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Airstrikes by Nigerian military free 76 hostages

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August 26, 2025

At least 76 hostages, including children, have been freed after Nigeria’s military targeted militants with airstrikes in the country’s northwest, local authorities said.

- DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN

Airstrikes by Nigerian military free 76 hostages

NIGERIAN soldiers patrol along the Kaduna Birnin Gwari area in March 2024.

The airstrikes were launched on targets around Pauwa Hill, in the Kankara area of Katsina state, in the early hours of Saturday, Nasir Mu'azu, the state’s commissioner for internal security, said in a statement.

The air assault was launched in a manhunt for a notorious kidnapper.

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