given that many hard-hit areas are only reachable by boat.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said last week the government would not succumb to blackmail by bandits and criminals who target innocent school students in expectation of huge ransom payments.Nigeria has seen several such attacks and kidnappings in recent years.

Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle announced that 279 girls were freed.often abduct students for money.six staff and eight relatives were released after being abducted on February 17 from the Government Science College Kagara in Niger state.

Matawalle said in a post on Twitter early Tuesday.the states governor said Tuesday.

This follows the scaling of several hurdles laid against our efforts.

They appeared calm and ranged in ages from 10 and up.Kris Armstrong was driving between her two jobs when she got a call and the caller asked her to pull over.

it went viral generating millions of views.the two met when she was 16 and he was 15.

She turned to God and asked for guidance.and I took that very seriously.