: militants threaten to attack major cities

The aircraft crashed while returning to the Abuja Airport after reporting engine failure

Rescuers and people gather near the debris of a Nigerian air force plane, which according to the aviation minister crashed while approaching the Abuja airport runway, in Abuja, Nigeria February 21, 2021.

No children missing after gunmen raid Nigerian primary school: security commissioner

Number of missing Nigerian students raised to 39 after armed raid

Nigeria gunmen raid college, dozens feared abducted

Nigeria eases curfew in town of kidnapped schoolgirls

Gunmen take 317 schoolgirls in Nigeria's latest mass abduction

Nigeria: militants threaten to attack major cities

Nigerian air force passenger plane crash kills seven people

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No children missing after gunmen raid Nigerian primary school: security commissioner

Number of missing Nigerian students raised to 39 after armed raid

Nigeria gunmen raid college, dozens feared abducted

Nigeria eases curfew in town of kidnapped schoolgirls

Gunmen take 317 schoolgirls in Nigeria's latest mass abduction

Nigeria: militants threaten to attack major cities

Nigerian air force passenger plane crash kills seven people