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Abducted Nigerian schoolgirls released by kidnappers

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A signboard of the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe, a village in Zamfara State, northwest of Nigeria on February 27, 2021. PHOTO | AFP

Photo credit: Kola Sulaimon | AFP

By  Mohammed Momoh

Contributor based in Abuja, Nigeria

Nation Media Group

Dozens of schoolgirls that were abducted from a boarding school in Zamfara in northwest Nigeria have been released by their kidnappers.

Officials said the girls were released early hours of Tuesday.

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