MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Jan 16 (Reuters) - Islamist militants
released three aid workers and other civilians in northeast
Nigeria who had been held hostage since late December, the
United Nations humanitarian coordinator in the country said on
Thursday.
The people were kidnapped on Dec. 22 by militants posing as
soldiers who stopped a convoy of commercial vehicles travelling
towards the city of Maiduguri, state capital of the northeastern
state of Borno.