Abducted Nigerian schoolgirls rescued

SOKOTO, Nigeria -- All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants after a mass abduction last week from a school in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, the country's president announced Tuesday.

A total of 25 girls were abducted Nov. 17 from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Kebbi state's Maga town, but one of them was able to escape the same day, the school's principal said. The remaining 24 were all rescued, according to a statement from President Bola Tinubu, though no details were released about the rescue.

The attack in Kebbi was among a spate of recent mass abductions in Nigeria, including a raid Friday on the Saint Mary's School in north-central Niger state in which more than 300 students and staff from the Catholic school wer

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