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November 24, 2025

50 Students Escape After Gunmen Abduct Hundreds from Catholic School in Nigeria
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In Nigeria, 50 kidnapped students escaped their captors on Friday after
gunmen stormed a Catholic boarding school and abducted over 300 children
and 12 teachers last week. The Christian Association of Nigeria says the
children who managed to escape have been reunited with their families.
Now a major military-led search and rescue mission is underway to find
the remaining children and teachers. Last week, gunmen stormed another
boarding school and abducted 25 schoolgirls and killed the vice
principal. The recent kidnappings have prompted officials to close 47
schools in northern Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu has also ordered the
hiring of 30,000 more police officers, but Nigerians are calling for
officials to take more action.

Elizabeth Awodeji: "We have seen our old women being kidnapped, being
robbed in this country that we call giant of Africa. It is so bad. And
the current government, they are not doing anything to what is
happening."



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