More than 100 female students kidnapped by suspected Islamic militants from a school in the north-east of Nigeria have been set free, the country's military said.
Only eight of more than 100 students are unaccounted for, major general Chris Olukolade said.
The government had reported that security forces were hunting for militants who abducted more than 100 women from a high school early on Tuesday, the Guardian reports.
According to the report, the Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima, said 129 students were kidnapped and at least 14 freed themselves.
The girls were abducted hours after an explosion blamed on extremists killed 75 people in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.