Nigerian army rescues abducted Kaduna students
THE Nigerian army rescued students and staff who were abducted by gunmen from a school in the country's north earlier this month, the military said, days before the deadline for a ransom payment. School officials and residents had said 287 students were taken on March 7 in the town of Kuriga in the northwestern state of Kaduna. A military spokesperson said 137 hostages - 76 of them female and 61 male - were rescued in the early hours of Sunday in the neighbouring state of Zamfara. "In the early hours of 24 March 2024, the military working with local authorities…