Nigeria's army says it has rescued 178 people held by the militant group Boko Haram in the north-eastern state of Borno.

Officials say 101 of the those are children, 67 are women, and the rest men.

It is not yet clear if any of the girls taken from from a school in Chibok in April 2014 were among those rescued.

A commander from the group was captured during the raid yesterday.

The Islamist group is responsible for the deaths of about 5,500 people since 2014.