Another 130 kidnapped schoolchildren released in Nigeria

Presidential spokesperson says all those abducted from a Catholic school in Niger state last month are now free

Nigerian authorities say they have secured the release of a further 130 schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic school in November, after 100 were freed earlier this month.

Another 130 abducted Niger state pupils released, none left in captivity," presidential spokesperson Sunday Dare said on X, in a post accompanied by a photo of smiling children.