A Zuba Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Friday ordered that a 40-year-old man, Danjuma Ado, who allegedly beat up a pregnant woman, be remanded in a correctional centre.
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Hundreds of schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria, government official says
Hundreds of schoolgirls were abducted in the early hours of Friday when armed men raided a state-run school in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, a government official told CNN.
The schoolgirls were taken from their hostels by gunmen who raided the Government Girls Secondary School in the town of Jangebe, a high-ranking government official with knowledge of the incident told CNN.
A police officer was killed in the attack, according to the source, who did not want to be named as he did not have permission to speak on record.
“They came on about 20 motorcycles and they marched the abducted girls into the forest,” the source said. “The bandits arrived around 1:45 a.m. and they operated ’til about 3 a.m.
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Hundreds Of Nigerian Schoolgirls Returned After Being Kidnapped From A Boarding School
All of the girls were accounted for and reported to be in good condition.
March 02, 2021 at 3:49 pm
Update (March 2, 2021): Less than a week after being kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria, hundreds of schoolgirls were released and safely returned to the government s statehouse.
The 279 girls, who were abducted on Friday when gunmen raided their school in Nigeria s northwest Zamfara State, are all accounted for and reported to be in “good condition,” CNN reported. Some received medical attention when they were returned to the Zamfara government s statehouse on Tuesday, mainly to treat open sores on their feet.