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- Nigerian security forces rescued 15 pupils from an unregistered orphanage and school in Kogi state on Saturday.
- 23 children and the school proprietor’s wife remain captive.
- Commissioner Kingsley Femi Fanwo confirmed the rescue and said efforts continue to free the remaining victims.
- Authorities attribute the rise in school kidnappings to weak security that enables ransom demands.
- Residents say repeated mass kidnappings disrupt education, commerce and travel despite government pledges.
