MINNA, Nigeria, Dec 22 - A final group of 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren freed by the government on Sunday are expected to be reunited with their families in the central Niger state on Monday, ending a month-long ordeal that drew global concern. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Nigerian authorities announced the release of 100 children this weekend. The freed students were among 300 schoolchidren abducted in an attack on a Catholic school last month.

Several parents have welcomed the return of their children who had been abducted last month in Papiri, Nigeria, when gunmen stormed their school.