Boko Haram extremist group

  Lagos – Nigeria’s military says it has rescued 80 children and women held captive by the Boko Haram extremist group in a remote northeastern village. Army spokesperson Col Sani Kukasheka Usman says they were freed on Tuesday by troops who attacked a gathering of the Islamic fighters at Gangere village in Borno state. He says 42 extremists were killed and troops released 42 children and 38 women. The military has reported freeing as many…