Topic: Muhammadu Buhari

Nearly 300 girls who were abducted from a government-run school in northern Nigeria last week have been released, officials said Tuesday.

More than 300 schoolboys who were abducted at gunpoint from a school in northwestern Nigeria last week returned to their home state on Friday after a successful military rescue operation.

Nigeria's military rescued 344 schoolboys who were kidnapped during an attack on a school in Katsina state last week.

On Dec. 17, 1989, "The Simpsons," which began as a feature of The Tracy Ullman Show, had its first stand-alone episode broadcast.

Actor Laurie Holden turns 51 and actor Eugene Levy turns 74, among the famous birthdays for Dec. 17.

At least 110 civilian farmers have been killed and many others wounded while harvesting crops in an apparent terrorist attack in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State, United Nations officials said.

United Nations' Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Wednesday condemned the escalation of violence during protests in Nigeria on Tuesday that led to one death and numerous injuries.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari blamed Boko Haram for killing five aid workers who were abducted in Nigeria's Borno State last month.

Some 163 South Koreans who recovered from COVID-19 have tested positive again for the virus, public health officials said as the global death toll surpassed 150,000 Saturday.

The original epicenter of the coronavirus, mainland China, is "basically blocked," according to an official as the outbreak continues to increase worldwide with more than 30,000 deaths.