<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/number-of-children-abducted-in-nigerian-school-attack-raised-to-more-than-300/5e0d4dea-2221-4558-81bd-2a8fb09e2efa" rel="" target="_blank" title="The remaining 130 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen"><span>The remaining 130 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen</span></a><span> from a Catholic school in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/nigeria" rel="" target="_blank" title="Nigeria's"><span>Nigeria's</span></a><span> north-central Niger State in November have been released, a presidential spokesman said, confirming that all abducted pupils are now free.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Another 130 abducted Niger State pupils released, none left in captivity," spokesman Sunday Dare said in a post on X, accompanied by a photograph showing the smiling children.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The spokesman did not provide details on the circumstances surrounding their release.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-kellie-sloane-nsw-opposition-leader-speech-at-vigil/2d0eef36-f33c-412d-8b48-2f9d9614a879" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>NSW opposition leader arrived at Bondi as attack unfolded</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-13-victims-remain-in-hospitals-week-after-massacre/32cdc935-ed2c-4bf6-a282-f11fd8afef35" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>13 remain in hospital one week after Bondi Beach massacre</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The students were taken in November when armed bandits stormed St. Mary's Private Catholic School, abducting a total of 303 children and 12 teachers, according to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The victims included both boys and girls, some as young as 10.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/nigeria-schoolchildren-released-after-kidnapping/68aece9f-d10a-4756-872a-1ed041a42633" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Less than 48 hours after the abduction, 50 students managed to escape and return to their families, CAN said at the time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier this month, the Nigerian government announced that security forces had rescued 100 of the kidnapped victims.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dare's post put the last students being held at 130 – slightly fewer than were thought to remain in captivity.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-shooting-update-premier-chris-minns-warning-to-anyone-planning-protests-on-sunday/686c0ee1-07fc-4b35-9d04-66c36a847b19"><strong><span>Hundreds join 'Australia first' rally despite calls to stop</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>CNN has reached to the office of the Nigerian President for clarification.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The November abduction was the latest in a wave of attacks by armed groups targeting vulnerable civilian populations, particularly schools, and carrying out mass kidnappings for ransom.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Violence in the country has repeatedly erupted from communal and ethnic tensions, as well as from disputes between farmers and herders over limited access to land and water resources.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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