Nigerian governor says 279 schoolgirls who were kidnapped have been freed

Students were who abducted by gunmen from the Government Girls Secondary School, in Jangebe, last week leave for medical checkup after meeting with Governor Bello Matawalle, in Gusau, northern Nigeria Tuesday, March. 2, 2021. Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state’s governor said Tuesday. Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle announced that 279 girls have been freed.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)