The hostages were taken from three separate schools in the southwestern state of Oyo in May.

By Al Jazeera Staff and AFP July 5, 2026 Yemeni minister says more than 50 Houthi fighters were killed in the Hodeidah clashes. Yemenis fire a heavy machinegun during a rally in solidarity with Lebanon and Iran on the outskirts of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on July 2, 2026. Credit: Al Jazeera, AFP Sixteen government troops have been killed in by Houthi rebels in western Yemen’s Hodeidah governorate, officials and medics say, in the most violent clashes in years. Walid al-Qudaimi, a...