Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped in Northern Nigeria last friday have been released. The governor of Katsina State says 344 children are on their way back from the forest where they were being held. The bbcs nigeria correspondent mayenijones is in kano, in katsina. She says the news obviously comes as a huge relief to the parents. So the State Government has told the bbc that 344 boys have been released and are currently on their way from a forest in the nieghbouring state of zamfara to the state capital of katsina in North Western nigeria. In the neighbouring state of zamfara to the state capital we are not clear whether that is the total number of boys who were abducted. There was always some doubt as to how many boys had been taken the State Government says it could be anywhere from 340 400 boys. Boko haram claimed that they took 523 boys, so there are some questions about how many boys have been released and whether its
Star wars trilogy, has died aged 75. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped in Northern Nigeria last friday have been released. The governor of Katsina State says 344 children are on their way back from the forest where they were being held. Well, the bbcs nigeria correspondent, mayenijones, is in kano, in katsina. She says the news obviously comes as a huge relief to the parents. So the State Government has told the bbc that 344 boys have been released and are currently on their way from a forest in zamfara to katsina in North Western nigeria. We are not clear whether that is the total number of boys who were abducted, there was always some doubt as to how many boys had been taken. The State Government said it could be anywhere from 340 400 boys. Boko haram claimed that they took 523 boys, so there is some questions about how many boys have been released and whether its all of them. In terms of responsibility, the Extremist Group boko haram have claimed that
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Hundreds of schoolboys, kidnapped in Northern Nigeria last friday, have been released. The governor of Katsina State says 344 children are on their way back from the forest where they were being held. The bbcs nigeria correspondent, mayenijones, is in kano in katsina. She says the news obviously comes as a huge relief to the parents. The State Government has told the bbc that 344 boys have been released and are currently on their way from a forest in zamfara to katsina in North Western nigeria. We are not clear whether that is the total number of boys who were abducted, there was some doubt as to how many boys had been taken, the State Government said it could be anywhere from 340 400 boys. Boko haram claim that they took 523 boys, so there is some questions about how many boys have been released and whether its all of them. In terms of responsibility, the Extremist Group boko haram have claimed that they were responsible f
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