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The girls were abducted two weeks ago by armed men at their school in Kaduna, a remote Nigerian state.
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According to reports, gunmen kidnapped more than 200 school pupils in Nigeria's northwestern town of Kuriga on Thursday, which is said to be the biggest mass abduction from a school in recent years.
Two health workers have been so far affected by the Lassa fever outbreak in the country, with the predominant age group of victims being 21 years and 30 years of age, the NCDC said in its report.
A provisional toll from the local Red Cross reported 104 dead in 18 villages in the Bokkos region.
In a separate statement signed by defense spokesman Edward Buba, the Nigerian military said the drone strike was based on information about suspected terrorist activity in the area.
Details on the exact cause of the explosion remain scarce, but the government has stated that an investigation into the deadly blast has been opened.
The boat, carrying at least 104 passengers, including women and children capsized while on its way to Karim Lamido local government area in Taraba.
Local authorities and emergency services have launched a rescue operation to locate and rescue the missing passengers, Salihu Garba, head of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, said in an official statement in the state capital of Minna.
"The security forces have launched a search for the victims, as well as making efforts to arrest the attackers," Yusuf said.
Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and Peter Obi of the LP, who respectively came second and third in the presidential election won by Tinubu in February, approached the court to dismiss the election results announced by the country's election body, alleging it was fraught with irregularities.
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