Women kidnapped in Nigeria as schoolgirls return to Chibok with babies

Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus were among 276 schoolgirls abducted in April 2014 

Recently freed Chibok schoolgirls with their children are photographed at the Army Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri (AP)

Two Nigerian women abducted as schoolgirls by a jihadi militant group nine years ago have been rescued, the West African nation’s military has said.

One of the two women had one-year-old baby, while the second gave birth to her second child days after gaining her freedom.