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BBC OS: 2024/03/08 17:06 GMT: Nigeria mass kidnappings

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Nigeria mass kidnappings

2024/03/08 17:06 GMT

2024/03/08 17:06 GMT: Nigeria mass kidnappings

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Nigerian security forces are searching for 280 kidnapped students

In Nigeria security forces are searching for the 280 students who've been kidnapped in the town of Kuriga in the state of Kaduna.
It is not clear yet if this kidnapping is linked to the one earlier this week, where the Islamist group Boko Haram kidnapped dozens of women and children in the north-east of the country. 
We here from people in the country and the latest on this from our correspondent in Nigeria.

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is engaged to get married for the fifth time. We hear from our culture team about his bride to be and more on the engagement.

Tonight the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh will host a clash of two fighting champions as British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua takes on Cameroon's Francis Ngannou.
The match will pit the former world boxing champion Joshua against a relative newcomer to the sport. We hear from our sports correspondent in Riyad. 

Presenter: Krupa Padhy

(Photo: Abandoned shoes / sandals on the ground after schoolgirls were kidnapped from their school during an attack by jihadists, Dapchi, Yobe, Feb 2018. Credit: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)

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