Freed Nigerian schoolboys welcomed in state capital after abduction ordeal

More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped last week in an attack on their school in north-west Nigeria have arrived in the capital of Katsina state to celebrate their release (Sunday Alamba/AP)

More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys have arrived in the capital of Katsina state to celebrations of their release from captivity.

The boys were abducted on the night of December 11 from the all-boys Government Science Secondary School in Kankara village in Katsina state in north-western Nigeria.