Mass Rescue in Nigeria After Six Months | Texas News

Texas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 8, 2026 · 1m

Nigeria just pulled off its biggest rescue in history: 163 hostages—mostly women and children—snatched six months ago and held under brutal conditions, including starvation and forced burials, are finally free. Part of a larger wave of over 300 freed this week, they’re now in Ilorin, emaciated and traumatized, some learning their husbands were killed in the initial February attack. The militants stormed Woro community, killing 160 locals in what locals say was punishment for rejecting their extremist ideology. The president hailed it as the largest single-day rescue ever and pledged stronger…