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Remaining 89 kidnapped Nigerian Christians released from captivity

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Thursday, February 5, 2026

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Remaining 89 kidnapped Nigerian Christians released from captivity
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The last 89 Christians held captive since criminal gangs attacked three churches in northern Nigeria in mid-January were released on Thursday, according to local officials and an Agence France-Presse journalist. The worshippers, dressed in yellow, arrived on a bus escorted by security forces and ...

The last 89 Christians held captive since criminal gangs attacked three churches in northern Nigeria in mid-January were released on Thursday, according to local officials and an Agence France-Presse journalist. The worshippers, dressed in yellow, arrived on a bus escorted by security forces and were received by the governor of Kaduna state, Uba Sani, who said 183 people were initially abducted. They were snatched from three churches during Sunday services on January 18 in the latest in a wave...

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