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Children kidnapped by Boko Haram from the Government Science Secondary school, in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina State, Nigeria are seen returning after having been freed on 18 December 2020. Picture: AFP

Nigerian president muhammadu buhari

Nigeria's Buhari relieved to have kidnapped schoolboys returned safely

By Samson Omale

The 344 boys are currently being moved to a hospital for medical examination and further debriefing before they will be allowed to reunite with their parents.

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  • FILE: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. Picture: AFP

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  • FILE: Muhammadu Buhari, the President of Nigeria, sits at the Shehu of Borno's palace in Maiduguri on 12 February 12, 2020. Picture: AFP.

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  • Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. Picture: @NGRPresident/Twitter

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  • FILE: A Nigerian army vehicle patrols in the town of Banki in northeastern Nigeria on 26 April 2017. Picture: AFP

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  • FILE: Policemen stand on guard at the premises of Government Girls Technical College, where 110 girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists at Dapchi town in northern Nigerian on 19 February 2018. Picture: AFP

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  • Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari (C), flanked by his wife Aisha Buhari (R), casts his vote at a polling station in his native hometown Daura in Katsina State, northwest Nigeria, on 23 February 2019. Nigerians began voting for a new president on 23 February after a week-long delay that has raised political tempers, sparked conspiracy claims and stoked fears of violence. Picture: AFP

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  • Nigeria's former vice-president Atiku Abubakar. Picture: Twitter/@atiku

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  • The Nigerian flag flies in Lagos. Picture: AFP.

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  • Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during a joint press conference with the German chancellor at the presidency in Abuja, on 31 August 2018. Picture: AFP

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  • The Nigeria Police Force headquarters at Louis Edet House. Picture: npf.gov.ng

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  • Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. Picture: AFP

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  • FILE: Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari. Picture: AFP

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    1090 days ago
  • FILE: Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari addressing the nation on state television in his first speech since returning from a long medical absence in Britain, in a bid to dampen mounting separatist tensions in the country. Picture: AFP.

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  • FILE: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. Picture: AFP.

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    1107 days ago
  • Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari. Picture: AFP.

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