Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren, a United Nations source and local media said Sunday.
The children from St. Mary’s Catholic school in Papiri are set to be handed over to local government officials in Niger state on Monday, according to the source.
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The freeing of the 100 children was confirmed to AFP by presidential spokesman Sunday Dare, though the fate of 165 students and staff thought to remain in the kidnappers hands was unclear.
AFP