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Judge directs Michael Cohen to zip it on Trump, including his disparaging TikTok videos
At the close of the 15th day of the trial of N.Y. v. Trump, Judge Juan Merchan directed New York prosecutors to tell Michael Cohen to stop making comments about the case and former President Donald Trump, but did not impose a gag order.
Merchan imposed a gag order on the former president that prevents him from speaking about the witnesses, the jury, and any prosecutors other than Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Cohen, his ex-lawyer, is expected to take the witness stand on Monday.
Cohen has been making TikTok videos disparaging Trump and has been spotted wearing a T-shirt depicting Trump behind bars. Because of the gag order in place, Trump is not allowed to respond publicly, though he has broken that order several times. In court Friday, Trump's lawyers argued that Cohen should also be restrained by a gag order.
But Merchan told the prosecutors to tell Cohen to stop making such comments in a warning that "comes from the bench." The states' lawyers said they would relay the message.
A spokesperson for Trump's campaign called the judge's decision a "big win."
The warning does not impose any legal consequences should Cohen not heed the judges' instructions.
Trump's legal team has appealed the gag order to the appellate division.
Cohen is expected to be the star witness for Bragg and his team for his role in arranging a purported $130,000 payment in 2016 to adult actress Stormy Daniels to silence her story that she had a sexual encounter with Trump in the early 2000s.
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Trump, later, made several payments of $35,000 to Cohen, who was his personal attorney at the time. Trump has denied the encounter with Daniels ever happened.
Those payments served as the basis for Bragg's indictment of Trump on charges of falsifying business records. Bragg is trying to prove those payments were reimbursements for the payment to Daniels.
But Trump defense attorneys say that the $35,000 payments were "not a payback," but instead, legal payments or attorneys fees.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
Legal experts told Fox News Digital Cohen might have "torpedoed" the case before taking the stand by ranting about it on TikTok while fundraising.
"It is a major problem for prosecutors. It is not a problem for Cohen’s credibility because he has none – he is a convicted perjurer and fraudster whose current ‘defense’ of his fraud convictions is that he wasn’t telling the truth when he pled guilty," former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy said.
"It’s a problem for prosecutors because they chose to build a case on a witness with a track record of bad conduct and deep bias and, not surprisingly, he can’t help himself but continue to act in character," McCarthy said.
Defense attorney Jeremy Saland, who used to work in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, told ABC News that Trump’s legal team can use Cohen’s actions to "tear down his credibility."
"If I'm the prosecution, I'm on the phone right now saying, 'Stop what you are doing — right now,'" Saland told ABC News.
Fox News Digital's Brian Flood and David Ruitz contributed to this report.
Sparks fly after 'View’ co-host says anti-Trump trial witnesses have ‘credibility issues’
"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin started an argument on Friday’s episode of the ABC talk show after saying the anti-Trump witnesses in New York's case against the former president have "credibility issues."
Co-host Joy Behar criticized how Griffin characterized former Trump fixer Michael Cohen and porn star Stormy Daniels and for opposing former President Trump after having worked for him. Griffin replied that she, unlike Cohen, never perjured herself after saying the defense aimed to make Daniels seem "trashy," particularly compared to two other women who defended the former president on the witness stand.
"They’re attractive, they’re buttoned up, they dress well," Griffin said of former Trump aides Hope Hicks and Madeleine Westerhout. "Maddy, I don’t have a single bad thing to say about her, other than that, I don’t think she should still support Trump. She’s a kind person, she’s warm, big smile on her face."
"These two women who genuinely have nothing but good things to say about Donald Trump, I could see a jury being like, ‘It’s hard to think that he’s the monster they’re making him out to be when two women cried on the stand about their esteem for him,’" Griffin continued.
The co-host hammered the juxtaposition between those women and Daniels, calling her testimony "salacious" and "sexual." She said it was a "mistake" for prosecutors to bring her to the witness stand.
Co-host Joy Behar jumped in, arguing that Westerhout testified that Trump signed off on all the papers that went through his office. Behar’s suggestion seemed to be that Trump was fully aware of reimbursing Cohen after he paid Daniels $130,000 in hush money and allegedly lying on business records to disguise the payment.
Griffin shot back, saying Trump's defense attorneys will argue that he was signing so many checks as the head of a multi-million-dollar business that he didn’t know about the specific payments. She said she didn't believe prosecutors have proven their case.
Fellow "View" co-host Sunny Hostin disagreed, saying there was testimony that Trump paid Cohen "specifically for the Stormy Daniels case."
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Behar said Cohen "will confirm that on Monday."
Griffin criticized the former Trump fixer in response.
"But Michael Cohen, a known perjurer who’s lied before — I just worry about the credibility factor," she said.
Hostin repeatedly tried and failed to get another point in during the crosstalk. Behar, meanwhile, compared Griffin to Cohen.
"You know, you used to like Trump too," she said, "Now he hates him, now you hate him. It’s the same thing."
"No, it is not," Griffin shot back. "I have never perjured myself on a stand or testified against Trump under oath."
The crosstalk turned into a brief uproar as Behar argued with Griffin. Co-host Sara Haines laughed at Behar’s point and Hostin still tried to get a word in.
The noise quieted as Behar followed up her point.
"I’m saying people do change their minds and they change their personalities," she said.
"But I’m talking about the credibility to the jury of a known perjurer who has served jail time for lying before," Griffin replied. "There are credibility issues."
Hostin finally managed to find a way to break through the argument.
"Does anybody wanna hear my opinion about what I saw since I was in the courtroom?" she loudly asked, as the crowd laughed and cheered in response.
Rare, exotic plant with 'rotting flesh' aroma set to bloom for first time in years
An infrequent botanical event is about to take place at Como Park Conservatory in Minnesota, but the exciting news stinks — literally.
A corpse flower, nicknamed "Horace" by Como officials, will have its first bloom since arriving in 2019 at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in St. Paul.
The flowering plant has an off-putting aroma that may have spectators reaching for nose plugs.
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"Rare and rancid, this odorous event is not to be missed... unless you're faint of heart or nose," Matt Reinartz, marketing and public relations manager at Como, told Fox News Digital.
"It's a rare sight with an even rarer aroma – think rotting flesh meets curiosity," he said.
Those interested in seeing the flower in person are able to attend the conservatory's Exhibit Gallery every day from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
"We’re betting on a blooming extravaganza by May 19th, but you know how these plants like to keep us guessing!" the conservatory's website said.
If you would rather keep an eye on the flower from afar, the conservatory has set up a livestream, so you can watch "as Horace unfurls its massive, unbranched inflorescence and emits its distinctive scent of rotting flesh, all from the comfort of your own screen," conservatory officials shared in a news announcement.
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The livestream has already been set up, so people can check in as often as they wish to witness the moment.
"While they won’t get to experience the rare, horrific odor, they can witness this once-in-a-generation event, live," Reinartz added.
The corpse flower, amorphophallus titanum, can take four to 10 years to bloom, but the results are short-lived, according to Britannica.
"Although the inflorescence develops over several months, with its growth peaking at a rate of up to 15 cm (6 inches) a day, it only blooms for around 24–48 hours," the online encyclopedia's article says.
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Those who witness the botanical event will be able to see the different stages the flower goes through within that short period of bloom.
"While in bloom, the structure generates heat, more than 90 °F (32 °C), and produces its characteristic carrion odor to attract flesh flies and carrion beetles for pollination," Britannica's article states.
"The fertilized flowers develop into bright red to orange spherical fruits, and the spathe and the upper spadix collapse away to facilitate their dispersal, commonly by rhinoceros hornbills (Buceros rhinoceros) and other animals. Eventually the remaining structure withers and the plant goes dormant," according to the same source.
This foul-smelling floral is native to the rain forests of Sumatra, but it can be found in botanical gardens all around the world.
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If you are a true botany lover, this unique event might be something you won't want to miss.
"We wholeheartedly celebrate this remarkable botanical event and hope to raise awareness about the importance of preserving endangered species and their habitats," Reinartz said.
You can tune in live to see the flower and hopefully catch it blooming by visiting https://comozooconservatory.org/horace.
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Valerie Bertinelli embarrassed son Wolfgang Van Halen on his big night: ‘I’m so not a cool mom’
Valerie Bertinelli's son, Wolfgang Van Halen, may be a 33-year-old man, but he still gets embarrassed by his mom from time to time.
During Friday's episode of "The Jennifer Hudson Show," the former Food Network star explained how she "embarrassed" Wolfgang - whom she shares with late ex-husband, Eddie Van Halen - during his big performance with Ryan Gosling at the Oscars in March.
When Hudson asked Bertinelli if she still embarrasses her son, she responded with a laugh: "Are you kidding me?"
"All the time! I feel like when the eye-rolling stops, I'm not doing my job," she added. "So my son played the Oscars, and we're sitting in the audience, and I was like, 'Oh my God, Wolfie, there's so-and-so,' and he's like, ‘Mom, inside voice please.’ I forget! I get so excited. He's like, ‘Mom, you’re embarrassing me.' I keep telling him I'm a cool mom, but I'm so not a cool mom. I'm the opposite of a cool mom."
Wolfgang joined Gosling for his performance of "I Am Ken" during the award show.
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Though she may not be the "cool mom," Bertinelli said she's doing her best to be a respectful parent when it comes to letting her son and his new bride, Andraia Allsop, live their own lives.
"I'm doing my very best to not be one of those moms who's like, ‘You just got married. When’s the baby coming?' I want to be a grandma, but I also need to respect them and let them enjoy their life," she told Hudson.
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As for Mother's Day plans?
"I'm planning on doing nothing on Mother's Day," Bertinelli said. "Doing nothing means a lot to me."
Last week, Bertinelli opened up about her past marriage with Eddie while sharing her reaction to Wolfgang's recently released episode of "Behind the Music."
"I was finally able to watch Wolfie's ‘Behind the Music.’ It was not easy," she admitted in an emotional Instagram video. "I'd stopped it many times because it was just too brutal to watch for many reasons."'
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Bertinelli continued, "One, seeing Wolfie's pain. Two, seeing what a better job I could have done as a parent, even though he turned out magnificently. I made a lot of mistakes."
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"And three, seeing what I had turned of Ed's and my relationship — into some sort of fantasy, soulmate recreation of history," the "One Day at a Time" alum said.
"I fell in love with him when I was 20, and it rapidly declined into drugs and alcohol and infidelity. Nothing that makes you feel loved and wanted and cared for. Nothing that would scream ‘Soulmate,’ that's for sure."
"But after Ed died, I was more than willing to put myself in the grieving widow category for a man that I hadn't lived with for 20 years," Bertinelli shared while tearing up. "What we had together was this beautiful son that we both unconditionally loved."
"That's what I got out of that marriage was Wolfie, the best thing that ever happened to me," she concluded. "Not a soulmate."
Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate school names; members explain why
A county school board in Virginia decided this week to restore the original Confederate names of two schools previously deemed offensive.
Following the death of George Floyd in 2020, the Shenandoah County School Board voted to change the names of two schools in their jurisdiction named after Confederate generals.
Stonewall Jackson High School, named after Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, became Mountain View High School. Ashby Lee Elementary School, named after Gens. Turner Ashby and Robert E. Lee, became Honey Run Elementary School.
On Thursday, the school board held a public hearing to consider a proposal restoring the original names of the two schools. Ultimately, the board voted to restore the original names derived from Confederate generals.
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The motion to restore the schools' original names was pushed by an organization called The Coalition for Better Schools. The group claimed in a letter to the school board that an overwhelming majority of residents wished to see the names reinstated.
"We understand that the decision to rename these schools was made in response to discussions surrounding Confederate symbols," the letter stated. "However, we believe that revisiting this decision is essential to honor our community’s heritage and respect the wishes of the majority."
Residents debated the 2020 decision at the hearing, with local reports suggesting significant turnout in support of both sides.
Critics of the name changes claim the 2020 school board acted without input from the community, while those in favor of keeping the non-Confederate names said the old names were offensive and unwelcoming to many students.
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Brandi L. Rutz, who represents District 5, told Fox News Digital that she believed the change was "flawed" after being decided in just 6 days without proper notice.
Community participation was also limited due to the then-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
"The agenda posted on a Friday afternoon at 3:30pm with a holiday on Monday. The Covid emergency allowed for only business to be conducted that pertained to keeping the school operating, then taking the vote via an electronic meeting the following Thursday, violating VAFOIA open meeting laws," she told Fox News Digital. "SCPS had closed in March of 2020 and didn’t reopen until October of that year."
"Changing the name on the building was not emergency business. FOIA requests have revealed the then-board was afraid of the backlash. If they would have allowed for voices to be heard, perhaps the need to revisit would not have be needed," she continued. "Democracy needs to be protected for all Americans. Transparency and a representative government is essential."
Gloria Markus, who represents District 3, told Fox News Digital that she believes the name change in 2020 was a misguided move divorced from the history of the region.
"It is worth noting that the original change came as a response to the George Floyd riots in Minnesota and then-Governor Ralph Northam's request that the names of schools with names associated with the Confederacy be changed," Markus told Fox News Digital.
She continued, "There were absolutely no instances of racism or events here locally that sparked the need for a change. Our area in the Shenandoah Valley is steeped in American history, particularly Civil War history, and race is not at all the motivation of our citizens in keeping the names: it is about their history and their heritage."
Kyle Gutshall was the only board member who voted against the restoration, saying he respected both sides but was obligated to follow the wishes of his constituents.
"My decision took into account the wishes of my constituents in Woodstock (District 4). It was essential to gather extensive input from the community on a matter of this importance, as neglecting their perspectives would be a disservice to the citizens I represent," Gutshall told Fox News Digital.
He continued, "The passionate discourse from both sides of this debate has been ongoing since 2020, with each providing compelling arguments. After carefully considering a multitude of factors, I believe I made the right decision and hope our school system can move forward."
Shenandoah is the first county in the nation to have rolled back changes made to institutions bearing Confederate names in the wake of the death of George Floyd in 2020.
Claim the Names, an organization opposed to the restoration, told Fox News Digital the vote was more about "vengeance" and "hatred" than heritage.
"With the world watching, the Shenandoah County School Board sent a terrible message. We deplore the board’s decision to regress and ‘honor’ civil war figures that consciously betrayed the United States and were proponents of slavery and segregation. This decision seems more about vengeance, control, and hatred than heritage or due process," Sarah Kohrs, a parent with kids in Shenandoah County schools who also helps lead Claim the Names, told Fox News Digital. She added, "Looking ahead, the many good people of Shenandoah County will have to work even harder to ensure that our complete history, good and bad, remains available to students and the public. Our fight for what’s right is not over."
CNN news article touts terms like 'penis owners,' 'pregnant people' as inclusive language
CNN released an explainer about new phrases designed for gender inclusivity — like "pregnant people" and "penis owners" — in a news story this week.
"The use of phrases such as 'pregnant people' or 'penis owners' in cultural or political discourse is sometimes met with confusion, or even anger," the article stated. "Why use these terms when, as some people ask, 'only women can get pregnant' or when 'only men have penises?'"
The piece, published in CNN's health section online, was not identified as opinion and cited "experts" making the case for "gender-inclusive phrases."
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"As our understanding of gender has evolved, and our understanding of inclusion has evolved, we’re starting to see more and more of these terms being used," Keygan Miller, director of public training at The Trevor Project crisis group for LGBT youths, told CNN.
"We need to be doing a better job of educating people and realizing that sex and gender are a bit of a spectrum … and that they’re not the same," Miller said.
Citing clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Dr. Jack Drescher said "it’s the most inclusive, streamlined way to refer to everyone who, regardless of their gender identity, has certain anatomy or biological abilities."
Professor emeritus of English and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Dennis Baron, told CNN that using gender-inclusive terms is "not just a matter of (being) inclusive or polite, it’s a matter of medical accuracy,"
"Presumably, it makes the patient feel like they’re being seen, that they’re being paid attention to appropriately," Baron said.
Baron rejected arguments that new terminology like "pregnant people" and "penis owners" were "made up" and therefore unworthy of serious consideration.
"All language is made up, and it’s made up because we have a need to say things," Baron said.
Drescher argued that gender-inclusive language would not ignore "ciswomen and cismen" because they are a "very large majority."
The article also cited Miller to make the case against saying "only women can get pregnant" because statements like that "convey that a ciswoman who can’t get pregnant is no longer fully a woman."
In 2023, CNN published a "guide to neopronouns."
In the story titled "A guide to neopronouns, from ae to ze," CNN's article outlined the use of alternative grammar that eliminates "gender markers," quoting one of "the foremost experts on neopronouns" who encouraged readers to "use and respect" neopronouns like any other common pronoun.
" xe/xyr (commonly pronounced zee/zeer) I asked xyr to come to the movies. Xe said yes!" the CNN story reads. "ze/zir or ze/hir (commonly pronounced zee/zeer or zee/heer.) The teacher graded zir paper today, and ze got an A! Ze said hirself that I’m hir favorite neighbor."
Fox News' Yael Halon contributed to this report.
US promises to squash Palestinian membership push at UN following vote
The U.S. has promised to vote against any resolution that would seek to grant the Palestinians full membership in the United Nations after a General Assembly resolution passed with significant support from member states.
"Our vote does not reflect opposition to Palestinian statehood," U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the U.N. Robert Wood said after the vote. "We have been very clear that we support it and seek to advance it meaningfully: Instead, it is an acknowledgment that statehood will only come from a process that involves direct negotiations between the parties."
"This resolution does not resolve the concerns about the Palestinian membership application raised in April in the Security Council through the admissions committee process," Wood added. "Should the Security Council take up the Palestinian membership application as a result of this resolution, there will be a similar outcome."
The vote, brought to the floor by the United Arab Emirates, received support from 143 members, with nine voting against and 25 abstaining.
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The "no" votes included Argentina, Hungary, Israel and the United States, among others, while the abstentions included Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Monaco, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, among others.
"A negotiated two-state solution remains the best path towards an enduring peace where Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side with equal measures of security, freedom, and dignity," the U.S. Mission to the U.N. wrote on social media platform X after the vote. "Unilateral measures like the UNGA resolution on Palestinian UN membership adopted today will not advance this goal."
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Wood in his address to the General Assembly stressed that the resolution "does not alter the status" of the Palestinians at the United Nations, labeling the motion "unproductive," but assured that as the resolution did not ultimately grant the Palestinians the rights that would provide "the same standing as a member state."
As such, the U.S. has indicated it will therefore not cut funding to the United Nations or specialized agencies, which it would have had to do under Public Law 101-246. President Obama during his administration cut funding to UNICEF after the organization admitted the Palestinians as members.
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Prior to the vote, Israel’s Ambassador the U.N. Gilad Erdan accused members who would support the motion of "shredding the U.N. charter."
"Shame on you," Erdan said as he shredded a small paper with "Charter of the United Nations" written on it in a handheld paper shredder.
Anne Bayefsky, director of the Touro University Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and president of Human Rights Voices, told Fox News Digital that "Roughly 75% of U.N. member states evidently believe that there is one exception to the U.N. Charter's membership core requirement of being a "peace-loving state," namely, the would-be Palestinian terror state.
She warned that "With today's resolution, the U.N. General Assembly could soon have a President from the so-called "State of Palestine" - without any negotiation or agreement to live in peace and security with a Jewish state. Hamas and its Palestinian Authority UN mouthpiece at the helm of the United Nations' lead body. A day in infamy."
Several members in their post-vote statements stressed that they condemned the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7, but argued that they deemed Israel’s actions in Gaza of having gone too far: Singapore argued that supporting the motion would hopefully push Israel and the Palestinians to resume discussions aimed at establishing a two-state solution.
France’s mission stressed that it supported the admission of the Palestinians as members of the U.N., but that while it voted in favor of the resolution to indicate ultimate support for the motion, it did not support attempts to "circumvent" the membership admission process.
Trump predicts he will be the first GOP candidate to flip this blue state in 36 years
It has been over three decades since a Republican carried New Jersey in a presidential election.
One has to go back to then-Vice President George H.W. Bush, who carried the state in the 1988 election on his way to winning the White House. Since then, Democrats have won the state eight straight times in presidential elections.
However, former President Trump thinks he can clear the high hurdles he faces in the reliably blue state.
"We’re going to try and win the state of New Jersey. I want the people to know that I love it," Trump predicted in a Friday morning local radio interview on New Jersey 105.1 in the Garden State. "You know, it’s not just going to be like, gee, maybe we can get close. We’re going to win it."
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Trump added that New Jersey "is supposed to be a Democrat state. I think it's going to flip to Republican."
The former president spoke on the eve of returning to the Garden State.
"We have a tremendous rally and hope you're all going to be there. It's in Wildwood, New Jersey. It's going to be a big crowd," the former president touted on Friday.
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Wildwood, at the southern tip of the Jersey Shore, is part of the Garden State's Cape May County, a heavily Republican county in a longtime blue state.
Trump held a rally in Wildwood in January 2020. However, Trump ended up losing New Jersey by 16 points to President Biden.
Four years earlier, he lost the state to 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton by 14 points.
For Trump, the weekend rally is a short distance from New York City, where he is spending his weekdays in court, making history as the first former or current president to stand trial in a criminal case.
Democrats do not appear to be taking Trump's prediction very seriously.
Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, a Biden surrogate, told reporters on Friday that "Jersey is not going to be a welcoming place for Trump."
Additionally, Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler noted that "Trump's team is talking about New Jersey. They're talking about holding concerts in Madison Square Garden to turn out voters in states like New York. I think here on planet earth in the Biden campaign, we're going to remain laser focused on winning 270 electoral votes."
Fox News AI Newsletter: American spies to use secret AI service from Microsoft: report
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9 Nigerian students kidnapped at gunpoint in region's latest school abduction
At least nine students have been abducted by gunmen during a late-night raid on their school in northern Nigeria’s Kogi state, authorities said Friday, the third such abduction amid rampant kidnappings targeting schools in the conflict-hit region this year.
The assailants invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology in Kogi state, which neighbors the nation’s capital, Abuja, and whisked away the students from their classrooms before security forces could arrive, according to Kogi Commissioner for Information Kingsley Femi Fanwo.
The state has "activated the security architecture to track the kidnappers and ensure the abducted students are rescued and the abductors apprehended," Fanwo added.
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The official said local hunters were helping security forces in "combing" the school area, which is surrounded by bushes in the remote Osara town.
Nigeria has struggled with several mass school kidnappings since the first such incident in 2014 when Islamic extremists abducted more than 200 schoolgirls from the northeastern Chibok village, sparking the global #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign.
At least 1,400 Nigerian students have since been abducted from their schools in similar circumstances, including at least 130 children abducted from their school in Kuriga town in the northern Kaduna state in March. Some are still held captive, including nearly 100 of the Chibok girls.