Zamfara

Several other pupils were injured and rushed to health centres in the town of Kauran Namoda, Zamfara state, for treatment.

At least 16 civilians in Nigeria's north-western Zamfara State have been killed in a military air strike, apparently after being mistaken for criminal gangs.

Karkashin Gada's longest resident has no plans to return to Zamfara as economic opportunities there remain bleak with kidnapping and banditry on the rise.

He arrived here from the small town of Zurmi in north-western Zamfara state in 1994 - but all those he made friends with then have either died or have moved back to their hometowns or villages.

On Monday, the north-western states of Kaduna and Zamfara saw a massive turnout of demonstrators.